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Explain the treatments available to help infertile couples have children.  

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Explain the treatments available to help infertile couples have children Infertility treatment is an alternative way of having babies for couples who are unable to conceive a child naturally, so therefore they rely on a number of different options, which will help them. There are a number of different treatments available, In vitro fertilisation (IVF), Gamete intrafallopian transfer, and Intracytoplasmic sperm injection, the use of donated eggs or sperm and surrogacy. Medical technology has provided ovary solutions, which are known as embryo technology. The world's first test tube baby was Louise brown, she was born in the U.K in 1978. Her birth offered hope infertile couples across the world. Since then, thousands of couples have made use of In vitro fertilisation and other assisted conception techniques. In Vitro fertilisation eggs are gathered from the woman's ovaries, which is then mixed with the man's sperm in a dish, in the laboratory. 'In Vitro'...

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