AP Abbreviations
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Mike and I are planning on practicing Attachment Parenting (AP) with our son, Adam, who's due August 4th. To gain knowledge and insight, we joined an attachment parenting mailing list. This list is extremely friendly and informative, but the mass abbreviations can get a bit confusing at times. To unmuddy the waters a bit, I've decided to post a list (ever-growing) of commonly-used abbreviations. If you find any errors, or note a missing abbreviation that is important, please email me.

AAP - American Academy of Pediatrics
API - Attachment Parenting International
ATDT - Am there, doing that
B/C - Because
BF - Breastfeeding, or breastfed
BH - Braxton Hicks contractions (sometimes called "false labor")
BTDT - Been there, done that
BTW - By the way
BW - Baby-wearing
CAK- Cuddling at keyboard
CD - Cloth-diaper(ing)
CDC - Center for Disease Control
CIO - Cry-it-out, also known as Ferberization or sleep training
CNM - Certified nurse-midwife
DD - Dear daughter
DH - Dear husband (The "d" can also stand for "darling" or "damned", depending on the context.)
DINK - Double income, no kids
DPO - Days past ovulation
DS - Dear son
DW - Dear wife
EBF - Extended breastfeeding
EBM - Expressed breast milk
EMM - Expressed mother's milk (I think)
EPO - Evening primrose oil
FIL - Father-in-law
FB - Family-bed (or co-sleeping)
FP - Family practitioner
FTR - For the record
GD - Gentle discipline, or gestational diabetes (depending on context)
HCP - Healthcare provider
HFS - Health food store
HN - High-needs
HPT - Home pregnancy test
HTH - Here to help, or hope that helps
HWH - How Weaning Happens, by Diane Bengson
IIRC - If I recall correctly
IL's - In-laws
IME - In my experience
IMNSHO - In my not-so-humble opinion
IMO - In my opinion (sometimes IMHO - in my humble opinion or JMHO - just my humble opinion)
IOW - In other words
IRL - In real life
ITA - I totally agree
J/K - Just kidding
KWIM - Know what I mean?
LC - Lactation consultant
L/D - Labor and delivery
LLL - La Leche League
LMK - Let me know
LOL - Laughing out loud
MIL - Mother-in-law
MMM - Mommy meltdown mode
M/S - Menstruating, or mainstream
MW - Midwife
MYNT - Mothering Your Nursing Toddler, by Norma Jane Bumgarner
NAK - Nursing at keyboard (i.e. forgive any typos)
NAYY - No affiliation, yada yada
NC - Non-circumcising
NFP - Natural family planning
NIC - Nursing in car
NIP - Nursing in public
NIS - Nursing in sling
NPI - No pun intended
NTBCAMA - Not to be construed as medical advice
NV - Non-vaccinating
OALD - Overactive let-down
OHM - "it's the sound OOOOOHHHHMMMM, like in meditating" - Ticia
OMG - Oh my God
OOT - Out of town
OT - Off-topic
OTC - Over-the-counter
OTOH - On the other hand
POV - Point of view
PP - Post-partum, or Planned Parenthood
PPD - Post-partum depression
RL - Real life
ROFLMAO - Rolling on floor laughing my *ss off (sometimes ROFLMBO - the B is butt)
RRLT - Red raspberry leaf tea
SA - South Africa
SAHM - Stay-at-home mom
SNS - Supplemental nursing system
SO - Significant other
SV - Selectively vaccinating
TBH - To be honest
TIA - Thanks in advance
TMI - Too much information
TTC - Trying to conceive
WAB or WAOB - Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, by Gwen Gotsch and Judy Torgus
WAHM - Work-at-home mom
WOHM - Work-outside-the-home mom
WRT - With regard to
WTG - Way to go
YMMV - Your mileage may vary, or your mammaries may vary