Reproductive health

doctors to be able to do this correctly, this is the process of capacitation. Capacitation is when sperm is prepared to fertilize the egg, this takes place in two stages. The first stage is taken place when the sperm passes through the woman's reproductive tract. Then it's acrosome (cap-like structure over the anterior half of the sperm's head) fuses with its plasma membrane, which then slowly releases the enzymes within the acrosome. The second stage takes place after the acrosome is exposed,…

Surrogacy is when a woman carries a child for a couple who cannot conceive or carry a pregnancy to term. In today’s age, surrogacy is mainly agreed upon through a contract, but the idea of surrogacy has been around for centuries and is even talked about in the bible. Surrogacy comes with the ultimate benefit of receiving a child, but there are also many complications that come along with the process. The benefits of surrogacy do not outweigh the complications. There are two main types of…

FOR ONE TO LIVE The happiest moments in an adult’s life is having children, the people that will continue their legacy soon after they are deceased. Everyone wants children but unfortunately circumstances are presented in one’s life that will not allow them to have children. Though biologically couples (and some single adults) can’t have children the desire of an offspring is still there. That is where in vitro fertilization comes into place. In vitro fertilization are for individuals unable to…

being that of In Vitro Fertilization. In Vitro Fertilization, or IVF, has become a method of assisted reproduction highly recommended by physicians for infertile or homosexual couples. IVF, as it is related to the beginning of a life of a human, the health of the mother, and the family situation that a child could be born into, has raised many social issues over the years of its existence. Using the following referenced publications, aspects of IVF have been compiled with a focus…

As with any technology as intricate as this one, there are some biological implications around in-vitro fertilization and pre-implantation genetic diagnosis. Most PGD biological implications are comparable to those implications of IVF. Biological implications include the risks of the treatment for this technology and also the risk to the baby born after the process of IVF and PGD. The risk of the treatment: Fertility drug reaction Some woman may find they are having a mild reaction to the…

The testes contain seminiferous tubules, composed of several hundred tightly coiled tubules lined with germs cells. These tubules serve as the site of sperm production. Inside of these tubules spermatogonia progress to spermatocytes, then spermatids, and finally sperm. Also inside, sustentacular cells serve as a means of support. These cells control the environment by removing wastes, providing nutrients, and providing antibody protection as well as regulating sperm production. Interstitial…

How can we define Infertility? Infertility is defined as not being able to get pregnant after having unprotected sex for at least a year, or in some circumstances, six months. Infertility can also be defined as a woman that can get pregnant, but keeps having miscarriages or stillbirths. There is no exact cause for infertility, it may be due to a cause in either you or your partner. Or in some cases, a combination of both people. It is said that infertility affects approximately 10-15% of couples…

A couple of weeks ago, Professor Baasten asked the class, “Do you want to have a child?” and followed up with, “Why?” The lecture went on, explaining the different reasons why people want to have children despite it being an irrational act, and he even allowed us to explain our own take as to why we wanted to have children. However, we then talked about when people are physically unable to have children – infertility. Many talk about how wonderful children are, yet some are not able to…

female urogenital tract. Patients are usually asymptomatic until menarche. After menarche patients present with acute abdominal pain. During embryogenesis, the Mullerian (paramesonephric) ducts represent the primordial components of the female reproductive tract and differentiate into the fallopian tubes, uterus, cervix and the upper part of the vagina. Nondevelopment or defects of the Mullerian ducts consisting of: (a) agenesis or hypoplasia; (b) defect of the vertical fusion; or (c)…

Is the rise of new birth technologies a revolutionary way to give infertile mothers and/or fathers a way to conceive, or does it simply a new form of slavery where children are commodities of their parents? The new technologies, including surrogacy and in vetro fertilisation (IVF) treatment, aim to provide a way to have biological children or conceive when it was previously difficult or impossible to naturally. However, these new advancements raise the question of where we draw the line between…