Fertility Flashcards

1
Q

contraception

A

prevents the sperm meeting an egg or a fertilised egg implanting in an ovary

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2
Q

chemical methods

A

spermicides (disable)

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3
Q

hormone based methods

A

oral (p + e, no FSH, no mature egg, no lining, thick mucus, daily), implant (tube under skin, p, 3 years), patch (o+p blood)

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4
Q

side effects of oral contraception

A

high blood pressure, breast cancer, thrombosis

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5
Q

no sex, rhythm method

A

abstinence

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6
Q

surgical methods

A

vasectomy (no sperm semen), oviducts cut and tied

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7
Q

reasons for infertility

A

lack of hormones, damaged oviduct, no sperm

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8
Q

artificial drug of fertility hormones FSH + LH

A

egg mature and released for natural pregnancy

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9
Q

IVF

A

drug mature eggs, collected mixed with sperm in petri, check, half placed into uterus. Expensive, stressful, saved for future, ethical, multiple babies

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