Why not keep the uterine lining around until it is used, she wondered.

In one exchange the little girl asks her partner what the uterine lining is called.

British researchers say a simple scratch to the uterine lining might do just that, but some experts are skeptical.

Estrogen alone can cause cancer of the uterine lining and should not be used by women with a uterus.

A procedure during which a sample of the uterine lining is collected for microscopic analysis.

The controversial technique buries the embryos in the uterine lining.

Some studies suggest the tiny scratch triggers the release of growth factors from the uterine lining.

Pieces of the uterine lining in this fluid attach themselves and grow on other organs.

The brush is then rotated 4-5 times, collecting tissue from the entire uterine lining.

It is also used to prepare uterine lining in infertility therapy and to support early pregnancy.

Even after menopause, he said, the uterine lining can be stimulated to grow by giving a woman estrogen.

Birth control pills protect women against cancer of the uterine lining and the ovaries, studies have shown.

The balloon is then inflated and heated, which destroys the uterine lining.

There's preliminary evidence that the placenta ripped away from the uterine lining, but I don't know yet.

This growth of uterine lining tissue outside the uterus can cause severe pelvic pain.

(Getting pregnant after having the uterine lining removed could be risky.)

No development takes place as long as the embryo remains unattached to the uterine lining.

The uterine lining sheds, resulting in your period.

This allows the uterine lining to slough off.

In endometriosis, pieces of the uterine lining grow outside the womb, sometimes sticking to other organs.

If the corpus luteum functions poorly, the uterine lining may not support a pregnancy.

This causes irregular shedding of the uterine lining and break-through bleeding.

Progesterone offsets the risks associated with taking estrogen alone, primarily cancer of the uterine lining.