Contraception and Treating Infertility
Contraception and Treating Infertility
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Contraception methods are ways to reduce fertility and PREVENT PREGNANCY.
These methods use the hormones OESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE to REDUCE fertility.
If OESTROGEN levels REMAIN HIGH in a woman all the time, it INHIBITS the release of FSH, which will stop the egg from developing and releasing.
If PROGESTERONE levels stay HIGH, it causes the cervix (the opening of the uterus) to produce THICK MUCUS, which stops any sperm from passing through into the uterus.
Here are examples of HORMONAL contraception methods:
These work by preventing the sperm from reaching the egg and avoiding fertilisation.
** You don’t need to memorise these percentages, they are there to give a comparison of the effectiveness of each.
These are methods used to increase the chances of women with fertility issues to have babies.
Some women may find it difficult to get pregnant due to having LOW levels of FSH which means that eggs do NOT get released from the ovaries.
This can be treated with a FERTILITY DRUG, containing the hormones FSH and LH which can help to STIMULATE OVULATION.
This helps women to become pregnant in the normal way, however it can require multiple attempts to become successful. This can become expensive.
It can also result in unexpected MULTIPLE PREGNANCIES (twins and triplets) due to too many eggs being stimulated.
A process where eggs are collected from a woman's ovaries and fertilised with sperm in a LAB.
The process starts with HORMONE TREATMENT where drugs containing FSH and LH are given to the woman to stimulate the maturation of SEVERAL EGGS.
The eggs are COLLECTED from the mother and a single sperm is injected directly into an egg using an INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION (ICSI) in a lab.
The fertilised eggs then DEVELOP into EMBRYOS and when they are tiny balls of cells, one or two embryos are inserted into the mother’s uterus to increase the chances of pregnancy.
CONSIDERATIONS for IVF
Although fertility treatment gives a woman the chance to have a baby of her own, it can come with some disadvantages:
Contraception methods are ways to reduce fertility and PREVENT PREGNANCY.
These methods use the hormones OESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE to REDUCE fertility.
If OESTROGEN levels REMAIN HIGH in a woman all the time, it INHIBITS the release of FSH, which will stop the egg from developing and releasing.
If PROGESTERONE levels stay HIGH, it causes the cervix (the opening of the uterus) to produce THICK MUCUS, which stops any sperm from passing through into the uterus.
Here are examples of HORMONAL contraception methods:
These work by preventing the sperm from reaching the egg and avoiding fertilisation.
** You don’t need to memorise these percentages, they are there to give a comparison of the effectiveness of each.
These are methods used to increase the chances of women with fertility issues to have babies.
Some women may find it difficult to get pregnant due to having LOW levels of FSH which means that eggs do NOT get released from the ovaries.
This can be treated with a FERTILITY DRUG, containing the hormones FSH and LH which can help to STIMULATE OVULATION.
This helps women to become pregnant in the normal way, however it can require multiple attempts to become successful. This can become expensive.
It can also result in unexpected MULTIPLE PREGNANCIES (twins and triplets) due to too many eggs being stimulated.
A process where eggs are collected from a woman's ovaries and fertilised with sperm in a LAB.
The process starts with HORMONE TREATMENT where drugs containing FSH and LH are given to the woman to stimulate the maturation of SEVERAL EGGS.
The eggs are COLLECTED from the mother and a single sperm is injected directly into an egg using an INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION (ICSI) in a lab.
The fertilised eggs then DEVELOP into EMBRYOS and when they are tiny balls of cells, one or two embryos are inserted into the mother’s uterus to increase the chances of pregnancy.
CONSIDERATIONS for IVF
Although fertility treatment gives a woman the chance to have a baby of her own, it can come with some disadvantages:
