fertility

• give types of hormonal contraception

  • combined pill
  • progesterone only pill
  • patch
  • injection
  • implant
  • iud
• give types of non hormonal contraception

  • barrier - condom and diaphragm
  • iud
  • spermicide
  • sterilisation
  • abstinence
• give ways to increase fertility

  fertility drug and ivf
• describe fertility drug

  fsh and lh to stimulate egg maturation and release
• describe fertility drug 


  fsh and lh to stimulate egg maturation and release
• describe process of ivf

  1. mother given fsh and lh
  2. eggs collected and fertilised by sperm in lab
  3. fertilised eggs develop into embryos in incubator
  4. few embryos inserted into womb
• give disadvantages of ivf

  • low success rate
  • emotionally and physically stressful
  • risk of multiple birth - increased risk of complications
  • ethical objections