Table of Contents
This book is a glossary of medical and non-medical terms with easy-to-understand explanations, presented in alphabetical order. A number of the medical explanations are accompanied by simple, easy on the eye illustrations which help to explain visually.
The alphabetical list is as follows:
Acupuncture to Azoospermia
Baby dancing to Breakthrough bleeding
Cancelled cycle to Cytomegalovirus
Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) to Down regulation
Early pregnancy symptoms to European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE)
Factor V Leiden thrombophilia to Frozen embryo transfer
Gamete intrafallopian transfer to Gynaecologist
Haemospermia to Hysterosalpingogram
Immature oocyte(egg) retrieval to IVF natural cycle
Journaling
Karyotype test to Kisspeptin
Laparoscopy to Lymphocyte immunisation therapy
Magnetic-activated cell sorting to Morula
NaPro technology to Non-motile sperm
Obstetrician/Gynaecologist to Oxidative stress
Pelvic inflammatory disease to Protocol
Radiation to Rubella
Sauna/steam room to Surrogate
Testicles/Testes to Two-week wait
Ultrasound scan to uterus
Vaginal ultrasound to Water
Xenohormones to Yoga
Zinc to Zygote intrafallopian transfer.
The easy to understand illustrations include the following:
Basal body temperature (BBT) and cervical mucus chart
Blocked Fallopian tube
Donor insemination procedure
Egg collection/retrieval procedure
Egg/oocyte
Embryo development
Female reproductive organs and the glands that make her fertility hormones
Female reproductive system
Fertilisation
Hysterosalpingogram
Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)
Intrauterine insemination (IUI)
IVF (in-vitro fertilisation) fertilisation
Male reproductive organs and the glands that make his fertility hormones
Male reproductive system
Menstrual cycle
Ovulation
Sperm
Sperm washing