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Re:Sperm counts worldwide are plummeting faster than we thought by sidewndr46 on Thursday December 01, 2022 @11:10AM (#33818210)
I don't think that is how IVF works, you can't induce an adult female to produce eggs in any medically approved way. Apparently mammals are born with a finite number of eggs that just get used up as they get older.
Re:Sperm counts worldwide are plummeting faster than we thought by sircastor on Thursday December 01, 2022 @11:18AM (#33818336)
This is exactly how IVF works. The ovaries generate more follicles, which are collected directly out of the ovary.

You can also cause the ovaries to release more eggs during a menstrual cycle to increase the likelihood of fertilizing one of them. This is IUF.

Re:Sperm counts worldwide are plummeting faster than we thought by samtho on Thursday December 01, 2022 @11:14AM (#33818279)
Hormones are injected into the egg-having partner to induce a mass release of eggs. Ova are not created in this process.
Re:Sperm counts worldwide are plummeting faster than we thought by bdowling on Thursday December 01, 2022 @12:25PM (#33819421)
> egg-having partner

“Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. That tramples curiosity.”

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re:Sperm counts worldwide are plummeting faster than we thought by mrguyorama on Thursday December 01, 2022 @01:15PM (#33820193)
You cannot be serious.
Re:Sperm counts worldwide are plummeting faster than we thought by Izkata on Thursday December 01, 2022 @02:04PM (#33821001)
"egg-having partner" is an extreme far left term that tries to work around the hole they dug for themselves involving transgender ideology, that the vast vast majority of the world does not care for. The non-political term is women or wife or female or anything else along those lines.
Re:Sperm counts worldwide are plummeting faster than we thought by PakG1 on Thursday December 01, 2022 @02:41PM (#33821580)
I honestly don't care what words people use though, as long as I can understand the words? Egg-having partner would fit that description to a pedantic degree.
Re:Sperm counts worldwide are plummeting faster than we thought by teg4n_ on Thursday December 01, 2022 @04:53PM (#33823426)
y’all are the ones injecting politics into it, ya weirdos.
Re:Sperm counts worldwide are plummeting faster than we thought by d6e on Thursday December 01, 2022 @06:01PM (#33824233)
There are women, wives, and females who do not have eggs though.

No one dissects children to inspect whether they have egg cells when they're born. Gender is assigned solely based on the doctor's interpretation of their genitalia appearance.

Re:Sperm counts worldwide are plummeting faster than we thought by bdowling on Thursday December 01, 2022 @07:33PM (#33825181)
This is my take as well. Terms like "egg-having partner" are inappropriate here because they are used solely to incite flame wars and to demoralize others. They are an impediment to the kind of curious discussion that HN strives for.
Re:Sperm counts worldwide are plummeting faster than we thought by strobe999 on Friday December 02, 2022 @03:28AM (#33828156)
how would you specify which woman you mean in a same sex couple?

i am personally not in need of this term but think its an especially good fit in this specific context.

context being the defining factor, i would usually not appreciate explicitly reducing a person to their reproductive organs like this but in a discussion about reproduction it actually removes ideology from my point of view.

Re:Sperm counts worldwide are plummeting faster than we thought by Izkata on Saturday December 03, 2022 @01:59PM (#33846224)
Not that term for sure. Both of those women have eggs. The descriptor you're looking for seems to be "pregnant".
Re:Sperm counts worldwide are plummeting faster than we thought by zrail on Thursday December 01, 2022 @11:11AM (#33818236)
OP was probably using "produce" to mean "ovulate", i.e. cause an egg to leave an ovary.
Re:Sperm counts worldwide are plummeting faster than we thought by cecilpl2 on Thursday December 01, 2022 @11:15AM (#33818292)
Yes, it is indeed how IVF works. You inject fertility drugs using a giant needle. It sucks.