The disadvantage of IVF to women
Test tube baby is a medical technology that has attracted wide attention. It provides a reproductive option for couples who cannot conceive naturally. However, IVF also brings about some problems that have adverse effects on women's physical and mental health. This article will explain the disadvantages of IVF to women from the aspects of physical health, psychological pressure, social concepts and ethics.
Physical health problems
First, IVF has brought potential risks to women's health. IVF involves a series of complex medical processes such as hormone therapy and egg collection, which may lead to serious side effects and complications on women's bodies. For example, hormone therapy may lead to ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, leading to ovulation disorders and ovarian cysts and other diseases. In addition, egg collection surgery may cause infection, bleeding, ovarian damage and other complications.
Secondly, IVF will suffer long-term hormone interference to the female body. In order to increase the success rate of pregnancy, women need to receive a large number of hormone injections and drug treatment, which has a huge burden on women's endocrine system. Long term hormone interference may lead to menstrual disorders, breast hyperplasia, breast cancer and other problems.
In addition, IVF technology usually requires multiple attempts to succeed, which means that women need to undergo different treatments and undergo multiple operations. Repeated attempts and operations have caused great pressure and burden on women's bodies, which may lead to problems such as decreased immunity, fatigue and mental stress.
Psychological pressure
The psychological pressure of IVF treatment on women should not be ignored. The IVF process requires a long time of waiting and uncertainty, which not only puts pressure on couples' feelings, but also has a negative impact on women's mental health. Failure in every attempt may lead to depression and disappointment, and even psychological diseases such as anxiety and depression.
In addition, IVF also has the problem of social identity, and women may face pressure and criticism from family, friends and society. In a society with traditional ideas, women's values and roles are endowed with the importance of fertility. If they cannot have a natural birth, women may feel self reproach and inferiority, which will have a negative impact on their mental health.
Social concepts and moral and ethical issues
The emergence of IVF also challenges some social concepts and ethics. On the one hand, the popularization of IVF technology may cause some people to distort their concept of birth, believing that birth is a choice that can be completely controlled, which encourages a certain degree of utilitarian thinking. On the other hand, IVF technology may spawn a commercial birth market, causing moral and ethical problems, such as birth surrogacy and child buying.
In general, IVF technology has brought hope to couples who cannot conceive naturally, but it has also had some adverse effects on women's physical and mental health. When facing IVF treatment, women need to seriously consider their physical and psychological endurance, and also need to have a clear understanding of the social impact of IVF technology.
