ivf/fertility drug

ivf is when a egg and sperm are fertillised

in a lab

before this a woman will take fsh to

develop the egg

if a man has low sperm count

intra cytoplasmic sperm injection puts sperm directly into egg

there`s new advances such as time lapse imaging with a camera and microscope to

monitor the embryo

or removing single cells to to genetic to testing to see if

embryo is healthy

when the embryos often multiple are a tiny ball of cells

they get placed back in uterus to hopefully implant

disadvantage

twins are a higher risk of miscarriage

low success rate 26 percent in uk

emotionally and physically draining

ethical issues

the unused embryos eventually destroyed- potential human life

the nhs money for ivf could be used on terminal illness research like cancer

fertility drug

some womens hormones might be too low so taking a hormone pill before ivf is often tried first