B3.2.5 Using Hormones to Treat Infertility

Question 1

Some Reasons for Infertility

Answer 1

• blocked Fallopian tubes
• not enough sperm being released in testes (low sperm count)
• lack of mature eggs produced in ovaries
• failure of ovaries to release egg

Question 2

What is fertility treatment?

Answer 2

Treating some infertility using hormones

Question 3

FSH for fertility

Answer 3

-can be used as artificial fertility drug
-when taken by woman stimulates eggs to mature in ovaries
-triggers oestrogen production
Increases chances of pregnancy + increases likelihood of released eggs

Question 4

Why use In Vitro Fertilisation?

Answer 4

-if treatment with hormones is not successful

Question 5

How ivf works

Answer 5

• FSH & LH are given to mother to ensure that as many eggs in ovaries are mature as possible
• doctors collect eggs from ovary of mother
• fertilises eggs with sperm from father outside body

Question 6

How in IVF not completely reliable?

Answer 6

• no pregnancy

- multiple pregnancies (1 in 5)

Question 7

Considerations around IVF:

Answer 7

• not natural process
• allows parents who can’t conceive to have baby
• enables older parents to have kids
• many IVF treatments result in multiple births, could be dangerous for mother and unborn babies
• V expensive, only limited availability through NHS
• Allows younger women to focus on Careers and have baby later

Question 8

difference between fertility treatment and in vitro fertilization

Answer 8

Fertility treatment- Just use of hormones to help conceive

In vitro- involves collected eggs from ovary and sperm, fertilized OUTSIDE the body