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IN VITRO FERTILIZATION

IN VITRO FERTILIZATION. Presented By: Leah Karsten Cassie Kock Chelsie Tilton. IVF. Manually combining an egg and sperm If successful: embryo transfer (physically placing the embryo in the uterus) May be a couples sperm and eggs, or a donor for one, the other, or both

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IN VITRO FERTILIZATION

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  1. IN VITRO FERTILIZATION Presented By: Leah Karsten Cassie Kock Chelsie Tilton

  2. IVF • Manually combining an egg and sperm • If successful: embryo transfer (physically placing the embryo in the uterus) • May be a couples sperm and eggs, or a donor for one, the other, or both • Average # of embryos transferred:4

  3. How IVF Works • 5 Steps: • Monitor and stimulate the development of healthy egg(s) in the ovaries. • Collect the eggs. • Secure the sperm. • Combine the eggs and sperm together in the laboratory and provide the appropriate environment for fertilization and early embryo growth. • Transfer embryos into the uterus.

  4. After IVF • Monitor for pregnancy • Blood tests and ultrasounds

  5. Variations • Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer (GIFT) • Zygote Intrafallopian Transfer (ZIFT)

  6. Success Rates • Depends on patient characteristics and treatment approaches • Pregnancy rates ≠ live birth rates • Clinic rates are different • Chemical pregnancy • Clinical pregnancy • Miscarriages

  7. Risks • Risks with each step of the process • Ovarian Hyper Stimulation Syndrome • Has side effects • Risks with anesthesia • Multiple pregnancies • Premature birth

  8. Ethical Concerns Regarding IVF • These are not suggesting our opinions, but are just some things that we saw in our research and thought about.

  9. At what point should pre-embryos/embryos be considered to have human rights?

  10. Is it right to create babies in this arguable unnatural way?

  11. Who should decide what are appropriate procedures for IVF?Scientists? Politicians? Church?

  12. Should single women be allowed access to IVF procedures?How about homosexual couples?

  13. Should multiple procedures of IVF be allowed?

  14. Who should fund IVF? Patients?Insurance?Health care systems?

  15. How long should embryos be frozen for?Should they be destroyed if they go past that time? Should frozen embryos be destroyed if patients stop paying storage fees?

  16. Second-Hand (First Hand) Experience • Cousin – Mom’s Sister’s Daughter! • JENNIE • 33 years old • Married to Jake in 2002

  17. Time For A Child • Now time to have kids . . . . • Tried 4 years • Tested • Cleared tubes • Injected with dye • Found out she was pregnant  • Believe procedure helped

  18. Time To Have Another • Waited a year • Clomin for 6 months • $1,000 a month • No insurance coverage • Done through a OB/GYN • U of M

  19. Decision Time . . . • U of M • Do not ovulate regularly • Cyst on ovaries • PTOS • Time for IVF • Psychologist • Three implantations ISAAC OMER CIMINO ☺

  20. Family Views And Emotions • Emotion • Broken = petri dish babies / test tube • Scary • Medical • Social • Who do you tell? • Judge • Messing with God's plan • Why not adpot?

  21. Family Views And Emotions • Financially • Hard on teacher's salary • 2nd mortgage • Insurance not covering it • After Time • Do you tell Isaac? • Getting easier because of Hollywood

  22. The Biggest Thing • KNOW YOUR OPTIONS! • Look at the end result . . .

  23. PETER AND ISAAC

  24. Works Cited • "IVF Treatments." IVF.net. Web. 13 Apr. 2012. <http://www.ivf.net/ivf/ivf-ethics-o2120.html>. • Interview with Jennie Cimino • Interview with Jake Cimino • http://www.americanpregnancy.org/infertility/ivf.html

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