The Fertilization Process and Implications of Test Tube Babies

  

Thanks to the wonders of science, infertile couples who were previously unable to have children for reasons such as blocked fallopian tubes, low sperm count, low egg quantities or advanced age of the mother, are now able to conceive through in vitro fertilization. The results are babies known as test tube babies technically conceived outside the womb.
  In a natural environment, the design of a baby occurs when the egg from the ovary through the fallopian tube for fertilization by the father's sperm during sex. From that point, movements fertilized egg to the uterus and during cell division occur until it reaches its final destination in the uterine wall. However, if blocks the fallopian tubes, the egg can not travel from the ovaries to the uterus and the design can not happen.
   Developed in the UK by Dr. Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards, the process of in vitro fertilization involves removing eggs from the ovaries of the mother and its combination with the father's sperm in a laboratory environment. The fertilized egg is placed in the uterus of the mother after 3-5 days and remain to grow until birth. Due to the low pregnancy success rate of this procedure, eggs are placed in the uterus to increase the chances of success. With this process, the statistics showed that the rate of multiple births has increased by 24 percent twins in vitro fertilization births have occurred.
  The first test-tube baby, Louise Brown, was born July 25, 1978 marked hope for other infertile couples to have a baby by this procedure. However, many others were concerned about the ethical issues surrounding this. A major concern is that the egg is outside the uterus for a few days while the cells multiply before they are put back into the womb, health issues affecting this baby is not known. In fact, research has shown that test-tube babies have an increased risk of birth defects and low birth weight, and researchers have not been able to determine the reason for this.
   Another concern is that through this process, some laboratory fertilized eggs are then discarded. Is this procedure that researchers are killing the potential? How to draw the line here?
  Then there is also the issue of market opportunities for eggs and sperm to be purchased and surrogate wombs to be rented for the purpose of creating babies. This process of transferring embryos to another mother, not necessarily the same woman who had supplied the eggs, known as placing the embryo into a surrogate mother. Couples This procedure has become increasingly common due to technological advances, took particular women with uterine problems, have the opportunity to have your baby.
   the test tube babies have really made a difference in how babies are conceived and gave a lot of hope to many people who have had problems with babies through the process. However, the disadvantage of this are the ethical issues behind the procedure, which remains a big question mark and still opposed by many factions.