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Fertilization
(3,536 words)
By:
Eva Suchecki
Table of Contents
Introduction
Goals
Areas of Interaction
4-5
Process
5-8
Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendix B – Interviews
9 - 12
13 - 14
13 - 15
Eva Suchecki
Introduction
The idea of having children became unconceivable for my
mother after three long years of trying to get pregnant, so
she and my father considered attempting the In Vitro
Fertilization process. Alone, my mother went to see
specialists in Marseille (The second biggest city of France)
because this was where the practice of IVF was done at the
time. The doctors said that the impossibility to have children
was obvious and common since my mother had one less
fallopian tube due to several reasons and my father had a
certain problem. After this appointment, she went back to
Nice and started every three-month to go through artificial
insemination and take fertility drugs, this went on for about
ten years and succeeded in 1991 when pregnancy occurred.
The gynecologist announced to my mother that she was
waiting for twins; one boy, but the other baby’s sex was
unknown. It is only two weeks later that the specialists who
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Goals
I chose to do my personal project on In Vitro Fertilization,
which is a process, which consists of fertilization outside of
the mother’s uterus. This procedure permits infertile couples
to have one or more babies, it is in fact a big progress in the
history of science since the human eggs are fertilized
outside of the woman’s body and then retrieved into the
uterus after the fertilization. I think that In Vitro Fertilization
is a fascinating and very absorbing topic that appeals to me
because my mother went through this process to procreate
my twin brother and me. In fact, many of my friends were
born owing to the In Vitro Fertilization process and the
number of infertile couples going through the IVF process is
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Areas of Interaction
My project uses areas of interaction of:
– Approaches to learning are to be able to educate others
about the In Vitro Fertilization procedure through a
keynote presentation.
– My Homo Faber is the creation of a keynote presentation
and a piece of art.
– Health and social is included in the areas of interaction
because my project is about alternative methods of
conceiving a child.
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Process
Progression of research
I am doing good on my personal project, I have found a lot of
information about In Vitro Fertilization which includes side
effects, progress, medical mistakes and consequences of
taking fertility drugs, I also found out about Babies born this
way, the first test tube baby “Louise Brown”, the history of In
Vitro Fertilization and other founds that are just included in
some names that I just cited. It has been quiet difficult to
find information on it at first because I did not know how to
say IVF in English. In fact I did not understand many medical
words that they use in the texts about In Vitro Fertilization, I
looked for each one of them on the dictionary and I now
understand them.
Pictures of my presentation:
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Conclusion
I have the satisfaction to have personally achieved my goal –
educating others about the option of In Vitro Fertilization –;
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Bibliography
“Side Effects of Ovarian Stimulation by Fertility Drugs”. Risk
and complications of IVF treatment. 2004. 7 October 2008
<http://www.ivf-
infertility.com/ivf/standard/complications/ovarian_st
imulation/side_effects.php/>
2. Statistics
- About 300 000 In Vitro Fertilization are attempted every
year in Europe with only 30% successful pregnancy.
- The In Vitro Fertilization average success rate is from 0% to
50% but it depends on the country where it is being
practiced.
- Every year in the United States of America, approximately
62 million women attempt to have children, when 10%
previously had an infertility-related appointment with a
gynecologist-obstetrician.
- 7% of American married couples reveal having problems of
fertility (the woman, the man or both partners).
- A woman who is in age to reproduce has the same
pregnancy success percentage of changes as a woman in
age to reproduce who smoke.
-A woman who smokes or who is obese has 30% less
chances to have a baby succeeding In Vitro Fertilization.
3. Operatory process
Ovarian stimulation
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Egg retrieval
It is oocyte retrieval. Doctors use a needle to perforate the
wall of the vagina while the patient is under sedation to
recuperate eggs from ovarian follicle.
Fertilization
-The sperm of the male is technically prepared to ameliorate
the spermatic quality and then it is put in contact with the
ovocytes of the woman, in sterile boxes, which form little
wholes.
-If there is fertilization, the child will develop itself by cellular
division. A couple of days (generally two to three day) after
fertilization, the doctor will inseminate one or several more
embryos in the uterus of the woman. Nevertheless they can
obtain blastocystes after five to six days.
-The ovaries of the woman are being stimulated with the
help of drugs and other liquids, so it could make them lay a
couple of egg. Women going through this process, commonly
have to bear several injections a day, multiple blood tests
and ultrasounds. Also hormone injections permit the control
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Transfer
Immediate
Most of the time, right after the first divisions the embryos
are being transferred. This has to happen so soon because if
it does not get transferred right after the first divisions, the
used culture for In Vitro Fertilization is not good enough to
insure their growth.
Late
In some cases the transfer may be late or the culture longer
of about five to six weeks after fertilization occurs. The
embryos are maintained in culture until the last main stage.
There are some advantages of the transfer like it permits a
check of the beginning of the embryo’s growth but only after
the third day of development because it is a critical stage of
the embryo’s growth.
Differed
-The woman can ask to keep her husband’s sperm by the
method of freezing it to save it for the next time it is needed,
but it has to be enough sperm conserved. The day before the
other attempt, the sperm has to be unfroze and selected.
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Implantation
After the embryo transfer, at least half a day is needed to
have the certitude of an eventual developing pregnancy. The
simple reason for the remain is that the first signs of
contraception will appear in the blood after about twelve
hours, the hormone is secreted by the embryos.
4. Ethnic aspects
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5. Religious objections
It is an obvious reason why most Catholic Churches are
against any medical assistance for having children. It is
formally forbidden for a couple to have children by In Vitro
Fertilization (Fertilization that happens out of the woman’s
body).
The Catholic Church would most likely hope that the couple
prefers to consider adopting, help other families or even
misfortune and disabled children.
7. Complications
The complications that are caused by In Vitro Fertilization
are the failure of treatment, which most of the time occurs,
also the risk of multiple pregnancy, which is less usual now,
the risks associated with egg collection and the possibility of
ectopic pregnancy.
Menstrual cycle
Every month, women in a reproductive age go through the
menstrual cycle, usually it last about twenty-eight days.
During the first five days the egg that has not been fertilized
is disintegrated and the lining of the uterus breaks, this is
the reason why during estimate a week menstrual bleeding
occurs.
Then from day 5 to day 13 follicle-stimulate hormone is
being produced by the pituitary gland, the estrogen begin to
be secreted again so the lining of uterus will start thickening
again.
After that from day 10 to day 18 hormones are released the
follicle burst, letting out the egg. On the 14th day, normally
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ovulation occurs and this is when the egg leaves the ovaries,
and go through the fallopian tubes into the uterus. From that
time a woman can become pregnant if intercourse occurs.
Finally from day 15 to day 28 the egg has been released, the
amount of progesterone increases and causes the lining to
get thicker and is prepared to support the development of
any fertilized embryo.
Appendix C – Interviews
I will then compare the answers that everybody got, and the
progress that have been made. I will put the result in a data
and then make it in a diagram to clearly show the difference
that I have made in their knowledge about the procedure of
In Vitro Fertilization.
Instructions:
-This survey was made to inform myself about how In Vitro
Fertilization is considered and the knowledge that they have
about it. If you do know what In Vitro Fertilization is, you
may answer all the questions given, nevertheless if you do
not know what this process is, you may answer the second
question and hand back in the paper.
-You will be given another survey at the end of the keynote
presentation, I hope that this will help you to learn more
about this procedure.
Questions:
1. What is In Vitro Fertilization?
A – Medical help for having a baby -right
B – Medical help for loosing weight
C – The infertility of one
D – None of the above
2. Does this process exist since a long time?
A – It’s recent
B – Since 10 years
C – 50 years -right
D – 60 years or over
3. Do you think that a person who was born with the help of
this process will be able to have children?
A – No
B – Yes -right
C – Yes but their child will be infertile
D – None of the above
4. Where was the first test-tube baby born?
A – India
B – America
C – Germany
D – Britain -right
5. Are there a lot of people attempting In Vitro Fertilization?
A – Yes
B – No
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