Local Babies, Global Science Part One

1. IVF: Amira's last option to conceive (chances are 5-7 percent).

2. Emad: Amira's second husband. Upon trying to conceive a baby with Amira, test results proved that his semen analysis was "very bad" (i.e. low sperm count/sperm motility)

3. Fostering/Adopting: "Egyptian practice of adoption is more like permanent legal fostering of an orphan, which is clearly allowed and is even seen as a good deed in Islamic cultures. Yet, legal fostering of this kind is very unpopular, especially among elites," (11).

4. W.H.O.: The infertility rate in Egypt amongst married couples is at 12 percent.

5. Dr. Yehia: Egypt's most successful and popular IVF doctors whom Amira is his patient

6. Amira: Had previously become pregnant with her previous husband, however decided to have four abortions instead of continuing with the pregnancies

7. Infertility: "Most cases of tubal infertility and most cases of serious male infertility are virtually impossible to overcome without the special assistance of the new reproductive technologies, namely IVF and ICSI," (25).