Parenting Forums

Last week I went searching on parenting forums for some info. I was a little overwhelmed when I was given this list of abbreviations to use on one very popular forum.
After reading them I feel like I have a lot more questions to ask…

DH = Dear (or Dang depending on the day ) husband
DS = Dear Son
DD = Dear Daughter
MIL = Mother-in-law
FIL = Father-in-law
BIL = Brother-in-law
SIL = Sister-in-law
LLL = La Leche League
IBCLC = Interntional Board Certified Lactation Consultant
LC = Lactation Consultant
BM = Breastmilk
EBM = Expessed Breastmilk
EBF = Exclusively Breastfed
FF = Formula fed or formula feeding
PIS = Medela Pump in Style
AF = Aunt Flo (period)
EP = Exclusively Pumping
HTH = Hope This Helps
KWIM = Know What I Mean
EN = Extended Nursing
PP = Post Partum or Previous Post
TIA = Thanks in Advance
TTC = Trying to Conceive
DCP = Day Care Provider
LOL = Laughing out Loud
MW = Midwife
*NAK = Nursing at Keyboard
*PAK = Pumping at Keyboard
PY = Ameda Purely Yours
BF = Breastfed or breastfeeding
BTDT= Been There, Done That
*SNS= Supplemental Nursing System
IMO= In My Opinion
SO= Significant Other
*PCOS= Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
STTN= Sleeping Through The Night
LO= Little One
CIO= Cry It Out
*EC= Elimination Communication
WOHM= Work Out of the Home Mom
SAHM= Stay at Home Mom
WAHM= Work At Home Mom
*HUTH= Hang Up The Horns
EP= Exclusively Pumping
VBAC= Vaginal Birth After a Cesarean
HBAC= Home Birth After a Cesarean
FWIW= For What It’s Worth
ITA= I Totally Agree
*GSE= Grapefruit Seed Extract
*GV= Gentian Violet
NCSS= “No Cry Sleep Solution”

*huh?????