Cafs Summary on Parenting and Caring
Parenting- the process of raising and nurturing children in a family
Caring- the process of looking after the needs and wellbeing of another person due to their age, illness or disability
Biological parents- the parent who has provided the genetic material, either sperm or an ovum, to create a foetus
Pregnancy
Planned- involves a strategic choice on when to parent. There are physical, emotional and economic impacts that result from this decision
Unplanned- may result from poor knowledge about contraception, the fertility cycle or failure with contraception such as a condom tearing
IVF and GIFT
In-vitro fertilisation
• Occurs outside the body
• Drug treatment is used to stimulate the maturation and number of ova
• Egg follicles are monitored through ultrasound
• Eggs are collected under general anaesthetic
• Fresh sperm sample is obtained
• Egg and sperm is prepared and cultured, combined and then fertilisation takes place
• Following microscopic examination, viable embryos are transferred back into the uterus
• Once implanted, pregnancy has occurred
• Spare eggs are frozen for the future
• Success depends on age, viability of sperm and level of expertise
Gamete intra-fallopian transfer
• Occurs inside female body
• Drug treatment is used to stimulate the maturation and number of ova
• Egg follicles are monitored via ultrasound
• Eggs are collected under local anaesthetic
• Eggs are combined with fresh sperm sample
• They are returned to the fallopian tubes where fertilisation may occur
• Once fertilisation occurs, embryo implants in uterus and pregnancy is monitored
• Fertilisation occurs inside the body
• Much more successful
Social parents- individuals with a parenting responsibility towards a child whom they do not share a genetic relationship with.
Social implications are the positive and negative effects on an individual or group that occurs as a result of an action or choice made either by the individual, themself or by another person or group
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Caring- the process of looking after the needs and wellbeing of another person due to their age, illness or disability
Biological parents- the parent who has provided the genetic material, either sperm or an ovum, to create a foetus
Pregnancy
Planned- involves a strategic choice on when to parent. There are physical, emotional and economic impacts that result from this decision
Unplanned- may result from poor knowledge about contraception, the fertility cycle or failure with contraception such as a condom tearing
IVF and GIFT
In-vitro fertilisation
• Occurs outside the body
• Drug treatment is used to stimulate the maturation and number of ova
• Egg follicles are monitored through ultrasound
• Eggs are collected under general anaesthetic
• Fresh sperm sample is obtained
• Egg and sperm is prepared and cultured, combined and then fertilisation takes place
• Following microscopic examination, viable embryos are transferred back into the uterus
• Once implanted, pregnancy has occurred
• Spare eggs are frozen for the future
• Success depends on age, viability of sperm and level of expertise
Gamete intra-fallopian transfer
• Occurs inside female body
• Drug treatment is used to stimulate the maturation and number of ova
• Egg follicles are monitored via ultrasound
• Eggs are collected under local anaesthetic
• Eggs are combined with fresh sperm sample
• They are returned to the fallopian tubes where fertilisation may occur
• Once fertilisation occurs, embryo implants in uterus and pregnancy is monitored
• Fertilisation occurs inside the body
• Much more successful
Social parents- individuals with a parenting responsibility towards a child whom they do not share a genetic relationship with.
Social implications are the positive and negative effects on an individual or group that occurs as a result of an action or choice made either by the individual, themself or by another person or group
Legal