Against the Odds: A Cross-Sea Miracle Amid the Pandemic

Hope Fertility and PGD Center:  Despite multiple challenges during the pandemic,a Chinese couple from the other side of the Strait rejoiced to procreate pregnancy.  

 

     The newlywed had desired to have a baby before the pandemic; however, the fact

that the wife's ovarian function was bad not only forced her to go to a hospital 

frequently but she also suffered from various gynecological diseases.  In China, the

couple tried IVF treatment, yet to their dismay, they only saw a single ovarian follicle.

Nevertheless, they continued the treatment but failed to retrieve any egg.  The wife 

collapsed and cried in despair.  The husband comforted her, assuring her that without

a baby, they could still be happy together.  He didn't want her to endure the painful

procedure and was willing to renounce the hope of having a baby.  

 

     On the other hand, the wife craved for a child so desperately that she tried numerous

methods such as taking Chinese medicine and nourishing diets, along with exercising 

regularly, with the hope that she might become healthier and hence could stand a better 

chance to conceive a baby.  Meanwhile, the husband associated with some Taiwanese 

businesspeople who recommended Hope Fertility and PGD Center.  As a result, the couple

turned to Hope Fertility and PGD Center for help.  Owing to the long distance, at first, they 

contacted Hope Fertility and PGD Center through We Chat and underwent diagnoses by 

means of video conference.  After completing the application for immigration, when they 

were about to head to Taiwan to receive treatment, the spread of pandemic prevented them 

from coming.

     

     It was not until May 2022 when the Taiwanese government reopened immigration for

people who requested medical care did the international team of Hope Fertility and PGD

Center put efforts handling all the related process.  During the period of Covid, we were

required to prepare a big pile of documents to get approval from Ministry of Health and

Welfare and then proceed to solicit a permit from Immigration Department so that our

foreign patients were allowed to enter Taiwan.   

 

     It took long to have all the information reviewed and approved.  While waiting to 

get the permit, the wife actively cooperated with all our diagnoses, furnishing all the physical

examination reports to Hope Fertility and PCD Center, taking medication, and so on, just to

anticipate a child.  During the pandemic, all the patients were fully equipped with goggles,

masks, and gloves.  In addition to providing medical care, we also took the couple to worship

the Deity of the Land.  On top of that, we bought lots of soybean milk for her because the

Chinese believe that by drinking large quantity of nutritious soybean milk, a woman’s 

endometrium may grow thicker and thus facilitates pregnancy.

 

     The husband couldn’t afford to stay in Taiwan too long and had to go back to China to

work; consequently, the wife stayed at a hotel near Hope Fertility and PGD Center on her 

own.  The convenient location made regular checkup possible and enabled her to contact us 

lest there should be a problem.  Our staff took turns bringing her food and fruit as well as 

looking after her.  The reason why we did something extra was because we empathized with 

her situation.  Unlike us, she was all by herself in Taiwan without a family member close by.  

In the early period of her pregnancy, bleeding occurred often.  Therefore, she stayed in Taiwan for another 8 weeks until the condition was stable before she went back to China to 

labor.   

 

     This journey was more complicated and tougher than we had expected.  However, 

seeing the photos of the new-born baby reading about the description the couple sent us, we

felt touched and everything we did was rewarding.  We’d like to thank the couple for letting

us participate in such a meaning moment of their lifetime.  Once again, we have helped a

family to realize their dream.  The excitement was overwhelming.  We admired the 

determination of the wife.  What she had gone through demonstrated her unconditioned love

for her child.  How fortunate the baby was to possess such precious maternal affection even

before it was born!