In today’s world there are several options for couples who are wanting to begin or add to the number of members in their families, but have had difficulties in doing so. Aside from adoption, the possibilities for these couples include: Intrauterine Insemination (IUI), In vitro Fertilization (IVI), and Surrogate Mother Arrangements. While these options may result in a pregnancy, they are not without risk and must be considered prayerfully, as they carry a moral and ethical weight. First, Intrauterine Insemination, also known as artificial insemination, is a process commonly used for unexplained infertility in which specially washed sperm is directly inserted into the uterus (Christianlifesources). “Most clinics offer for the woman to remain lying down for a few minutes after the procedure, although it has not been shown to improve success. The sperm has been put above the vagina and cervix - it will not leak out when you stand up” (Advanced Fertilization). During the IUI procedure, Doctors place the sperm higher in the cervix than with Intracervical or ICI procedures, resulting in higher percentages of pregnancy. Doctors utilize IUI in situations where women experience problems with ovulation, mild cases of endometriosis, and cervical factor infertility (advanced fertility). Clients also benefit from IUI when male factor infertility is an issue, however, “If the sperm count, motility and morphology scores are quite low, intrauterine insemination is unlikely to work”(Advanced
Making big choices in life can be difficult, especially if that big choice is having children. There are many men and women who are infertile that still want to have children. Most decide to adopt other children who do not have families or their families do not want them. But when adoption is not an option, there is now a way where those men and women can have their own children together through fertility treatments. Fertility treatments could be a good thing:being able to freeze egg and sperm, they can help infertile couples, and avoiding transmitted diseases would be easier.
There are two types of surrogacy: traditional surrogacy and gestational surrogacy. In traditional surrogacy, the surrogate mother is impregnated using the sperm of the intended father by a procedure called donor insemination. In this case, the surrogate mother and the intended father are genetically related to the baby. In gestational surrogacy, a procedure called in vitro fertilization is used to impregnate the surrogate mother using a couple’s fertilized ovum (Chittom and Wagner). There are two types of surrogacy arrangements: altruistic and commercial. In
Surrogate mothers have been the topic of many controversies, regarding how ethical it is. As many know surrogate mothers are women who bear a child for another woman (Surrogacy: the experiences of surrogate mothers, 2196-2204). There has been many sides to this argument, deciding whether it was ethical or unethical. Some people have chosen to support this type of medical practice, while others have shun it away completely arguing against it’s inhumane ways.
Adoption is very popular throughout the United States. Most women can’t conceive or maintain a pregnancy, so if they really want a child, they’re forced to adopt. Infertility has increased dramatically throughout the past few years. Couple of issues have encouraged such discussion as has the theme of premature birth.
At Dallas IVF, our fertility specialists are committed to helping patients build families. One of the services that our Dallas fertility clinic recommends for couples facing unexplained infertility or a low sperm count is intrauterine insemination, IUI. Also known as artificial insemination, this procedure bypasses the cervical canal and deposits processed and concentrated sperm directly into the uterine cavity.
We cannot battle those who are infertile for what extent they would go to in order to have a child (Cotton 34). Because of this, regulation of surrogacy is important, especially in terms of those who are not the ones who initiate the process. For surrogates, we must understand the emotional toll they will go through and accept things will not be perfect. Their efforts should be recognized in some form along with appreciation for their cooperation. As a surrogate, they should remember what the purpose of the process is and stick to what they were assigned and agreed to do. Intended parents should understand that when a third party is involved disagreements will occur and compromise should be exerted. They must also recognize as much as they have wanted a child, the surrogate may form the same attachment as they do, so they must address it morally not selfishly. For children, we must consider the complexity of surrogacy, as they are the direct results. They should be given the same respect and care as another other child. Their interests should be kept in mind whether it is from the social parents’ side or the biological parents’
If you are struggling to get pregnant due to male infertility, then your physician might recommend ICSI. Ovation Fertility™ partner physicians often use this assisted reproductive technology to treat severe male infertility, such as when there is little to no sperm present in the ejaculated semen.
Intrauterine insemination, or IUI, involves taking fertility medication to stimulate egg production. When you are ready ovulate, your physician will insert your partner’s sperm into your uterus. This treatment is used less often in women over 40, as the success rate is less 5% per cycle. There is a 10% success rate in women between the ages of 35 and 40.
Mark Rispler, MD, of Innovative Fertility Center recommends IUI, or intrauterine insemination, for many patients of his Los Angeles fertility center, because the procedure is noninvasive and cost-effective. However, not every woman will get pregnant after her first IUI cycle.
Although surrogacy was discovered first in the Christian Bible, the Bible was not the reason surrogacy came about. A women who cannot bear children continually begin to turn towards surrogacy simply because they want the baby to have their individual, personal genetics. For the longest time, people had two options adopt, or remain childless (Pratt 66). “Traditional surrogacy is when the surrogate women’s eggs have been inseminated with the father’s sperm. She is biological mother of the baby she is carrying.” (Pratt 66). Gestational surrogates carry another couple’s embryo, but have no genetic link to the baby (Pratt 66). “1,593 babies were born in the United States to gestational surrogates up from 1,357 in 2009 and 738 in 2004.” (Cohen 1). Although adoption remains an option for many people significantly, more people are choosing to employ the use of surrogacy. People do not want to adopt a child as past generations. Adoption proves substantial for many people, but often does not offer the gift surrogacy creates. Surrogacy gives parents a chance to meet a biological child that they will see themselves reflected in.
There are many ethical considerations and implications when it comes to surrogacy. Questions arise of what is right and what is not, especially when it comes to the child. There has been a positive “compassionate” case when it comes to surrogacy in the situation that a 48-year-old grandmother carried triplets for her daughter who was unable to bear children due to infertility issues. While other dilemmas arise such as potential court battles over custody of a child conceived outside of marriage, reducing birth to a legal arrangement for the exchange of money, and future emotional distress of the child when learned they were taken away from their biological mother. As well as embarrassment for the surrogate mother whose actions some people have likened to prostitution and harm to the surrogate mother’s own children when they learn she has given one child away and have received money in return (Textbook). There are also many ethical implications in the surrogacy process. Ethical issues arise with the question of the involvement of the surrogate mother and with the identity of the child. The surrogate mother will most likely not be the child’s primary caretaker and legal questions could
Surrogates are defined as a “women who gestates a fetus for others, usually for a couple or another woman.”(Vaughn, 398) Surrogates have a few types of surrogacy, which are traditional and gestational surrogacy. Traditional surrogacy is defined as the “sperm from either the couple’s male partner or a donor is used to artificially inseminate the surrogate (the “surrogate mother”). (Vaughn, 398) Then there is Gestational surrogacy, which is defined as “the surrogate receives a transferred embryo created through IVF using the sperm and egg of others (the contracting couple of donors). Because the gestational (also called the gestational carrier) does not contribute her own egg, she has no genetic connection to the baby.” (Vaughn, 398) In
A3) Decision to use surrogacy is very complicated and psychosocial education and counselling by a qualified mental health professional should be given to all intended parents. Genetic parents should undergo genetic evaluation, complete medical and physical evaluation. Before acceptance and within six months of creating the embryos to be transferred, genetic parents undergo the following tests and if found positive, the genetic
A woman battling Crohn’s disease had “frozen embryos created with her eggs and a friend 's sperm [which] were implanted in a surrogate” because she did not want to risk carrying a child (Cohen, 2013). Carrying a child could have negatively affected her and the child’s health if she were to become pregnant and could have proven to be fatal. This process can be used for men who have cancer and want to have children in the future, whether it is by themselves or with a partner. This is the only way for couples to have biological children of their own, especially for couples where one partner is sick and could possibly be infertile.
Surrogate Motherhood is something that not many people actually support, even though it “is one of the many reproductive techniques that have enabled infertile couples to have children” (qtd. in Freedman). There are two types of surrogacy, traditional and gestational. The traditional type of surrogacy involves the surrogate mother being (AI) artificially inseminated with the sperm of the intended father or sperm from a donor when the sperm count is low. In either case the surrogate’s own egg will be used. Genetically the surrogate becomes the mother of the resulting child (Storey). Although there are two different types of surrogacy, a traditional surrogacy is rarely seen or done anymore. In gestational surrogacy, the surrogate mother has