Week 3

I personally think it's interesting that many patients of IVF desire having twins. It is unfortunate that they are at higher risk of complications after being born though. Having the choice of having twins seems really "cool" but doesn't that kind of ruin the surprise of having a child? Knowing the sex of the child is one thing but being able to choose how many embryos seems a little too much for me, personally. I believe that considering the children would overall be at higher risk of having a shorter life, we should reevaluate the option of have IVF twins. This article talked about a number of things including the risks of having more than one birth after IVF. The risks include having a higher risk of C section and it also affects the life of the future child. Including being born prematurely. The article also talked about the restrictions of embryo transers. The whole right of setting a limit happened because of the forced steralization that happened a while back. It makes sense in a way but it also just seems unfair. In addition, the article mentioned the benefits of being in the medical field. These included being able to regulate the practice yourself, you carry out what needs to be done to make medical break throughs. I thought it was interesting that we actually have SART regulations that need to be followed in order to carry out reproductive study practices. It's good, in my opinion because there should be rules. We are dealing with future lives here. It also talked about the crucial and significant relationship there is evidently amond the patients and their physician. When it comes to having a child, a patient trust their doctor to ensure that their child will come out healthy, that they will do anything they can to save them and the mother. The trust is there because we expect people in the medical field to basically know their material. I feel like this is why we spend so much money on medicals because we believe in the science so much.

Celine Dion had IVF twins?!


Setting a limit for how many embryos are allowed to be "made" transferred, I suppose seems fine but then again it takes away the freedom and choices for the potential parent of those children.