Women's Studies 2244 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Embryo Transfer, World War I, Oocyte Cryopreservation

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 2244
• Professor: Jessica Polzer

Document Summary

Broad category > range of means by which to control or assist in human reproduction. Range of techniques used to facilitate (or prevent) conception, assist with childbirth and reproduction, and control the quality of the fetuses that are produced. What does this mean: they embed particular social norms and values, they have effects. What is ultrasound: ultrasound imaging; ultrasonography, ultrasound image = sonogram. How does it work: uses sound waves to construct an image of the fetus in utero. How is it used: routine part of pregnancy, medical purposes, non-medical purposes (3d, 4d ultrasounds). Wwi - sonar detection systems used for underwater navigation in military: pronatalist imperative to reproduce, of parent/motherhood, cultural anxiety about lowered reproduction rates, particularly among economic elites. 1990s - ultrasound examination for each and every pregnancy at around 20 weeks. 1930s karl and friedrich dussik develop us as diagnostic tool (used on brain). 1969 the 1st world congress on ultrasonic diagnostics held in vienna.