Annotated Bibliography: In Vitro Fertilization

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Source 1:
IVF
Fullick, A 2002, In Vitro Fertilization,
In Vitro Fertilization by Ann Fullick, 2002
• For women who are infertile, their fallopian tubes don’t work (twisted, blocked or damaged) so sperm and eggs can't pass through
• Works by taking a sperm and egg, fertilizing outside the body and placing the embryo in the uterus so the fallopian tubes aren't needed.
How it works:
a. Fertility drugs taken for many eggs to ripen at the same time
b. Eggs are collected and put in a special liquid in a petri dish
c. A semen sample …show more content…

Source 2:
Problems with Reproductive Technologies: Farris Naff, C (ed.) 2007, Reproductive Technologies, Greenhaven Press, Detroit.

• Drugs used (Lupron or Leuprolide acetate) o Used to shut down ovaries before they're stimulated to produce many eggs. Are risky. o Drugs aren't approved but are legal because they can be used with other procedures. o Have negative effects, a syndrome called OHSS (ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome)
• Cysts and enlargement of ovaries
• Fluid build-up in the body
• This is a small percentage of women, 0.5% to 5% article Human Reproductive Update
• Potentially fatal outcome
Quote: Dr. Suzanne Parisian
" OHSS carries an increased risk of clotting disorders, kidney damage, and ovarian twisting, ovarian stimulation in general has been associated with serious life threatening pulmonary conditions in FDA trials including pulmonary infarction, stroke and death" Designer babies: o may be loved more because they're what the parents

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