ADHESIONS

Lack of menstrual period for 6 months or more.

A physician who performs evaluations of male fertility. ANOVULATION

A micromanipulation procedure in which an opening is made into the hard outer surface of the early embryo with the use of chemicals, mechanical techniques, or lasers to improve implantation after the embryo is transferred into the uterus. ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY (ART)

Semen that contains no sperm, either because the testicles can’t make sperm or because the man’s reproductive tract is blocked. BASAL BODY TEMPERATURE (BBT)

Replacing blastocysts into the uterus.

Rarely-used term for an embryo that attaches itself to the uterine wall but the embryo does not develop. The amniotic sac may only contain fluid and no fetal tissue when the miscarriage occurs.  BROMOCRIPTINE (Parlodel, Dostinex)

The sticky, thick mucus produced by glands in the cervical canal that plugs the opening of the cervix. Most of the time this thick mucus plug prevents sperm and bacteria from entering the womb unless ovulation is about to take place. At this time, under the influence of estrogen, the mucus becomes thin, watery, and stretchy so that sperm can pass i [..]

A pregnancy verified by lab tests but which results in an early miscarriage before a gestational sac is seen on an ultrasound. CHOCOLATE CYST

The fertilization of an egg by sperm that leads to the creation of a baby. CONGENITAL