A rare procedure carried out in Taiwan has brought great joy to a couple from Shanghai. The pair came to Taiwan seeking their first child and ended up with a baby girl after the cryopreservation of the husband’s sperm, a donated egg and the embryo. A doctor who helped with the procedure said this was only the fifth time worldwide that all three types of cryopreservation were successfully used.
This young girl, resting in her mom’s embrace, brought great joy to a couple from China. Her arrival wasn’t easy.
Nurse Practitioner
When they called here in the beginning, they were delighted to hear that they could register for and quickly receive a donated egg. Within a week they flew in from Shanghai to complete the necessary paperwork.
The couple faced many challenges. The woman is 48 years old and has already undergone menopause. With no legal avenue for them to have a baby in China because of a ban on egg donation, the couple sought assistance in Hsinchu. They ended up using a cryopreserved egg, and both the husband’s sperm and the embryo were also cryopreserved. It was the first time ever in Taiwan, and the fifth time in the world, that a child was born after all three stages of cryopreservation.
Wang Huai-lin
E-Stork Deputy Superintendent
The first time a baby was born using three stages of cryopreservation was in Italy. The other three instances were in China, but these all involved using the mother’s own egg. This case in Taiwan involved the use of a donated egg.
Over the past 16 years, the couple figures to have spent about NT$500,000 trying to become pregnant. Now that they have their first child, they say they are open to the idea of having a second.
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