COMPARATIV STUDY BETWEEN IN-VITRO FERTILIZATION (IVF) AND IN DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT INDICATIONS OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES

Abstract

The desire to reproduce is an intensely motivating human force. It is through children that we have continuity with the past and future; in this respect, children are our immortality. Couples may also experience strong religious, cultural and societal pressures to conceive. It is, therefore, understandable that when people have difficulty conceiving, most perceive their infertility as a major life crisis. Infertility was addressed in the Holy Quran: "To GoD BELONGS THE DOMINION OF THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH; HE CREATES WHAT HE WILLS; HE BESTOWS MALE OR FEMALE, ACCORDING TO HIS WILL;OR HE BESTOWS BOTH MALES AND FEMALES, AND HE LEAVES BARREN WHOM HE WILL; FOR HE IS FULL OF KNOWLEDGE AND POWER"(Sura 42: 49-50). However. treating infertility is not a defiance to God's will but to discover the absolute truth about the patient's capability to produce an own child. During the last two decades and with the advent of new technology, we have witnessed a great advancement in the medical sciences especially in the field concerned with the treatment of human infertility. Moreover, ever since the birth bf the first "test tube" or in vitro fertilized baby (Louise Brown) in Britain in 1978, a real era is also born to offer a new hope for infertile couples to enjoy•the benefit of their misfortune.