IVF Fertility Treatment
- Created by: Emma
- Created on: 10-03-13 18:12
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- Fertility
- Treatments
- IVF -Can help couples to have children.
- Collects eggs from the woman's ovaries and fertilising them in a lab with the male's sperm.
- Once the embryos are tiny balls of cells, one or two are transfered to the woman's uterus.
- FSH and LH are given before egg collection to stimulate egg production.
- Once the embryos are tiny balls of cells, one or two are transfered to the woman's uterus.
- Pros
- Can give an infertile couple a child
- Cons
- Some women have a strong reaction to hormones. - Abdominal pain, vomiting, dehydration.
- Multiple births can happen if more than 1 embryo develops in to a baby -risky as increased chance of miscarridge and still birth.
- There could possibly be an increased risk of cancer due to the hormonal treatment
- Collects eggs from the woman's ovaries and fertilising them in a lab with the male's sperm.
- IVF -Can help couples to have children.
- Treatments
- There could possibly be an increased risk of cancer due to the hormonal treatment
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