Chapter 5 and 6

1. The mother of the tube

1.1. egyptian women interviews/veiled women

1.2. laparotomy for ovarian cyst

1.3. first trial of IVF under Dr. Zaki care

1.4. legal centers for IVF

1.5. majority of Egyptian IVF and ICSI patients do not become pregnant with new reproductive technologies

1.6. 1) women's age and couple's diagnosis are factors affecting new reproductive technology success rates

1.7. 2) the number of embryos transferred to a woman's body during a treatment cycle

1.8. IVF centers do not offer a breakdown of success rates by patient age groups

2. Egyptian Game of Inflation

2.1. 6 cause and effects

2.2. out of 110 patients, 24 were age 40 and older

2.2.1. "reproductive elderly"

3. Movie Star Patient

3.1. Nozha Hospital/ Nadine/ Egyptian celebrity

3.2. experienced discomfort over a series of bodily changes

3.3. 38 years old/ married multiple times/ all issues preventing children

3.3.1. Included

3.3.2. Included

3.3.3. Excluded

3.4. many concerns such as weight and hormones

4. Positioning Egypt in the Discourses of Hope

4.1. process of "selling hope" is at work

4.2. an internal critique of rate of inflation among Egyptian IVF providers

4.3. Egypt: regional position as one of the countries with the most advanced biomedicine in the Middle East

4.4. Issue of hope

4.5. discourses of hope and reproductive agency take particular cultural forms

4.6. doctors are placing their faith in God too

4.7. try again if you do not succeed/ consider repetition/ not many are prepared to try again

5. Realities of Success and Failure

5.1. test-tube baby making in the best IVF centers of Egypt is a low-odds proposition

5.2. "multiple repeaters"/cancellation

5.3. many literally embody the failures of these new reproductive technologies

6. Embodying the Patriarchal Bargain

6.1. women's tortured body history

6.2. physical as well as mental suffering

6.3. must accept the physical risks

6.4. modifications of the Western feminist positions

6.5. local specificity of bodily conceptions, complaints, concerns, and lived experiences

7. Body Histories

7.1. few of the egyptians come as treatment virgins

7.2. many know little about their own diagnoses

7.3. causes of male infertility are manifold

7.4. who suffers more?

8. Unhappiness of Hormones

8.1. inevitable/some sort of medication

8.2. weight gain are not an affect

8.3. always wanted to try a new treatment

8.4. can often produce deadly side effects

8.5. one of the biggest fears

9. Worrying, Waiting, and Bedding Down

9.1. "embryo transfer"

9.2. days spent in bed are not so restful for them

9.3. failed trials/ defeat

9.4. psychologically difficult

9.5. worried about baby's health as well as their own