Fertility Flashcards
contraception
prevents the sperm meeting an egg or a fertilised egg implanting in an ovary
chemical methods
spermicides (disable)
hormone based methods
oral (p + e, no FSH, no mature egg, no lining, thick mucus, daily), implant (tube under skin, p, 3 years), patch (o+p blood)
side effects of oral contraception
high blood pressure, breast cancer, thrombosis
no sex, rhythm method
abstinence
surgical methods
vasectomy (no sperm semen), oviducts cut and tied
reasons for infertility
lack of hormones, damaged oviduct, no sperm
artificial drug of fertility hormones FSH + LH
egg mature and released for natural pregnancy
IVF
drug mature eggs, collected mixed with sperm in petri, check, half placed into uterus. Expensive, stressful, saved for future, ethical, multiple babies