"Prologue" in Local Babies, Global Science by Marcia Inhorn

1. In the prologue, we are introduced to Amira, an older women that stems from a very wealthy Egyptian family.

2. We come to understand Amira situation, and its that she is unable to have a child.

3. WE also see that all she has every wanted was a child and like explained to us in the story, a child is almost the center of everything in the Muslim faith.

4. Amira is lucky to be wealthy, otherwise these IVF or ICSI operations would have taken a toll on the financially. It all costed up to about $100,000 dollars.

5. Although Amira was not very pleased in the beginning of the story with her relationship, I feel they have gained a closer bond over there test and trials for fertilization.

6. Amira Even tried operations overseas to help with this issue of fertilization. Still all of them unsuccessful.

7. Amira still seemed to carry on a some what normal life in the end, after all her troubles of fertilization.

8. Chapter One in Local Babies, Global Science by Marcia Inhorn

8.1. In chapter one we see that it starts off by explaining that this books was made in dedication to all the Wanna be egyptian mothers who have had trouble bout with fertalization as well as test tubes babies too.

8.2. It also goes on to explain how technology has furthered advanced our understand about how to create test tube babies as well as better understand the women s reproduction system.

8.3. It also goes on to explain how this book is intended to provide the first extended ethnographic analysis of these constrains on new reproductive technology practice in a resource poor, non western setting too.

8.4. Egypt provides a particularly fascinating locus for investigation of the global transfer of new reproductive technologies due to its ironic position as one of the resource poor and over populated middle eastern countries.

8.5. The total infertility prevalence rate among married Egyptian couples is at 12 percent.

8.6. The first IVF center opened in Egypt in 1986, with its first test tube baby born in 1987.

8.7. Infertility is a global health issue that affects millions of people worldwide.

8.8. Most infections in fertility are due to such factors as STD's, Postpartum complications, Postoperative complications, and unhygienic health care practices.

8.9. Motherhood is really the only way for a women to enhance their status within the family or community.

8.10. The time of the late 1990's was known as Egypt's "IVF boom period" due to some many test tube babies being produced.

8.11. The author was limited in the amount of time that he can spend with each of these women outside the walls of the IVF clinic was a major imitation to the study.