Preeclampsia Medical Terminology | Decoding Acronyms & Abbreviations

Here is a list of commonly used acronyms in our group and what they mean. We hope this helps! If there are any that we have missed or you feel we should add, please let us know.

ACOG: The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

BID: Two times daily, for medication usage. Comes from the latin word “bis in die”

BP: Blood Pressure

CHT: Chronic Hypertension

C/S: Cesarean Section (C-Section)

DD/DS/DH/DW: Dear/Darling Daughter, Son, Husband, Wife

ER/ED: Emergency Room/ Emergency Department. Department of a hospital that provides immediate treatment for acute illnesses and trauma

FTM: First time Mom

FWIW: For What It’s Worth

GD: Gestational Diabetes

GH/GHTN: Gestational Hypertension

HBP: High Blood Pressure

HELLP: Hemolysis, Elevated Liver Enzymes, Low Platelets

HT/HTN: Hypertension

ICU: Intensive Care Unit. A department of a hospital where critically ill patients are kept under constant observation.

IIRC: If I Recall Correctly

IUGR: Intrauterine Growth Restriction

L&D: Labor & Delivery

LDA: Low Dose Aspirin

LMK: Let me know

MFM: Maternal-Fetal-Medicine Specialist. Also known as a Perinatologist or High-Risk OB.

NICU: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, also known as an Intensive Care Nursery (ICN). It is a unit that specializes in the care of premature or ill newborn infants.

OB: Obstetrician-Gynecologist. A doctor that specializes in women’s reproductive health, pregnancy, and childbirth.

OP: Original Poster (the person who authored a post)

POAS: Pee on a stick. (Go take a pregnancy test)

PPA/PNA: Post Partum/Natal Anxiety

PPD/PND: Post Partum Depression, also known as Post Natal Depression

PPOCD/PNOCD: Post Partum/Natal Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

PPP/PNP: Post Partum/Natal Psychosis

PPPE: Post Partum Pre-Eclampsia

PTSD: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

R C/S: Repeat Cesarean Section (C-Section), also known as a CBAC SCBU/CCN: Special Care Baby Unit; a step-down unit for babies who have “graduated” from the NICU/ICN, but are not ready for discharge yet. Also known as a Continue Care Unit (CCN)

TID: three times daily, for medication usage. Comes from the latin word “ter in die”

TOL: Trial of Labor

TOLAC: Trial of Labor after Cesarean

TTC: Trying to Conceive

VBAC: Vaginal Birth After Cesarean