Re: Single Women...frozen egg & sperm !
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- Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 07:18:19 GMT
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MISSION VIEJO, California (AP) -- A California woman has given birth
to the first baby conceived in the United States by means of frozen
sperm and a frozen egg, according to the fertility firm that sponsored
the study in which she took part.
Adrienne Domasin, 36, decided to participate in the study by Extend
Fertility after being told two years ago her fallopian tubes were
blocked. She gave birth to a boy on Wednesday.
Domasin, who is single, was unable to afford in-vitro fertilization
but was determined to have a baby.
"When they told me my tubes were blocked, I was naturally devastated,"
she said. "Here I was, ready to finally have the baby of my dreams and
I couldn't."
Egg freezing traditionally has been reserved for women who suffered
from illnesses that might leave them infertile and has a low success
rate. But there has been recent demand for the procedure by women in
their 30s who want to have children in the future
in their 30's haha this is their future
but are afraid they
will be too old to conceive the traditional way, said Dr. Jane
Frederick, who oversaw Domasin's fertility treatment.
The low viability of frozen eggs is due, in part, to ice crystals that
can damage the egg's structure, though freezing sperm has been done
for decades, said Richard Paulson, a professor of reproductive
medicine at the University of Southern California.
There have been about 200 documented births from frozen eggs
worldwide, Paulson said. But he had not heard of other cases of frozen
egg/frozen sperm conceptions. The Journal of Assisted Reproduction and
Genetics reported one case last year in Australia.
During the study, Domasin received shots and pills to stimulate egg
production. Fertility personnel harvested the eggs, froze them, and
after four months, injected them with thawed donor sperm. A fertilized
egg was then placed insider her.
Domasin's son, Noah Peter Domasin, was born at Saddleback Memorial
Medical Center in Laguna Hills weighing 8 pounds, 4 ounces.
"I kept waking up in the middle of the night and I would glance over
at him," Domasin said. "I just kept saying to myself 'he's my son."'
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