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| indirect costs | resources used to meet child-related costs that could have been used to meet other goals |
| foregone income | potential income given up by a parent who leaves the workforce and stays home to raise a child |
| maternity leave | time a woman takes off from work for the birth or adoption of a child |
| paternity leave | time a man takes off from work (usually without pay) for a set period after a child's birth or adoption |
| Family and Medical Leave Act | law that protects the rights of the workers of large companies to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave per year for various family-related reasons |
| family planning | decisions couples make about the desired number and spacing of futurer children |
| birth control methods | methods couples use to prevent conception |
| infertile | unable to conceive after a year of trying |
| sterile | the condition of being permanently unable to conceive or carry fully biological children |
| fertility counseling | medical evaluation thatt seeks to determine the reasons for fertility problems and explore avaiolable treatment options |
| assistive reproductive technologies (ART) | methods infertile couples can use to help them conceive |
| artificial insemination | ART procedure that involves introducing sperm into the vagina or uterus by a medical procedure rather than by sexual relations |
| in virtro fertilization (IVF) | ART procedure occurs when some of teh mother's eggs are surgically removed, fertilized with sperm in a laboratory dish, and then implanted in the mother's uterus |
| gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT) | ART procedure in which a mixture of sperm and eggs is placed in the woman's fallopian tubes, where fertilization can occur` |
| surrogate mother | a woman who bears (sometimes both conceivews and bearsa) a child for a couple |
