6) The Use Of Hormones To Treat Infertility

• . Doctors may give FSH and LH in a fertility drug to a woman if her own level of

  FSH is too low to stimulate eggs to mature.
• · In vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment involves:

  giving a woman FSH and LH to stimulate the growth of many eggs

  collecting the eggs from the woman

  fertilising the eggs with sperm from the father in the laboratory

  • inserting one or two embryos into the woman's uterus (womb).
• . Fertility treatment gives a woman the chance to have a baby. However:

  it is emotionally and physically stressful

  the success rates are not high

  • it can lead to multiple births, which are a risk to both the babies and the mother.