How to Use intrauterine in a Sentence

intrauterine

adjective
  • The intrauterine environment is to blame for the more than 100 teeny-tiny variations that can be found in a fingerprint.
    Marisa Sloan, Discover Magazine, 1 Feb. 2023
  • At the start of 2020, the pair sought a second opinion and were suggested to try intrauterine insemination (IUI) instead.
    Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 13 May 2024
  • At the start of 2020, the pair sought a second opinion and were suggested to try intrauterine insemination (IUI) instead.
    Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2023
  • In the past, trying to get Mei pregnant has required two teams employing the same equipment and catheters used for intrauterine insemination of humans—with a catch.
    Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2020
  • The top two birth control options in terms of effectiveness are intrauterine devices (IUDs) and progestin implants.
    Jill U. Adams, chicagotribune.com, 4 May 2017
  • A woman's photo of her newborn baby — just delivered, and with the intrauterine device (IUD) that failed to prevent her pregnancy clenched in his tiny fist — has gone viral.
    Fox News, 10 May 2017
  • Luckily, intrauterine fertilization, where the fast sperm are separated from the slower ones and the quick swimmers placed directly in the uterus, worked for Sally and Sarah.
    Jill Filipovic, Cosmopolitan, 2 May 2017
  • Still, she was diagnosed with intrauterine growth restriction, had her labor induced a month before her due date, and gave birth to a baby weighing under 5 pounds.
    Kate Tuttle, BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2022
  • Some school board members said new textbooks showed pictures of condoms, diaphragms and intrauterine devices that were too graphic for middle school students.
    Anthony Izaguirre, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2022
  • In their quest to have a baby, Belle and her husband had been through three rounds of ovulation induction, a miscarriage at five weeks and two rounds of intrauterine insemination.
    Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Since the leak last month of a draft opinion that would overturn Roe, some Tri-Rivers patients have been seeking intrauterine devices, which can stay in place for up to seven years, or to stock up on emergency contraception.
    Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, 13 June 2022
  • IUDs or intrauterine devices, a form of long-term birth control that lasts from three to 12 years, can also be used for emergency contraception, and are effective for people of all weights, Attaie says.
    Alexa Mikhail, Fortune, 1 July 2022
  • Teva announced the sale of its intrauterine contraceptive business to a unit of Cooper Co s. for $1.1 billion on Monday afternoon.
    Charley Grant, WSJ, 11 Sep. 2017
  • If sperm is present, either in the semen or needing to be extracted from the testes, intrauterine insemination (IUI) may be the first recommendation.
    Taayoo Murray, Essence, 31 May 2024
  • Baby epaulette sharks may not survive as the seas around the Great Barrier Reef continue to warm, and unborn megalodon sharks practiced intrauterine cannibalism.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 16 Mar. 2021
  • Mifepristone can be used to end an intrauterine pregnancy through 10 weeks gestation.
    Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2023
  • The device is uniquely designed for intrauterine delivery of the drug and for administration only.
    Brittany Barreto, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Contraceptives have also improved over the years, with intrauterine devices and oral options that offer an ultralow dose of estrogen.
    BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2021
  • Now, a new trend has popped up on the social media platform where women are filming themselves removing their intrauterine devices (IUD), a procedure doctors say shouldn't be performed at home.
    Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 21 Sep. 2021
  • And a partner’s vasectomy is the fifth leading contraceptive, relied on by 5.6% of women in that age group, after birth control pills, male condoms and intrauterine devices, or IUDs.
    Elizabeth Hintz, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2022
  • In most states, a woman without a male partner is mandated to attempt intrauterine insemination up to a dozen times before a plan covers egg donation.
    NBC News, 17 Dec. 2020
  • The court decision also appeared to drive interest in long-acting reversible birth control methods, such as intrauterine devices.
    Amanda Holpuch, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2022
  • One study estimated that in the 30 days after the election, insurance claims for intrauterine devices across the United States rose more than 21 percent among women with commercial insurance.
    Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Using long-acting contraceptive methods, like implants or intrauterine devices, may be best, the authors say — not only for the women but for reasons of convenience and cargo.
    Pam Belluck, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2016
  • Contraceptives like intrauterine devices, oral pills, vaginal rings, and implants work by releasing small amounts of progesterone for several months to years.
    Anuradha Varanasi, Forbes, 8 June 2022
  • Kent has been open about conceiving a second baby via intrauterine insemination (IUI) — a treatment where sperm is surgically placed in a uterus to fertilize an egg.
    Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 6 Mar. 2024
  • For example, while intrauterine devices (IUDs) are a highly effective form of birth control, some patients may be concerned about the invasiveness of the technology, or prefer a method of birth control that is easier to start and stop.
    Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2022
  • For example, birth control methods like intrauterine devices or contraceptive implants can cost thousands of dollars for the uninsured.
    Claretta Bellamy, NBC News, 30 June 2022
  • Listen to this article The young wife sought fertility treatment from a gynecologist in downstate Illinois in 1973 in the hope of conceiving via intrauterine insemination.
    Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2024
  • Letrozole can also be used for intrauterine insemination (IUI) treatment.
    Rachel Gurevich, Parents, 22 July 2024

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