Will ovary transplants drift into adoption territory?
I was reading this article http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090629/ap_on_he_me/eu_med_ovary_transplants_2
Summary for the click link phobic:
Very ill women were freezing their ovaries and having their own ovaries transplanted in after that illness scare was over. The article states that the procedure was mainly reserved for those who were very sick but now could start reaching out to women who want to preserve their fertility that aren't very ill.
My question is, do you think it is a very far stretch to see ovary donation between women?
Serenity712009-06-29T16:43:18Z
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I don't know the full science on this. But it would to delicate to do for just anyone that much I do know. The ovary is going back into the same woman it came out of. I don't have a problem with that if its because she's being treated for life threatening diseases.
Science will often do things because they can...(logical to do it, but forget humans are very emotionally driven beings.) they don't always think about if they should do it due to moral reasons.
That's why I'm often in two minds about things in this area. I've been through IVF so I know the process and it was fascinating to see what really can be done. Yet there was only so far I would go with it. I wasn't comfortable with Ova donations when a doctor threw and my husband the idea. For starters he hated us doing IVF, 2 cycles was enough. All the needles and the fact I ended up in hospital with the threat of losing an ovary and became very sick and in a lot of pain due to an overdose in hormones...
Most women don't want to lose their ovaries unless they have to for medical reasons and then the ovary wouldn't be good for anyone to use. It governs hormones in us for starters. Plus the cost, it would be extremely expensive surgery I would think.
I would be surprised if it became the normal thing to do. But good question Magic shoes, makes a person think a bit more about it and the effects it could have in the future.
I think the only way it could work is like the situation in the link by the first poster... the sisters are identical. There is no risk of rejection.
I think preserving an ovary for yourself for future auto-transplantation is kind of pushing it and an ovarian transplant is definitely unnecessary. The eggs won't be the recipent's anyway, no different from a donor egg, so I really don't see the point in going through surgery to receive an ovary. I'd think the risks outweigh any potential benefits.
I fully support organ donation, but only organs that are necessary for the recipient's life.
Wow. I think if that if infertile women get a donated ovary, it should be assumed that all children conceived are adopted, and biologically hers AND the other women's at the same time. However, she is the *birth* mother. Weird.
I don't see that happening because the antirejection drugs needed would actually harm the fetus. Identical twins can accept each other's organs most of the time, without antirejection drugs and of course, you can take your own organ back, whether it works or not, without the need for those drugs.