What role does FSH play in hormonal fertility treatment?
It stimulates eggs to mature in the ovaries.
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What role does FSH play in hormonal fertility treatment?
It stimulates eggs to mature in the ovaries.
What role does LH play in hormonal fertility treatment?
It stimulates ovulation, releasing an egg from an ovary.
How can pregnancy occur after hormonal fertility drugs stimulate ovulation, without laboratory fertilisation?
The released egg may be fertilised by sperm inside the body.
What is a possible outcome of fertility treatment, and how certain is it?
It can give a woman the chance to have a baby of her own, but success rates are not high and a baby is not guaranteed.
What kinds of stress can fertility treatment cause?
Physical and emotional stress.
What risk can multiple births from fertility treatment pose?
They pose risks to both the mother and the babies.
What are two ways fertility treatment can result in multiple births?