INFERTILITY & REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY by Rosie https://padlet.com/594360/9a2vkmw2uilx How will new reproductive technologies affect the psychological impact infertility has on a family? en-us 2019-10-02 07:28:58 UTC 2025-03-01 03:17:13 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/233587050/024fa81bcd1d8650773f42d9b1b50264/genetics.png WHAT IS REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY? 594360 https://padlet.com/594360/9a2vkmw2uilx/wish/392289663 Assisted reproductive technology (ART) is a treatment used to treat infertility. It handles both a woman's egg and a man's sperm.

It works by taking eggs from the body of a woman. Then combining them to create embryos with sperm.]]> 2019-10-02 07:32:01 UTC https://padlet.com/594360/9a2vkmw2uilx/wish/392289663 PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS INFERTILITY HAS ON FAMILIES 594360 https://padlet.com/594360/9a2vkmw2uilx/wish/392289815 16% of couples in Canada have been affected by infertility in some point in their lives.

Infertility gives the feeling that one's life has been put on hold.
  • 28% indicated that infertility has led to low self-esteem
  • 17% mentioned distress
  • 15% mentioned depression
]]> 2019-10-02 07:32:47 UTC https://padlet.com/594360/9a2vkmw2uilx/wish/392289815 21ST CENTURY WOMEN AND CHILDREN 594360 https://padlet.com/594360/9a2vkmw2uilx/wish/392290068 Majority of women today put off having children due to wanted career development and waiting to look for the right partner.

The average age of mothers at first birth has increased from 21.4 in 1970 to 25.2 in 2009.

More kids are now being born to women over age 35 than under 20.
Women who are over 35 are more likely to be infertile. Reproductive technologies allows them a chance to start a family. ]]> 2019-10-02 07:33:42 UTC https://padlet.com/594360/9a2vkmw2uilx/wish/392290068 BENEFICIAL TO LGBTQ+ COUPLES 594360 https://padlet.com/594360/9a2vkmw2uilx/wish/392290266 Infertility treatment gives same-sex couples the opportunity to have children, something that was impossible back then. ]]> 2019-10-02 07:34:28 UTC https://padlet.com/594360/9a2vkmw2uilx/wish/392290266 594360 https://padlet.com/594360/9a2vkmw2uilx/wish/392290347 2019-10-02 07:34:46 UTC https://padlet.com/594360/9a2vkmw2uilx/wish/392290347 594360 https://padlet.com/594360/9a2vkmw2uilx/wish/392290482 2019-10-02 07:35:17 UTC https://padlet.com/594360/9a2vkmw2uilx/wish/392290482 INFERTILITY TREATMENT IS COSTLY 594360 https://padlet.com/594360/9a2vkmw2uilx/wish/392290550 The cost of fertility treatments can be costly. 
  • Freezing 35-year-old eggs cost around $15,000, younger eggs $5-6000
  • IUI (intrauterine insemination) treatment costs $2,500
  • IVF costs $12,000, not including $4000 meds

This is only the price for treatment, this disregards the cost of actually having a child (purchasing basic necessities). This makes treatment financially stressing for desperate couples .
]]> 2019-10-02 07:35:36 UTC https://padlet.com/594360/9a2vkmw2uilx/wish/392290550 NOT ENOUGH RESEARCH DONE 594360 https://padlet.com/594360/9a2vkmw2uilx/wish/392290608
  • Children born from fertility treatment are at risk of physical and mental harm.
  • The risks of assisted reproductive tech and the low chances of success lower the reproductive tech market.
  • Risks of premature birth, birth defects, and underweight newborns from ART

    • ]]>     2019-10-02 07:35:48 UTC https://padlet.com/594360/9a2vkmw2uilx/wish/392290608     WHAT IS INFERTILITY? 594360 https://padlet.com/594360/9a2vkmw2uilx/wish/392290897 Infertility is a condition of the reproductive system that prevents one from having the ability to produce a child.
    It can be caused by:
    • ovulation disorders
    • uterine/cervical abnormalities
    • cancer
    • endometriosis
    ]]>     2019-10-02 07:36:50 UTC https://padlet.com/594360/9a2vkmw2uilx/wish/392290897     594360 https://padlet.com/594360/9a2vkmw2uilx/wish/392292048 2019-10-02 07:40:38 UTC https://padlet.com/594360/9a2vkmw2uilx/wish/392292048 594360 https://padlet.com/594360/9a2vkmw2uilx/wish/392292091 2019-10-02 07:40:48 UTC https://padlet.com/594360/9a2vkmw2uilx/wish/392292091 594360 https://padlet.com/594360/9a2vkmw2uilx/wish/392292144 2019-10-02 07:40:56 UTC https://padlet.com/594360/9a2vkmw2uilx/wish/392292144 594360 https://padlet.com/594360/9a2vkmw2uilx/wish/392292438 2019-10-02 07:41:56 UTC https://padlet.com/594360/9a2vkmw2uilx/wish/392292438 594360 https://padlet.com/594360/9a2vkmw2uilx/wish/392292646 2019-10-02 07:42:43 UTC https://padlet.com/594360/9a2vkmw2uilx/wish/392292646 594360 https://padlet.com/594360/9a2vkmw2uilx/wish/392292937 Until being a viable choice for couples, new fertility treatments must be investigated and further developed. If improved, this medical innovation can be evidently beneficial for couples, with little to none negatives, having the probability to also impact medical and economical factors in society.]]> 2019-10-02 07:43:52 UTC https://padlet.com/594360/9a2vkmw2uilx/wish/392292937 594360 https://padlet.com/594360/9a2vkmw2uilx/wish/392292994 The effect of reproductive technologies on those who can not bear children is due to the positive or negative influence that this new technology has on society. Such newly adopted forms of reproduction by software will have multiple impacts on families and in the future will change the way of thought.]]> 2019-10-02 07:44:05 UTC https://padlet.com/594360/9a2vkmw2uilx/wish/392292994