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| RPL | Recurrent pregnancy loss; a common diagnosis used for pts who have had multiple miscarriages (2-3 or more) |
| EMB | Endometrial biopsy which is generally done for medical purposes & will be billed to insurance. |
| Pre-Op Visit | A visit done for patients that are planning to move forward with some form of surgical procedure. |
| IVF Class | A nurse-led class for patients to review the process of IVF (in-vitro fertilization) |
| SIS | A saline-infused sonohysterogram sometimes performed in place of the HSG (hysterosalpingogram) to study the contours of the uterus |
| HSG | A hysterosalpingogram which is a diagnostic exam of the uterine cavity and fallopian tubes utilizing the inserting iodine into the fallopian tubes. |
| CD | A cycle day is how many days since the first day of their last period. |
| SD | Refers to how many days a patient has been on medication when a patient is going thru a COH/IUI, IVF or FET |
| IUI | A fertility treatment that involves placing sperm inside a woman's uterus to facilitate fertilization. The goal of IUI is to increase the number of sperm that reach the fallopian tubes and subsequently increase the chance of fertilization. |
| CC -- Clomid | Clomid is a medication generally used when patient is doing IUI cycles. |
| LET -- Letrozole | Letrozole is a medication used for patients doing IUI cycles. |
| ART -- Artificial Reproductive Technologies Screening | A technology used to treat infertility. It includes fertility treatments that handle both a woman's egg and a man's sperm. It works by removing eggs from a woman's body. The eggs are then mixed with sperm to make embryos. |
| IVF -- In-Vitro Fertilization | A medical procedure whereby an egg is fertilized by sperm in a test tube or elsewhere outside the body. |
| FET -- Frozen Embryo Transfer | A cycle where a frozen embryo from a previous fresh IVF cycle is thawed and transferred back into a woman's uterus. This means you won't have to undergo another cycle of hormone stimulation and an egg collection |
| PGD -- Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis | Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) refers specifically to when one or both genetic parents has a known genetic abnormality and testing is performed on an embryo to determine if it also carries a genetic abnormality. |
| Preimplementation Genetic Screening | PGS is a screening used to determine whether the cells in an embryo contain the normal number of chromosomes, which is 46. |
| ICSI -- Intracytoplasmic sperm injection | Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) involves injecting a single sperm into an egg that has been removed from a woman's ovary. |
| EOB US -- Early OB ultrasound | An US done for patients who have had a positive pregnancy test and are coming in to verify a viable pregnancy and heartbeat. |
| Failed Cycle Follow-up | A follow-up appt scheduled if a patient's IVF or FET cycle did not end in pregnancy. This type of follow-up appointment is NOT included in the IUI package. |
| Oocyte | Egg; an immature ovum, or egg cell |
