Increasing Fertility

Question 1

Some women cannot have babies because their eggs do not mature. What hormone are they not producing?

Answer 1

FSH

Question 2

Why might a woman find it difficult to get pregnant?

Answer 2

She is not producing enough FSH so her eggs are not maturing.

Question 3

How can Doctors help women who have fertility problems?

Answer 3

FSH can be injected to mature eggs

LH can be injected to release eggs

Question 4

What are the PROs of injecting women with FSH and LH?

Answer 4

It allows women with fertility problems to have a baby.

Question 5

What are the CONs of injecting women with hormones like FSH and LH?

Answer 5

Not guaranteed to help women get pregnant
Can cause multiple pregnancies (twins, triplets etc.)
Hormones can cause vomiting.
Expensive

Question 6

What are the two methods of helping women with fertility problems to get pregnant?

Answer 6

Hormones injections (FSH, LH)
I.V.F. treatment

Question 7

What does I.V.F. stand for?

Answer 7

In Vitro Fertilisation

Question 8

Describe the 5 steps involved in IVF treatment.

Answer 8

Inject woman with FSH & LH to mature & release eggs
Collect eggs from ovaries
Fertilise eggs in lab using mans sperm
Grow fertilised eggs into embryos
Put embryos into womans uterus

Question 9

What are the PROs of IVF treatment

Answer 9

Can give an infertile couple a child

Question 10

What are the CONs of IVF treatment

Answer 10

Not guaranteed to help women get pregnant.
FSH and LH hormone injections can cause vomiting
Multiple births more likely (twins, triplets etc.)
Expensive