1. Reproductive Alternatives

2. 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)

3. Treatments Male… Briefs to boxers Drug therapy (viagra)
Sperm injection
Sperm bank
Female…
Hormone injections
Donor egg
Surrogate mother
InVitro Fertilization

4. 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