Vocabulary- can someone help me?

[Anonymous]

I am new to this and trying to suss out this process. I don't follow all of the terms of art and shorthand employed here. Can someone help me out?

Estrogen Patching?
hatched blast
TESE
MFI
IUI
IVIG
FET
PGS
3BB
5BBjavascript:void(0);
BCP
DD
DS
im sure there are more but i am missing them now. theres probably someone out there like me that is trying to keep up too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am new to this and trying to suss out this process. I don't follow all of the terms of art and shorthand employed here. Can someone help me out?

Estrogen Patching?
hatched blast
TESE
MFI - male factor infertility
IUI - Intrauterine insemination (turkey baster)
IVIG
FET frozen embryo transfer
PGS pre-genetec screening (now called PGD, I think - diagnosis)
3BB 3DB - 3 Day Blasts (embryos)
5BBjavascript:void(0); 5DB 5 Day Blasts
BCP Birth Control Pills
DD - Dear Daughter (at least on here, not in ART that I've heard)
DS - Dear Son
im sure there are more but i am missing them now. theres probably someone out there like me that is trying to keep up too.

Did you Google? Took a stab at some, to get you going.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am new to this and trying to suss out this process. I don't follow all of the terms of art and shorthand employed here. Can someone help me out?

Estrogen Patching? - estrogen supplementation is necessary for some procedures, like frozen embryo transfers... the estrogen is sometimes supplied via an estrogen patch on the abdomen (but can also be taken as a pill or vaginal suppository depending on what it is used for and doctor preference)

hatched blast - a blastocyst (embryo that has survived to day 5 or 6 and has the requisite cell number and formation to be called a "blast") that is "hatching from its outer shell - this is considered good and that the embryo may have a better chance of attaching to the uterine wall
TESE - some sperm thing (not sure)
MFI - Male Factor Infertility
IUI - a step down from IVF - when the doctor primes the female with hormones, times the ovulation and then deposits semen at the right time
IVIG - an immunological infusion not usually provided by general fertility docs - a reproductive immunologist may prescribe if the patient has immunological issues that need to be suppressed to facilitate a preganancy
FET - frozen embryo transfer
PGS - genetic testing of an embryo to make sure it has all chromosomes before transfer (if you do PGS you have to have a frozen embryo transfer because it takes time to do the genetic testing )
3BB - grade of Blastocyst - not uniform among fertility clinics
5BBjavascript:void(0);
BCP - birth control pills
DD - dear daughter
DS - dear son
im sure there are more but i am missing them now. theres probably someone out there like me that is trying to keep up too.

[Anonymous]

TESE is testicular extraction of sperm. Basically they use a needle to extract the sperm from the testicle rather than having it be ejaculated. Because he ejaculation process contributes to DNA fragmentation for some people.

[Anonymous]

OP, Resolve has a good dictionary of acronyms: https://resolve.org/infertility-101/infertility-faq/infertility-acronyms/. Their message boards are also really good so you might take a look at those as well as DCUM, though I've found this board to be really supportive (unlike most of the other snarky topics on this forum ).

[Anonymous]

thank you!