leuprolide, 212

Levchin, Max, 115

Levy, Ariel, 150

LGBTQ+ community, 24, 96, 194

fertility treatment and, 204–6

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libido, 116, 118, 126

liquid nitrogen, 45, 152–54, 285–87, 289–92, 293n, 317

live-birth rates, 170–72, 174, 175 (see also egg freezing, success rates)

Lloyd, Vera, 19–21, 24–25

Louisiana, embryo custody in, 299

low sperm count, 118

Lunny, Caroline, 131

Lupron, 212–14, 219

Lupron Victims Hub, 219

luteinizing hormone (LH), 75, 125, 215, 324

Lyft, 185

Lysol, used as douche and birth control, 38–39

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marketing, 15, 183, 185, 256–59, 314

marriage, age at, xvi, 41, 42

Massachusetts, fertility treatment insurance coverage in, 193

masturbation, 12, 25, 143, 144

mating gap, 96–97

McKinsey & Company, 122, 187

Mean Girls (movie), 24, 26

medically induced infertility, 93

medical research, 122, 294

menopause, 27–29, 69, 94, 131, 215, 321, 322, 331

age at, 126n

Menopur, 88, 136, 216

menstrual cycle/menstruation, 12, 13, 22, 25, 29, 34, 35, 68–71, 73–76, 85, 105, 109–12, 117–21, 139, 142, 144, 214, 269n

Meta, 195

Microsoft, 195

military women, 191

Mirena, 81

miscarriages, 201, 203

Mississippi, sex education in, 23

MIT Technology Review, 182

Modern Fertility, 126–27, 131–33, 186, 276, 343

mood swings and disorders, 72, 76, 81, 217

moon, cycles of, 269n

“Morality and Birth Control” (Sanger), 38

motherhood, 8, 41–42, 55–56, 145, 165, 246, 337

Motherhood, Rescheduled (Richards), 249

Motherhood on Ice (Inhorn), 97, 98

motherhood penalty, 42

multiple-fetus pregnancies, 173n

Munn, Olivia, 15

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