Savings insurance for Fertility, Oocyte Cryopreservation leads to a bright future for having children.

After being single for several years, I still hadn't meet my Mr. right. Therefore, I came back to Taiwan to do oocyte
cryopreservation without hesitation. When I was 37, I finally get married.
However, pregnancy tests were always negative. After two times of failure in
IVF. I finally get a positive when I am 40. Although people always say don't wash your dirty linen in public. I still
want to share my experience to encourage some young ladies to make decision
wisely.

Written by client

I am 40 years old this year, and have a happy marriage life. What's more I am very lucky to have a pair of twin boys. In other's eyes, it's just an ordinary life. However, it was not easy for us to reach to this point.

When I was younger and after being single for several years, I still hadn't meet my Mr. right. Therefore, I came back to Taiwan to do oocyte cryopreservation without hesitation. When I was 37, I finally get married. However, pregnancy tests were always negative. After two times of failure in IVF. I finally get a positive when I am 40. Although people always say don't wash your dirty linen in public. I still want to share my experience to encourage some young ladies to make decision wisely. In case when you want to become a mother, but find out that you already pass the fertility golden age. Or settle down in a rush with someone you don't love just because of biological clock.

When I was in my early 30s, I just completed my Master of Business Administration degree. And was very successful in my career. I traveled a lot and enjoyed working and living in different countries. When you're devoted to your work and traveling all the time, it makes it even more harder to find a right guy for me to built a family with. Moreover, I wanted to start my own business. Therefore, egg cryopreservation is the only way to get rid of all those pressure from " biological clock " and to let me persuade my dream with all my heart.

That's why I flied back to Taiwan when I was 33 years old. I got 23 mature oocytes that is healthy and can be preserved after only one oocyte pick up. Back then, there were just few clinic that can provide this service. Even when I went to see some Obstetrics and Gynecology doctors to treat my ascites because of retrieved too much eggs. They asked me "Why would you do this without having a husband?" in disbelief. And my family couldn't understand why either! But for me, doing egg freezing when you were young is like buying a savings insurance for fertility, which give me more autonomy of my life. I didn't need to be anxious because of I hadn't met someone right or giving birth to babies, which might make me lose myself.

After years of devoting to works, I gained a lot of experience and growth. The ambitious for career had already been washed away. I moved from Shanghai to San Francisco. I know who I am and what kind of life I want which make me feel more confident and attractive. I dated for several times and finally met the right guy, which become my husband today.

We had a romantic wedding beside Portovenere, Italy, and moved to Milan. We had a happy marriage, but no good news. Therefore, I decided to use my fertility insurance. We thawed all 23 oocytes and fertilized them with sperm. The culturing result was good. 15 blastocysts that can be freeze. And we chose to do Preimplantaion genetic screening(PGS).

Wow! There were a lot of chance to get pregnant weren't there? But we soon found out that it's not that easy. Successful rate of implant frozen blastocyst is not 100%. We underwent two failure within three years. Every failure was a punch to our life. I can't remember how many tears have flowed and how many time I used to reset my mind. I felt bad when every time someone asked "Are you pregnant?", " Your baby must be beautiful!", "What are you waiting for? Get a baby as soon as possible"!

However still felt lucky compared to the mother's of my age who is trying to have a baby. Because I already preserved my eggs when I was young. Those couples were also facing infertility problems. But without egg freezing, they need to undergo a lot of egg retrieval procedure. And only can get 2-3 eggs per time. Or even none!

At the age of 40, I decided to adjust my life style and daily life routine. Trying all methods that can help me evaluate my health to the best condition. And then I came back to Taiwan for my last try. Maybe because of my relaxed mood or because of the fate, I got pregnant and what's more it's twins!

After going back to Milan, doctor told me because I used the oocytes from 7 years ago, made the pregnancy and baby health risk a lot lower. I feel so grateful that I made the right decision, which makes me a happy Mom right now.