Hormones to treat infertility

• some men have a reduced sperm count

  some women find it difficult to concieve

  many of these people undergo fertility treatment
• one treatment of infertility fsh and LH are given to a woman ( fertility drug ) this causes the woman to ovulate more than usual increaing her chances of becoming pregnant
• In-vitro fertilisation (IVF) is the process of fertilising an egg outside the body
• Problems with ivf

  • success rates are not high
  • emotionally stressful for both parents
  • physically demanding on the mother eg treatment with fertility drugs and collection of eggs
  • can lead to multiple births
• in vitro fertilization involves removing eggs from a female, combining them with sperm in a lab dish, and then implanting one or two embryos into the uterus.
• -Ivf is very expensive also some of the embryos go to waste which is unethical