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Friday, October 11, 2002The clinic attempted to meet the couple's wishes by producing just a couple of eggs to fertilise. But Mrs Perry produced far more than expected, and the clinic decided to try freezing them, using an "antifreeze" chemical to prevent damage. They were stored, defrosted a few weeks later and fertilised by injecting Mr Perry's sperm directly into them. One developed successfully after being replaced in Mrs Perry's womb. Her daughter Emily is now three months old. Using frozen eggs also eliminates the need to create multilple embryos at a time and the ethical dilemma that creates: "We have really strong feelings that life starts at conception" Mrs Perry said. "We needed to know what would happen to the embryos that were actually produced from our treatment. And as it turns out, the way IVF is done at the moment, some embryos are discarded ... for want of a better word they are thrown away and we felt that as they're life we couldn't do that." posted by Sydney on 10/11/2002 07:53:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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