Fertility Medical Treatment

Question 1

Artificial insemination by donor (known as AID)

Answer 1

Sperm donated to a clinic by a man is placed in a woman’s uterus. This can help couples where the man is infertile.

Question 2

Embryo donation

Answer 2

A fertilised egg is created in the laboratory using an egg donated by another woman but using the partner’s sperm. The fertilised de is placed in the woman’s womb. This is of help when a woman does not ovulate.

Question 3

In-vitro fertilisation (known as IVF)

Answer 3

Egg and sperm are taken from a couple, fertilised in a laboratory and then placed in the womb. This helps women with medical problems, such as blocked fallopian tubes, to conceive.

Question 4

Egg donation

Answer 4

A donated egg and donated sperm are fertilised in the laboratory to form an embryo before being placed in a woman’s womb.

Question 5

Artificial insemination by husband (known as AIH)

Answer 5

Sperm is taken from the husband and placed in the women’s uterus. This can help couples who have difficulty conceiving for no obvious reason.

Question 6

Surrogacy

Answer 6

A woman (the surrogate mother) agrees to become pregnant with someone else’s child and then hand that child over after it is born. This can be achieved with IVF using the couple’s sperm and egg ad planting the fertilised embryo in the surrogate mother. A surrogate mother may also permit her egg to be fertilised by having the sperm from the father inserted into her uterus. Although surrogacy is controversial, it is legal in the uK provided the surrogate mother does it surely to help the couple and not as a paid job.