Reproductive Alternatives
Infertility Couples who are unable to conceive a child because of 1 or more physical abnormalities. After 1 year of unprotected sex Causes… Females… Lack of eggs Failure to ovulate Cannot support a growing embryo Males… Low sperm count Impotence (erectile dysfunction)
Treatments Male… Briefs to boxers Drug therapy (viagra) Sperm injection Sperm bank Female… Hormone injections Donor egg Surrogate mother InVitro Fertilization
InVitro Fertilization Eggs are fertilized by sperm outside the body in a petri dish At ~ 8 cell stage a few healthy embryos are injected into the female uterus Hopefully, at least 1 egg will implant and develop