Pelex's New In-Person Clinic is in Lubbock, Texas
ADE = anonymous donor eggs or embryos
AF = Aunt Flo (period)
AFC = antral follicle count (# of follicles beginning to grow at start of cycle)
AI = artificial insemination
AMH = anti-Mullerian hormone (blood test estimates ovarian reserve based on AMH level)
AH = assisted hatching (creating hole in shell of embryo)
ARR = arrested (not growing)
ASA = antisperm antibodies
ASP = abnormal sperm parameters
ART = assisted reproductive technologies
ATR = atretic (degenerate)
BCP = birth control pills (OCP)
Beta = blood pregnancy test (for beta hCG level)
BFP = big fat positive
BFN = big fat negative
BL = blastocyst
BW = bloodwork
BX= biopsy
CD = cycle day (which day of your cycle you are on)
CMV = cytomegalovirus
D&C = dilation and curettage (procedure sometimes performed after a miscarriage)
DE = donor egg(s) or embryo(s)
DEG = degenerate (atretic)
DIVF = donor IVF
DOR = diminished ovarian reserve (low amount of eggs in ovaries, typically due to age)
DPO = days past ovulation
DPT = days past transfer
DS = donor sperm
DX = diagnosis
E2 = estradiol (estrogen)
EDC = estimated date of conception
EDD = estimates due date
EB = early blastocyst or expanded blastocyst
ENDO = endometriosis
EPT = early pregnancy test
ER = egg retrieval
ET = embryo transfer
FAB = freeze all blasts (AKA freeze all cycle)
FET = frozen embryo transfer
FSH = follicle stimulating hormone
Frag = fragmentation
FP = forward progression (used for sperm)
GC = gestational carrier (surrogate)
GnRH = gonadotropin releasing hormone (causes release of FSH and LH from brain)
GV = germinal vesicle (immature egg)
HB = hatched blastocyst
hCG = human chorionic gonadotropin (hormone produced by implanted embryo that is detected with pregnancy test)
HgB = hatching blastocyst
HPT = home pregnancy test
HSG = hysterosalpingogram (not to be confused with a hysteroscopy)
HX = history of
ICSI = Intracytoplasmic sperm injection
IF = infertility
IUI = intrauterine insemination
IVF = in vitro fertilization
KDE = known donor egg or embryo
KDS = known donor sperm
LH = leutenizing hormone
LMP = last menstrual period
M1 = immature egg
M2 = mature egg
M = morula
MC = miscarriage
MESA = microsurgical epididymal sperm aspiration
MFI = male factor infertility
MMC = missed miscarriage
mTESE = microTESE
OCP = oral contraceptive pill (birth control)
OHSS = ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
OI = ovulation induction
OPK = ovulation predictor out
OPU = ovum pickup (another name for an egg retrieval)
P4 = progesterone
PCOS = polycystic ovarian syndrome
PGT = preimplantation genetic testing
PGT-A = PGT for aneuploidy (screening test which determines if embryo has correct number of chromosomes)
PGT-M = PGT for monogenic disease (screening test which determines if embryo is affected by or carrier of a specific monogenic or single gene disease)
PGT-SR = PGT for structural rearrangement (screening test which determines if an embryo has a chromosomal misarrangement such as a translocation or inversion)
PI = primary infertility
PID = pelvic inflammatory disease
PIO = progesterone in oil (injection given prior to embryo transfer to help uterine lining thicken)
POC = products of conception
POF = premature ovarian failure (POI)
POI = primary ovarian insufficiency (POF)
PRP = platelet-rich plasma
PUPO = pregnant until proven otherwise
RPL = recurrent pregnancy loss
RX = prescription
RIF = recurrent implantation failure
RBC = red blood cell
SA = semen analysis
SI = secondary infertility
SMBC = single mom by choice
STI = sexually transmitted infection (also known as sexually transmitted disease or STD)
TDI = therapeutic donor insemination
TESA = testicular sperm aspiration
TESE = testicular sperm extraction
TIC = timed intercourse
TSH = thyroid stimulating hormone
TTC = trying to conceive
TW = trigger warning
TWW = two week wait
TX = treatment
US = ultrasound
Vit = freeze (cryopreserve)
WBC = white blood cell count
XB = expanded blastocyst
