🗺️ Patient Journey
Patient journey terms reflect the real-world experience of fertility care — from first trying to conceive to choosing a specialist and navigating treatment cycles. These terms bridge clinical medicine and the lived experience of patients.
📌 Start Here — Key Patient Journey
Trying to Conceive (TTC)
Trying to Conceive (TTC) is a widely used lay term describing the active effort by an individual or …
Fertility Clinic
A fertility clinic is a specialised medical centre that evaluates and treats infertility and reprodu…
Preconception Care
Preconception care refers to the medical evaluation, health optimisation, and lifestyle modification…
REI Specialist (Reproductive Endocrinologist)
An REI specialist (Reproductive Endocrinologist and Infertility specialist) is a physician with adva…
All Patient Journey (15)
Time to Pregnancy (TTP)
Time to Pregnancy (TTP) is the duration — measured in menstrual cycles or months — from when a coupl…
Trying to Conceive (TTC)
Trying to Conceive (TTC) is a widely used lay term describing the active effort by an individual or …
REI Specialist (Reproductive Endocrinologist)
An REI specialist (Reproductive Endocrinologist and Infertility specialist) is a physician with adva…
Fertility Clinic
A fertility clinic is a specialised medical centre that evaluates and treats infertility and reprodu…
Preconception Care
Preconception care refers to the medical evaluation, health optimisation, and lifestyle modification…
Cycle Day 1 (CD1)
Cycle Day 1 (CD1) is defined as the first day of full menstrual bleeding — not spotting — and marks …
Cycle Monitoring
Cycle monitoring is the planned combination of blood tests and ultrasound scans performed across a f…
Cycle Start
Cycle start is the formal initiation point of a fertility treatment cycle — defined as the day a pat…
Treatment Calendar
A treatment calendar is a personalised day-by-day schedule provided by the fertility clinic to the p…
Nurse Coordinator
A nurse coordinator (fertility nurse coordinator or IVF nurse) is a registered nurse with specialist…
Medication Teaching
Medication teaching is a structured educational session — conducted by a nurse coordinator or fertil…
Infectious Disease Screening
Infectious disease screening is a mandatory pre-treatment blood test panel performed for both partne…
Support Groups
Fertility support groups are structured or informal peer communities where individuals and couples e…
Therapy (Fertility)
Fertility therapy refers to structured professional psychological support — provided by licensed psy…
Fertility Counseling
Fertility counselling is a specialised form of professional support addressing the emotional, relati…