In Vitro Fertilization

IVF or In Vitro Fertilization is a medical process by which an egg is fertilized by sperm, outside of the body. IVF is a major treatment that people consider when they are having trouble conceiving even after other methods of assisted reproductive technology failed. IVF is done by monitoring a woman’s ovulatory process, and removing the ovum from the woman’s ovaries and letting sperm fertilise them in fluid medium. After the ovum is fertilized by the sperm, the zygote is transferred to the woman’s uterus with the intention of establishing a pregnancy.

Pros	Cons
Helping Infertile Couples Couples that are incapable of conceiving are able to become pregnant with the help of IVF	Creating Sick or Malformed Babies There are fears of deformed babies with terminal illnesses
Preventing Baby Defects By studying fertilization and early embryonic development outside of the womb, scientists may be able to learn how to prevent any birth defects.	Destroying Social Structures IVF may end nuclear families because IVF would take the place of marriage and the natural breeding process
Multiple Eggs Harvested People that want more than one child can use IVF to freeze their harvested eggs for a later procedure. This helps older woman who want to harvest eggs while they are still young, so they can use them for later.	Unnatural and Wrong IVF can be considered wrong and unnatural because it can be seen as playing God. We are ending the natural breeding process and making life with technology
Independent Woman Woman do not need to get married or breed with a man to have a child of their own	Expensive IVF can cost from $12 000 to $15 000

IVF: For some a medical miracle, for others heartbreak

Mrs. Alvarez and her husband have been trying to conceive a child for seven years but have had no success. They spent the first four years in the Philippines where doctors were unwilling to suggest IVF. The doctors were reluctant to IVF because they approved of the traditional and natural ways of conceiving. They doctors also felt that Mrs. Alvarez was still too young for IVF and that there was still hope for her to conceive.

At the age of 38 Mrs. Alvarez was given medication and vitamins to boost her ovulation. However, with all the medication and vitamins and procedures that Mrs. Alvarez went through, she was still unable to conceive. 

Finally, her doctor recommended IVF and with the approval of her husband Harold’s support, Mrs. Alvarez took the IVF procedure. After one cycle of IVF, Mrs. Alvarez became pregnant. The couple spent Dh30 000 but Mrs. Alvarez said that there was no better way to spend the money.

Fatima and Jayson Beltran tried to conceive for almost eight years. The couple says that they spent more than half of they had on IVF alone. After working for two consecutive years with no time off, Mr. Beltran was able to save for the procedure and after one IVF trial, Mrs. Beltran gave birth to twins, Ethan and Kyle.

Not all couples were as lucky as the Alvarez and Beltran family. After an ectopic pregnancy and two failed attempts at IVF, a Sudanese woman named Umm Ahmad was unable to afford a third cycle. This woman and her husband borrowed a loan from the National Bank of Abu Dubai and had no way of paying it back. The woman and her husband had no way of paying back the loan that they had to resort to charity.

Credibilty

I think that the article, “IVF: For some a medical miracle, for others a heartbreak” is credible and reliable. I can tell that the article is credible because I found it on the website The National which is very well-known. I also know that this article is credible because I know that the writer of the article, Manal Ismal has written many other articles for The National.

Bias

After reading my article, I think that it was unbiased. I think that the article was unbiased because the article wasn’t only about the successes of IVF but it also included some unsuccessful stories after IVF. Even in the title it did not side whether or not IVF was a good thing or a bad thing. The title is saying that IVF for some is a miracle for some a heartbreak because after reading the article you will learn about some lucky and some unlucky couples that went through IVF trials or procedures.  

Works Cited

"American Experience: TV's Most-watched History Series." PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 12 Dec. 2012.

"Pros & Cons of Invitro Fertilization." LIVESTRONG.COM. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Dec. 2012.