Medical Abbreviations Commonly Used During Pregnancy

By Joanne Stone, Keith Eddleman, and Mary Duenwald

Part of the Pregnancy For Dummies Cheat Sheet

So you know what’s going on throughout your pregnancy while at doctor’s visits, touring the hospital, and during labor and delivery, learn these medical abbreviations and what they mean:

Abbreviation	What It Stands For
AFP	Alpha-fetoprotein
AMA/APA	Advanced Maternal/Paternal Age
CNM	Certified Nurse-Midwife
CRL	Crown-Rump Length
CVS	Chorionic Villus Sampling
EDC or EDD	Estimated Date of Confinement or Estimated Due Date
EFW	Estimated Fetal Weight
EGA	Estimated Gestational Age
IUGR	Intrauterine Growth Restriction
LGA	Large-for-Gestational Age
LMP	Last Menstrual Period
MFM	Maternal-Fetal Medicine
SGA	Small-for-Gestational Age