Appendix 4: Abbreviations
Egg Freezing, Fertility and Reproductive Choice
ISBN: 978-1-78756-484-8, eISBN: 978-1-78756-483-1
Publication date: 5 September 2019
Citation
Baldwin, K. (2019), "Appendix 4: Abbreviations", Egg Freezing, Fertility and Reproductive Choice (Emerald Studies in Reproduction, Culture and Society), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, p. 163. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78756-483-120191015
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:Emerald Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2019, Kylie Baldwin
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| AGE | Anticipated gamete exhaustion |
| AMH | Anti-Mullerian Hormone |
| ARFD | Age-related fertility decline |
| ARTs | Assisted reproductive technologies |
| ASRM | American Society for Reproductive Medicine |
| BFS | British Fertility Society |
| ESHRE | European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology |
| FSH | Follicle-stimulating hormone |
| HFEA | Human Fertilisation and Embryology Society |
| ICSI | Intracytoplasmic sperm injection |
| IUI | Intrauterine insemination |
| IVF | In vitro fertilisation |
| MEF | Medical egg freezing |
| NHS | National Health Service |
| NICE | National Institute for Clinical Excellence |
| OHSS | Ovarian hyper-stimulation syndrome |
| ONS | Office for National Statistics |
| ORT | Ovarian reserve test |
| PCOS | Polycystic ovary syndrome |
| PET | Per embryo transfer |
| PGD | Preimplantation genetic diagnosis |
| PGS | Preimplantation genetic screening |
| SEF | Social egg freezing |
| SMC | Single motherhood by choice |
| TTC | Try(ing) to conceive |
- Prelims
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Contemporary Debates in Social Egg Freezing
- Chapter 3 Timing Motherhood
- Chapter 4 Performing Parenthood
- Chapter 5 Motivations for Social Egg Freezing
- Chapter 6 The Experience of Freezing Eggs for Social Reasons
- Chapter 7 Negotiating Parenthood: Men, Intimate Relationships and Childbearing
- Chapter 8 Conclusion
- Appendix 1: Researching Social Egg Freezing
- Appendix 2: Relationship Factors Motivating Use of Egg Freezing
- Appendix 3: Glossary of Terms
- Appendix 4: Abbreviations
- Appendix 5: Research Participants’ Characteristics (Summary Table)
- Appendix 6: Pen Portraits
- References
- Index