How to Use intrauterine in a Sentence

intrauterine

adjective
  • Mifepristone can be used to end an intrauterine pregnancy through 10 weeks gestation.
    — Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2023
  • 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
  • The coroner also said the preliminary cause of death included intrauterine fetal demise caused by her injuries.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • After nine months of trying with no success, the trio opted to explore intrauterine insemination.
    — Emily Strohm, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The device is uniquely designed for intrauterine delivery of the drug and for administration only.
    — Brittany Barreto, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
  • 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
  • In these cases, such as intrauterine infection, bleeding, preeclampsia, or premature rupture of membranes, a wait-and-see approach can be deadly.
    — Mark N. Simon, STAT, 19 July 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Jon and his wife Kate Gosselin shot to fame after giving birth to sextuplets after having twins using intrauterine insemination.
    — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Lala Beauty opened up about her decision to have her second child via a sperm donor using intrauterine insemination (IUI).
    — Anna Halkidis, Parents, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Liesl did three rounds of intrauterine insemination (IUI) and in vitro fertilization.
    — Women's Health, 13 July 2023
  • 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
  • First, there was intrauterine insemination (IUI).
    — Angela Hatem, Parents, 1 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • The medical examiner's report listed the unborn child's cause of death as intrauterine fetal demise due to maternal meth use, the Constitution reported.
    — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com, 16 Oct. 2021
  • 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
  • Increasingly, women were asking for long-acting birth control methods such as implants and hormonal intrauterine devices, or IUDs.
    — Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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