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| Menstrual cycles occurring without ovulation |
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| Basal body temperature recording |
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| recording of a woman's daily temp upon awakening; a drop in temperature of about one half degree followed by a rise in temp of about a decree indicates ovulation |
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| freezing of excess fertilized eggs |
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| microscopic fernlike appearance of dried cervical mucus that is most apparent at the time of ovulation |
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| gamete intrafallopian transfer |
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| multiple ova are taken with ultrsound guidance; then drawn into a catheter with sperm. Then these sets are injected into the ova via laparascope where fertilization can occur naturally. additional sperm can be implanted to improve chances. |
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| a woman who carries the embryo of an infertile couple gives the baby up after birth |
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| inability of a couple to conceive after a year of regular intercourse without useing contraception. can be primary or secondary type |
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| intracytoplasmic sperm injection |
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| microscopic procedure to inject a single sperm into the outer layer of an ovum so that fertilization will occur |
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| intrauterine insemination |
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| insemination into the uterine cavity; it by passes the cervical mucus |
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| fertilization that occurs outside the body. multiple oocytes are taken and mixed with prepared sperm and incubated up to 2 days. embryos are planted in the uterine cavity for development |
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| fertilization that happens inside the body |
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| low abdominal pain that occurs at ovulation with or without blood tinged spotting at midcycle |
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| method of predicting ovulation based on normal changes in a womans body so as to plan a pregnancy or avoid a pregnancy using normal physiologic needs |
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| menstrual cycles occurring with ovulation |
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| discharge of semen into the bladder rather than from the end of the penis, usually from prostatic surgery |
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| a fertile woman who is inseminated with the semen when she ovulates |
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| depositing sperm at the cervix or in the uterus by mechanical means |
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| zygote intrafallopian transfer |
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| woman's ova fertilized outside her body; fertilized ova placed in the fallopian tubes; the ova then enter the uterus naturally for implantation |
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| malformed uterus having two horns |
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| displaced uterus (retrocession or retroversion) |
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| uterus not in normal position (backward or abnormal cervix placement) |
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| endometrial tissue growing outside the uterine cavity |
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| abnormal placement of the urinary meatus on dorsal side of penis |
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| low level of hormones that result in menstrual or fertility issue |
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| benign tumors which develop from uterine smooth muscle and connective tissues and are estrogen dependent |
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| polycystic ovarian syndrom |
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| endocrine syndrome with menstrual dysfunction, obesity, hirsutism, androgen excess, hyperinsulinemia, infertility, and pathologic ovarian findings |
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| benign tumor of the anterior pituitary |
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| tests degree of fallopian tube patency. dye is inserted/injected into the cervix. then abdominal x-ray done to see if the dye exits via fallopian tubes |
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| done 1-2 days before ovulation; evaluates cervical mucus, sperm motility, sperm-mucus interaction. |
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| examines for volume, viscosity, pH, number, size, structure, motility, and infection. Infertility: less than 20 mil per mL, less than 50% motile after 6 hrs, less than 30% normal structure |
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| test to determine if a sperm can penetrate an ovum. if it can penetrate a hamster egg, it should be good |
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