Showing posts with label 2017. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2017. Show all posts
[Patient Testimonial] I will see you again
12/29/2017 01:57:00 AM
It's so hard to cope with a miscarriage. Whatever circumstances,
pregnancy loss could be devastating. She pushed herself to turn the grieve into
power to go through the recurrent miscarriage.
At age 25, she was just
graduated from college; At 30, she had a stable job and bright career path; At
35, most of the women have their own families and children. She was 36 then and
eager to be a mother. Unfortunately, due to premature ovarian failure, it's
hard to be pregnant with her own eggs. She did a lot of research and brought
all the reports to Stork Fertility Center. After the first consultation, she
registered for the oocytes bank ( Oocytes Bank
Registration). It took only 3 months to complete
the matching process. There were 19 mature eggs available from the anonymous donor.
Finally, she got 10 embryos.
We arranged varieties of
comprehensive examinations for her before embryo transfer: the immune system is
normal; both ovarian tubes are patent ; the polyp in uterus was also removed.
In May,2016, she had her first embryo transfer. The double lines of beta-HCG
test appeared obviously. But she had bleeding suddenly, it cannot help even she
had the medication for stabilization. The double lines faded away.
After one month, she was
ready for another try. But one more problem came to her, the thinner
endometrial thickness. The alert of menopause was alarming. It's lucky that we
can simulate her menstrual cycle by using hormone replacement treatment (HRT).
With good embryos and suitable endometrial thickness, everything was ready.
She was confirmed pregnant again.
Because of the previous experience, she took good care of herself and kept
taking progesterone according to doctor's order. In week 21, she had a large
amount of bleeding, and back to the hospital. Premature amniotic fluid rupture
occurred. It's so hard that her twins were gone.
There are many reasons for
recurrent miscarriage, such as the abnormality of uterus/cervix, immune system
disorders, or embryo chromosome anomalies... etc. After the last miscarriage,
she went through all the examinations again. We found polyps, cyst , and
endometrial lining problems this time. After treatments, she had her third
embryo transfer in July,2017. In the operation room, she talked to our
embryologist that she had miscarriage twice, but she was not defeated. She told
everyone that she would have her baby soon.
It's not easy for an embryo
to implant. There are many factors that may affect the pregnancy, such as
uterus, implantation timing, and maternal status.
This time, she was pregnant!
Our doctor knew we need to give her extra care and attention due to the history
of recurrent miscarriage. The whole pregnancy journey was not easy. Up until
week 35, the twin babies were born!
The journey of trying to be
pregnant is not easy. Nobody knows who created those difficulties and where the
terminal is. Abnormal ovulation, premature ovarian failure, abnormal
chromosomes of embryo, short period of implantation window, all these are the
difficulties that she needed to overcome. But recurrent miscarriage is the most
difficult thing for her to suffer. Fortunately, she can face everything optimistically
and bravely. And she finally fulfill her wish - to be a mother. A mother of
twins!
Her clinical outcomes showed as below.
Register：Oversea Form
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E-mail：en_service@icryobank.com
WhatsApp：+886-905-737-5012017 ESHRE in Geneva !!!
10/22/2017 08:28:00 PM
(No one can read tags, because it was written in French, lol. Don't worry, we still have our google.)
(I tried the yogurt in coffee taste, and I am sure that it was not my type.)
We had four days in ESHRE, including one day of pre-congress course. I took the part of genetics in reproduction, focusing on the talks related with DNAs, gene expression, PGS, and mitochondria ... etc. My own oral and poster topics were in PGS: one was the correlationship between the mosaicism and individual chromosome lengths; and another one was the effect of male factors in embryo ploidies. We took a photo in front of our e-poster, and I really appreciate our design group, since the poster looked very nice!
The oral presentation made me anxious for couple of weeks. I definitely got teary when I received the acceptance, though I felt both headache and stomachache before my session. I decided not to think about the people sat under the stage, and looked one of my colleague stood beside the entrance. It was good that I have finished everything now!
(We just pretended that we were the college students. Maybe ph.D student? :D)
(Nice weather and pretty view relived my heart.)
(Kids were happy everywhere.)
(Full-view)
We did not cook for the last night, and decided to eat the "real" Siwss food. We choose the restaurant named "Les Armures," and ordered the pink wine for celebration! The location was close to the University of Geneva.
(Cheers!!)
Anyway, it was a wonderful trip with the Stork team! You were my best backups, and everyone was so functional. Thank you, guys. xoxo
(Our gentlemen, Duke, was holding the camera, not in the photo.)
A turning point in my life — single embryo transfer in donor cycle
6/26/2017 02:29:00 AM
I have been to so many hospitals for taking IVF.
This time, I made up my mind to come here,
because I have heard that the oocyte bank at Stork Fertility Center was good.
I am 44 years now, and have no time to waste.
It's time to know the result of pregnancy test....
I did not want to do the urine test at home this time, because I was very familiar with the feelings of frustration and disappointment. My husband and I sat in front of the doctor's desk, waiting for the good or bad news.
"Congrats, the beta-HCG is 2000 mIU/mL. You got pregnant!"
My doctor smiled at me, but I was stunned then. Until we walked out of the center, I was just bursting with joy. We have waited for this baby at least 12 years. I even could not remember what I have experienced in the past years. Finally, I got my baby at 44 years of age after transfer only one single embryo. It was the miracle of the eggs, since these eggs were retrieved from a young woman.
"Congrats, the beta-HCG is 2000 mIU/mL. You got pregnant!"
My doctor smiled at me, but I was stunned then. Until we walked out of the center, I was just bursting with joy. We have waited for this baby at least 12 years. I even could not remember what I have experienced in the past years. Finally, I got my baby at 44 years of age after transfer only one single embryo. It was the miracle of the eggs, since these eggs were retrieved from a young woman.
Before taking the donated program, I have gone through so many cycles of my own IVF, but it just did not work. In the March of 2016, I have gone through cryotransfer with four Day3 embryos, and the outcome was as disappointed as usual.
I asked my husband,
I asked my husband,
"How can I do? I have no time nor money. Should we continue to try more (IVF)?"
The journey seemed endless, and full of tears.
After resting couple of days, I decided to use "others' egg," since mine were obviously not good. I found the iCryobank website through net searching, and called to the center directly.
The lady there sounds patient and professional, and we arranged my schedule smoothly. My doctor examined my uterine state after the first visit to the museum-like center, and encouraged us to take the donated program.
Soon, a young donor was matched to us. Thirteen eggs were retrieved, and five available blastocysts were cryopreserved. The process took around three months.
The doctor suggested us transferring a single blastocyst, because both the morphology and developing time of embryos seemed good. I was wondered about the success rate, but finally agreed with the prevention of multiple pregnancies.
The lady there sounds patient and professional, and we arranged my schedule smoothly. My doctor examined my uterine state after the first visit to the museum-like center, and encouraged us to take the donated program.
Soon, a young donor was matched to us. Thirteen eggs were retrieved, and five available blastocysts were cryopreserved. The process took around three months.
The doctor suggested us transferring a single blastocyst, because both the morphology and developing time of embryos seemed good. I was wondered about the success rate, but finally agreed with the prevention of multiple pregnancies.
This Day5 blastocyst has become our lovely baby now. My family has started here. I was still proud of myself, for the decision at that day and for my own encouragement during this journey.
Double stimulation (Duo-OPU)
5/24/2017 06:49:00 PM
— Continuous stimulation and oocyte retrieval during both the follicular and luteal phases of poor responders in IVF/ICSI programs can increase the obtained oocytes per menstrual cycle
Stork Fertility Center in Taiwan Chamber of Commerce in Canada
5/14/2017 06:45:00 PM
During May 1st to 3rd in 2017, Taiwan Chamber of Commerce in Canada (TCCCA) hold "2017 Taiwan Medical Services Orientation" in couple of places in Canada, introducing more facets of Taiwan medical techniques to the local expatriates whose original language are Chinese. The Taiwanese representatives were from aesthetic or cosmetic medical center, dental department, health evaluation center, ophthalmology department, and fertility center. Stork Fertility Center was the only delegate of infertility, showing the patient-friendly program design, advanced assisted reproductive techniques and competitive prices to the people in Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver.
Raymond Chen, the project manager of the overseas service department at Stork Fertility Center, displayed "four clouds in IVF" to the audiences,
1st Cloud: Oocyte and Sperm Bank:
-- The leading bank in Asia, which covers all the blood type:A/B/O/AB
-- Approximately 70% of pregnancy rate
-- Sufficient oocyte/sperm supply and top oocyte/sperm quality
2nd Cloud: International Medical Services:
-- Personal consultant
-- Agency services for the official required documents
-- Transportation and Hospitality
-- Instant Interpretation
3rd Cloud: Reproductive genetic exams
-- Preimplantation genetic screening (PGS)
-- Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD)
-- Carrier genetic test (CGT)
-- Endometrial receptivity assay (ERA)
4th Cloud: Social oocyte freezing
-- Individualized COS treatment
-- Contract protection
-- Fertility insurance
We are walking out of Taiwan to find whom needs us.
Follow your dreams, they know ways.
3/17/2017 07:57:00 PM
Using the donated eggs or struggling with my declined ovaries made me confused on this journey.
I slowed down, and heard the voice in my heart,
"What do you really want in the very beginning?"
"Having a child, my Lord."
"Just follow your dreams, they know the way."
In the summer of 2015, I got an email overseas.
This mail was from Hong Kong, and also the first connection between she and me. She was my first "pen-pal" at the Stork Fertility Center, but not the first overseas friend here.
Our dean always said that there were four stations during the journey of having babies. Each person gets on the different trains in different times, at different places. The speed, the duration, and the starting/ending time are different as well. Ideally, this journey would be better at the age under 35 years. The second one was at the age between 35 and 37 years. Then it was at the age between 38 and 40 years. The last train was at the age over 40 years. On the last train, the cost was high and the duration was pretty long, but the terminal became uncertain.
When I received her mail, she was on the last train:
[I have undergone the IVF several times, and the harvested oocytes were very few. In the last one program, I only retrieved one oocyte while the ultrasound monitor showed that there could be four follicles. The only one had poor morphology and possible poor quality. My fertility specialist recommended me to take the donation program, since the ovarian function seemed significantly declined. I was very disappointed and confused. My mother expected grand children so much, and she was quite old. I don't know how I can do now.
I sat in front of the laptop, and googled for the donated eggs. I tried to slow down my thoughts, and heard a voice from heart,
"What do you really want in the very beginning?"
"Having a child, my Lord."
"Just follow your dreams, they know the way."
One night, I discussed the donation program with my husband, and achieved a consensus. We decided to visit your fertility center for the donation program.]
She mentioned the limited ability of Mandarin, and would like to prepare all the required documents before coming to Taiwan. I replied her questions step by step, and arranged the related body exams. Thanks to the developed SOP for overseas customers at Stork Fertility Center, she completed all the prerequisite preparation soon.
She chose the fresh donated-egg set, which the donor undergoes the stimulation and retrieval operation, and then the eggs are fertilized immediately rather than being cryopreserved. When I reported the outcomes of oocyte pick-up, she said, "how about the recovery? Is the process bad to her body?" She knew that the process could be very uncomfortable to some females, since she already underwent the IVF so many times.
Fortunately, everything went well. There were 16 available eggs, and 9 good blastocysts cryopreserved. In the following year, she underwent the first cryotransfer with a Day 5 embryo graded 4AB. Not too surprisingly, I received her good news from Hong Kong, and the precious video of fetal heartbeat. We both saw the primary photos of the baby in front of the computers.
This year, the healthy baby was delivered, and the mother recovered very well. She has promised us to bring the baby back for celebration.
2017, is a brand new beginning for her family.
