infertility
Cannot conceive offspring
Infertility is the inability to conceive children or, in agriculture, the inability of soil to support plant growth.
Medical infertility is typically diagnosed after a year of unsuccessful attempts at conception: They sought treatment for infertility.
The word applies to both males and females, though historically women bore more stigma for it.
Figuratively, infertility describes any condition of unproductiveness: the infertility of his later creative work.
Inability to bear fruit
- miscarriagePregnancy lost naturally
- endometriosisDisplaced uterine tissue condition
- PCOSHormonal disorder, multiple ovarian cysts
- unexplainedNot yet clarified
Laboratory-aided conception method
- ovulationEgg discharge from ovary
- endometriosisDisplaced uterine tissue condition
- polycysticHaving many cysts
- amenorrheaLack of menstruation
hypogonadism · LH · reproductive · gynecology · andrology · hormonal · subfertility · laparoscopy
Intense sorrow from loss
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
- hopeDesire for good outcomes
despair · isolation · shame · envy · loss · anxiety · depression · therapy
In artificial environment
- inseminationIntroducing sperm for conception
- IUIIntrauterine sperm placement
- surrogacyBearing child for others
- progesteroneOvarian steroid supporting gestation
implantation · retrieval · stimulation · injections · monitoring · protocol
Lacking any offspring
- childlessnessLacking any offspring
- child-freeHaving no children, by choice
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- identityWho someone is
lifestyle · redefining · closure · fulfillment · legacy
barrenness
Inability to bear fruit
- miscarriagePregnancy lost naturally
- endometriosisDisplaced uterine tissue condition
- PCOSHormonal disorder, multiple ovarian cysts
IVF
Laboratory-aided conception method
- ovulationEgg discharge from ovary
- endometriosisDisplaced uterine tissue condition
- polycysticHaving many cysts
amenorrhea · hypogonadism · LH · reproductive · gynecology · andrology · hormonal · subfertility · laparoscopy · hysteroscopy
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
hope · despair · isolation · shame · envy · loss · anxiety · depression · therapy · counseling
in-vitro
In artificial environment
- inseminationIntroducing sperm for conception
- IUIIntrauterine sperm placement
- surrogacyBearing child for others
progesterone · implantation · retrieval · stimulation · injections · monitoring · protocol
childless
Lacking any offspring
- childlessnessLacking any offspring
- child-freeHaving no children, by choice
- acceptanceConsent to receive
identity · lifestyle · redefining · closure · fulfillment · legacy
foster
Encourage development of
- Sterilitybarrenness, sterilization, childlessness, aseptic, germ-free
- cattle breedingovarian cysts, hormonal imbalance, congenital defects, inbreeding, twinning
- Infertilitylow sperm count, PCOS, endometriosis, blocked tubes, polycystic ovary syndrome
- family lifebirth, kinship, childbirth, pregnancy, new baby
- health effectsillness, disease, injury, harm, damage
- life challengesadversity, hardship, crisis, failure, loss
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Capacity for reproduction
fecundity · fruitfulness · potency · conception · virility
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Capacity for reproduction
fruitfulness · fecundity · richness · lushness · productivity
- infertility treatmentCare to enable pregnancy
- male infertilityInability to impregnate
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