A heartwarming story of getting the joy of parenthood again after losing their children.
Dr Rupal Shah, Renowned fertility and IVF expert from Surat ushers a ray of hope in the lives of elderly couples who had lost their first child due to accidents or life-threatening illnesses.
One of the greatest traumas imaginable is when parents have to deal with the death of a young child. This painful event is linked to complicated grief reactions and bereaved parents are reported with more depressive symptoms. Dr Rupal Shah, a prominent Surat based gynecologist and fertility specialist provides a new lease of life to these elderly couples through their(her) well-advanced IVF treatment.
The emotional blow associated with child loss can lead to a wide range of psychological and physiological problems including depression, anxiety, cognitive and physical symptoms linked to stress, marital problems, increased risk for suicide, pain and guilt. For such grieving couples, Dr Rupal brings positivity in them by frequently meeting them, giving them successful examples, encouraging them to stick on to their decision of having one more child even at this age. She gives a reassurance to them that having parenthood at this juncture is definitely associated with having a sense of life purpose.
“Because of advanced maternal age at that particular time, there is age associated decline in fertility and increase (in) incidences of miscarriages. There are more chances of having medical problems in form of pregnancy induced high blood pressure ,gestational diabetes etc, putting these patients in to high risk categories. In such cases, treatment options for infertility treatment in older women includes controlled ovarian hyper stimulation by giving hormonal treatment with intrauterine insemination (COH-IUI), IVF with own eggs or IVF with egg donation.” Says Dr Rupal Shah
She adds, “Pregnancy rates with IVF are much higher than with COH-IUI. Treatment strategies with IVF for older women include accumulation and freezing of embryos by multiple IVF Cycles followed by embryo transfer when 2-3 good quality embryos are available, Pre-implantation genetic techniques (PGT), Blastocyst embryo transfer etc to increase the success rate. Some women need to opt for donor eggs in view of advanced age with poor ovarian reserve.. If woman is suffering from any severe medical problem or experiencing mental and physical disturbances due to repeated IVF failure, then opting IVF with surrogacy treatment is the safest and best option to bring back smiles to their faces.”
Two such inspiring stories are shared here where couples who lost their teenage child(ren) regained the joy of parenthood due to the efforts and guidance of Dr Rupal Shah. Dr Rupal Shah says, “Both couples had hit rock bottom, but still had a hope that they could start to climb out again. Hats off to their strong wish, will power, patience and trust for me and my team.”
1. How was your life after the loss of your son?
We were blessed with a smart and intelligent son. We were a happy family until we lost our only son just 17 years old in a bike accident. The shock left us utterly
devastated.
2. How is your life after the birth of this newborn? I am very happy to say that at the age of 44, after undergoing IVF treatment by Dr Rupal madam at Blossom Fertility center, I gave birth to my miracle baby on 26 Jan, 2019. We named her ‘Shubra’ after our late son ‘Shubham’. We have been given a new lease of life and are very grateful to Dr Rupal Shah.
3. Where did you get the strength to go through a lengthy infertility journey to finally become parents again?
To bring back our son, we tried IVF treatments several times in Nashik, Mumbai and Dahanu, but did not succeed. We were going through a difficult phase as we
went through ’13’ failed IVF cycles. But Dr Rupal and her team gave me continuous emotional support and strength to not give up and to become a mother again
4. How was your doctors’ support during your entire journey?
In our first meeting itself ,Dr Rupal said that ‘you will bear a child and go from our hospital with a bundle of joy.’ Seeing her confidence, that we completely trusted her. Dr Rupal Shah’s confidence and support has played a vital role in our success.
~ Manisha Devange, Dahanu (To create this in gujarati)
1. How was your life after the loss of your son?
In 2016, we lost our only son ‘Dishank’, studying in 12th std in an accident. Both me and my wife went into severe depression and lost all hope of living a happy
life again.
2. How is your life after the birth of this new born?
I am very pleased that my wife who is 49, gave birth to a baby boy after taking IVF treatment with surrogacy under Dr Rupal Shah’s guidance. We got our son back and we named him ‘Dishank’ only. The best thing is that my both sons-Late Dishank and the new born Dishank are sharing same birthday too. Our baby has given us a new ray of hope to live happily again.
3. Where did you get the strength to go through a lengthy infertility journey to finally become parents again?
It was a painful journey as we underwent IVF treatment many times(4 time IVF, 6 times IVF with surrogacy and 1 miscarriage ,but never got the results. After 10
unsuccessful attempts ,by our strong will power, trust on god and endless motivation by Dr Rupal Shah ,at last we succeeded in “11” try. Her constant able guidance gave us courage during our journey.
4. How was your doctors’ support during your entire journey?
Dr Rupal Shah along with her team was(were) extremely helpful and caring to us during the entire IVF process. Due to the wast experience and expertise in the field of fertility treatment and warm and friendly support of Dr Rupal Shah and her hospital’s brilliant team, we got a new lifeline in form of a son.
~ Kamal Jariwala, Surat
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