Controlling Fertility

• What is the purpose of using hormones in treating infertility?

  Hormones are used to help infertile couples become pregnant.
• What are the methods infertile couples can use to become pregnant?

  • Hormonal treatments
  • Assisted reproductive technologies
  • Clomiphene therapy
• What is one example of a hormonal treatment for infertility?

  Clomiphene therapy.
• What is Clomiphene therapy used for?

  • It is used to treat infertility.
  • It stimulates ovulation in women.
  • It can help regulate menstrual cycles.
• What does it mean if a person is infertile?

  They can’t reproduce naturally
• What is the cause of some women’s infertility?

  • Don’t ovulate
  • Don’t ovulate regularly
• How does Clomifene therapy work and what does it stimulate?

  It causes more FSH and LH to be released in the body this causes the stimulation of eggs maturing and ovulation.
• What is the process of IVF?

  • FSH and LH are given to the woman before egg collection so more than one egg can be matured and collected
  • Eggs are collected from the woman‘s ovaries
  • They are fertilised in a lab using a man’s sperm
  • The eggs if the sperm has been successfully fused become embryos
  • The embryo is transferred to the woman’s uterus
• What does ART stand for?

  Assisted Reproductive Technology
• What can oestrogen be used to prevent?

  The release of an egg
• What happens if the levels of oestrogen in a woman’s body is constantly high?

  It stops the production of FSH which is this is constant, stops the production of egg development permanently.
• What does progesterone stimulate to stop a woman getting pregnant?

  It stimulates the production of thick cervical mucus which stops any sperm getting through the cervix and stop it from reaching an egg
• What are two examples of just progesterone contraceptives?

  • Mini-pill (oral)
  • Contraceptive injection
• Barrier methods of contraceptives work by placing a barrier between the sperm and egg do they don’t meet.

  Name 2 examples of barrier methods:

  
  

  Condoms

  Diaphrams