ANP 370 1st Edition Lecture 10 Outline of Last Lecture I Violence in Biomedicine Outline of Current Lecture II Eggsploitation Video a Reproduction in the lab b Dirty Little secrets c Steps of Egg donation d Short term risks III Discussion about Exam 3 don t depend on study guides pay attention to lectures and readings Lecture We watched a documentary caked Eggsploitation which exposes the act of egg donation and takes the stance that it is a deceptive and risky practice Eggsploitation Video Reproductive technology life in the lab Louis Brown first test tube baby In vitro means literally in glass In US alone over 17 000 reproductive activities performed with donated eggs The Dirty Little Secret Risks of egg donation have never been studied Egg donors are never tracked or monitored to see if complications arise later on One donor experienced a stroke once hormone treatments got administered and is permanently paralyzed hormone therapy caused a benign tumor on her pituitary gland to catalyze and cause her stroke Hormone therapy can cause seizures when combined with birth control pills Agencies pressure potential donors and guilt trip them Egg Donation The Basics Egg donation is a 6 5 billion dollar a year industry little regulation and oversight 70 of ART cycles fail only small percentage result in live births These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Egg donors are expected to superovulate produce dozens of eggs at a time as opposed to one or two eggs during normal ovulation o Hormone treatments never approved by FDA Egg donation steps 1 Stop ovulation cycle self inject Lupron hormone injections 2 Superovulation 3 Release eggs from ovaries 4 Egg removal surgery minor surgical procedure Eggs removed by suction with a catheter inserted vaginally Donors report lots of pain and complications after the removal Often times reproductive doctors won t take reports of complications seriously Torsioned ovaries Short term risks Risks associated with surgery and anesthesia Ovarion hyperstimulation syndrome OHSS result of hyperdrive of ovary producing lots of eggs Produces changes in the body that can lead to death Duty to the Donor What can be done to protect women from eggsploitation Inform woman of risks Networking Begin running studies on OHSS cancer risks and outcomes loss of ovaries etc