The journey of finding children and surrogacy for the first pair of twins in Vietnam

Feeling sorry for her niece who had been waiting for a child for 5 years but could not bear it because she did not have a uterus, the 34-year-old aunt decided to be a surrogate mother and luckily gave birth to twins.

The pain in the incision has gradually subsided after 3 days of cesarean section to deliver twin boys on March 16. The surrogate mother is happy because "she was able to help her cousin and his wife."have the happiness of being parents". The two families live next to each other and are close, she understands the young couple's feelings during their 5-year journey of trying to have a child.Loving her two nieces who were poor workers and longed to be parents, she becameThe first surrogate mother in the South and the first Vietnamese twin birth through surrogacy.

The couple divorced, the eldest son passed away, she lived with her 10-year-old son so she decided to become a surrogate mother and encountered many rumors and misunderstandings.Without a single complaint about the months of morning sickness and pregnancy, she happily imagined the future with two children babbling in and out next to her house.

The first pair of surrogate twins in the South were born healthy at Tu Du Hospital. Photo: Le Phuong.

Dr. Vu Minh Ngoc, Deputy Head of Infertility Department, Tu Du Hospital saidbiological mother born in 1987developed like a normal woman but had no menstruation. After 5 years of marriage, she sought treatment in many places but still could not get pregnant. When the ultrasound showed that she had a congenital absence of the uterus, meaning she could not get pregnant, her spirit collapsed. When the decree allowing surrogacy was issued, she was one of the first people to go to the hospital for advice with great hope.

According to Dr. Ngoc, fortunately, the test results showed that her ovaries were still functioning well and could meet the conditions for surrogacy. However,The ovaries are weaker than normal people of the same age. Each ovary has only 3-4 small follicles, if left too long, the patient may lose the chance to become a mother.

"At that time, there was only a decree on surrogacy but no circular guiding its implementation. If we waited, it might take more time, so the doctors decided tofor this couple to do IVF first to stimulate the ovaries," Dr. Ngoc recalled. Because the patientno uterus, only two ovaries so ultrasound is very difficult. To stimulate eggs, the doctors decided to use the highest dose on the poor ovaries, trying to get the maximum number of eggs. After 10 days of ovarian stimulation, egg retrieval yielded 6 eggs, all of good quality, when fertilized with the husband's sperm in vitro, they created 6 embryos of very good quality and were stored to prepare for surrogacy.

AfterComplete documents, legal procedures, psychology... according to the lawand approved by the review board, the doctors began to prepare the uterine lining for the surrogate mother. Because the surrogate mother had given birth twice before, had a normal uterus, and was in good health, everything went smoothly. Luckily, the mother conceived right after the first embryo transfer with ultrasound results showing twins.Both women were closely monitored and carefully screened during pregnancy.

Being born prematurely, the babies were cared for in the neonatal department for the first 3 days. Photo: Le Phuong.

Doctor Nguyen Ngoc Hai, Head of General Planning Department, Tu Du Hospital said that due topregnant with twins, at risk of premature birth, so from the 29th week of pregnancy, the pregnant woman was injected with lung support medicine. At the 35th week, the mother's water broke.pregnancy is not favorable for birthcThe doctor performed a cesarean section.Two healthy baby boys2.1 kg and 1.9 kg cried out healthy at 10:35 on March 16. BornBecause they were premature, the babies were taken home by a neonatal doctor for care. This morning, the two babies were able to breathe well on their own and are expected to be taken home with their mother the same day.

In cases of surrogacy, in addition to taking care of the pregnant woman's health, counseling and psychological support are very important. Frequent contact and close companionship between the two mothers will help the child later love the biological mother, as well as help the pregnant mother to be less attached and deeply bound to the child. Doctors recommendThe baby has the right to know about the mother who gave birth to him. If the baby is kept in the dark, and is told about the birth process by someone other than the biological parents, the child will be psychologically confused later.

According to VNE