Bonnie weighed 4.1 kg and was born at the Royal Women’s Hospital last week, considered a `miracle`, according to The Sydney Morning Herald – Australia’s leading and oldest daily newspaper.
Leanna, the baby’s mother, became the first Australian woman to give birth through CAPA-IVM (in vitro maturation of eggs to maturity).
`The best thing is that Bonnie is here and gives hope to so many people,` the mother said.
Baby girl Bonnie next to her parents.
The IVF technique requires women to be injected with drugs to stimulate the follicles to mature before they are removed from the ovaries and fertilized.
With this new technique, patients do not use ovarian stimulation drugs or use very little drugs, and only need two days to harvest eggs, instead of 2-4 weeks like IVF.
Professor Rob Gilchrist, University of New South Wales, one of the `designers` of the first CAPA-IVM program in Australia, said the first baby was born as a result of collaboration between scientists at the Hospital.
`IVF helps give birth to millions of children around the world, but many women cannot perform this technique,` Professor Gilchrist.
IVM opens the hope of motherhood to thousands of Australian women with polycystic ovary syndrome and cancer fighters.
Referring to the results of transferring IVM technology to Australian colleagues, doctor Ho Manh Tuong, My Duc Reproductive Support Unit, proudly said: `Previously, Vietnamese doctors went to Australia to learn new techniques for treatment.`
According to Dr. Tuong, the transfer project began in 2018, with Australian doctors coming to My Duc hospital to learn IVM techniques.
Vietnam has applied IVM in infertility treatment since 2007. Ten years later, Vietnam has become the country that performs the most and most successful IVM in the world, transferring technology to many countries such as Australia, the US, France, Belgium,
Experts from the University of New South Wales learn IVM techniques at My Duc Hospital, 2022. Photo: Provided by the hospital
IVM is currently indicated in the group of patients with polycystic ovary syndrome, patients with a large number of cysts on the ovaries, people who need to store eggs, preserve fertility for cancer treatment, and patients who are resistant to chemotherapy.
The disadvantage of this technique is that it is difficult to perform and the number of embryos created is small.