No need to fuck or use IVF, now so slow insemination technique woh!

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Asia’s first baby born here using new slow-release fertility technique
By Eveline Gan

Raffles Medical GroupBaby Damian Verheyen with his parents, Dr Fanija Panovska and Mr Wouter Verheyen.
Published23 November, 2018
Updated 24 November, 2018

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SINGAPORE — The first baby in Asia conceived using a new fertility technique known as Evie Slow Release Insemination was born in Singapore on September 7.
Now almost three months old, baby Damian Verheyen was conceived after his parents’ long struggle with unexplained infertility.



When Damian’s mother, Dr Fanija Panovska, who is in her early 40s, decided to try the new fertility treatment last year, she had already spent more than a year trying unsuccessfully for a second baby.
The medical practitioner from Macedonia, who is currently living in Singapore, had also gone through two failed rounds of standard Intrauterine Insemination (IUI), which involves placing prepared sperm directly into the uterus.
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The Evie Slow Release Insemination, which was offered as a pilot treatment at Raffles Fertility Centre at the time, was Dr Panovska’s last hope. She knew that age was not on her side and did not want to try in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) as it involved undergoing many hormonal treatments.
Evie is given in the same manner as IUI – through a catheter inserted into the uterus – but uses a device that delivers sperm to the uterus via a small mechanical pump over a period of four hours. This ensures that the sperm are available over a longer period, ready for when a viable egg is released during ovulation.
The Slow Release Insemination is the first major IUI development in the last five decades, and “an exciting new alternative to standard IUI”, said Dr Seng Shay Way, a specialist in obstetrics and gynaecology and consultant at Raffles Fertility Centre.
During the four-hour treatment, Dr Panovska wore the small, discreet device on the thigh. She was able to perform light duties such as driving and walking, but was advised to avoid sudden vigorous movement, physical exercise and intercourse. Some patients may experience mild cramping but most report no significant discomfort or pain.
Raffles Fertility Centre is currently the only centre in Asia to introduce the Evie Slow Release Insemination, which was recently approved by the Health Sciences Authority for clinical use here, said Dr Seng.
Evie is currently one of the standard treatment options offered at Raffles Fertility Centre.
Associate Professor Tan Heng Hao, director of KKIVF Centre at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH), said the Evie Slow Release Insemination is not performed at KKH as it is not an established fertility treatment.
Randomised controlled multi-centre clinical trials have shown that the slow release technique doubles the success of pregnancy when compared to standard IUI for women under 35, and costs less than traditional IVF. The mean pregnancy rate for conventional IUI is around 5.6 per cent per cycle, according to some studies, said Dr Seng.
“Some standard IUI cycles are thought to fail because the sperm (that is delivered to the uterus) misses the egg when it is released. (The slow release technique) increases the chances of sperm meeting the egg for fertilisation,” said Dr Sheila Loh, consultant and specialist in obstetrics and gynaecology at Raffles Fertility Centre.
The technique decreases the risks of sperm discharging into the abdomen, through the fallopian tubes, and back into the vagina, said Dr Seng.
The slow and gradual process also reduces the risks of possible polyspermia, a process whereby too many sperm fertilise an egg, rendering it non-functional, he added.
Three out of 10 patients who have tried the Evie treatment during the pilot phase, from September 2017 to September this year, successfully conceived, said Dr Seng.
To date, two babies conceived through Evie have been born in Singapore, he said.
MORE ‘NATURAL’ THAN IVF
Infertility is a growing problem in Singapore. It is estimated that about 15 per cent of couples of reproductive age have infertility but some studies suggest the number may be as high as 20 per cent, as people are delaying having babies, said Dr Loh.
A woman in her late 20s has a one in five chance of conceiving every month, which decreases to 8 per cent if she is in her late thirties and is more likely to suffer a miscarriage.
For women aged 40 and above, the chance of conceiving each month is 5 per cent.
IUI is currently one of the most common first-line fertility treatments. About half of the patients undergoing fertility programme at Raffles Fertility Centre undergo IUI, which is viewed to be more “natural” by some patients than IVF, said Dr Loh.
IVF involves a process of fertilisation outside the body, in a laboratory.
According to Dr Seng, Evie may be recommended as a first-line fertility treatment for couples with non-tubal problems who are experiencing unexplained infertility, and women suffering from cervical mucus problems and endometriosis.
It is also suitable for men with mild infertility, who have ejaculation problems due to impotence or their partners’ vaginismus (when involuntary muscle spasms prevent vaginal penetration), or retrograde ejaculation (where semen travels backwards to the bladder).
Dr Panovska was initially sceptical about the new treatment but now finds it “relatively painless and affordable”.
She said she was fortunate that the Evie device was available in Singapore when she decided to undergo her third and final round of fertility treatment.
The Evie treatment costs around S$2,700 to S$3,500 per cycle at Raffles Fertility Centre, compared to S$15,000 to S$20,000 per IVF cycle. Standard IUI costs around S$1,800 to S$2,500.
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With soo much emphasis on the environment n going green n over population etc. .....why are technology for increasing the population being developed? If ppl can't have kids too bad..live with it. Not say they are in pain n immobile etc. They are not disabled... waste of resources and bringing about world destruction etc..

 

[steffychun]

With soo much emphasis on the environment n going green n over population etc. .....why are technology for increasing the population being developed? If ppl can't have kids too bad..live with it. Not say they are in pain n immobile etc. They are not disabled... waste of resources and bringing about world destruction etc..

Tell that to Ya Kun Jesher Loi and his Ang Moh wife.

 

[Hypocrite-The]

Tell that to Ya Kun Jesher Loi and his Ang Moh wife.

Who?

 

[Hypocrite-The]

I hope pap goes back to the stop at 2 policy...n introduced force sterilisation on the trailer park trash n genetic undesirables

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When a mother steals her daughter's right to parent with a forced hysterectomy
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IMAGE"We all have the right to be able to become whatever we want to become, to have a future just like everyone else," Chanelle says.(Supplied/ABC Life: Nathan Nankervis)
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Chanelle McKenna was a typical 11-year-old girl.
She loved reading and listening to pop music. She enjoyed school, had always been very academic, and when she grew up she wanted to be a solicitor.
Since she was a baby, she's had cerebral palsy.
It was at age 11 her mother agreed, in unison with medical professionals and school staff, that she should be involuntarily sterilised. She was taken without her consent to a hospital and a forced hysterectomy was performed. Chanelle's choice to parent was forever stolen.
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"My mother decided to organise the forced hysterectomy because it was convenient for her not to be able to deal with my menstrual periods, and unwanted grandchildren that she believed I wouldn't be able to care for," Chanelle says.

"I had no comprehension of what a hysterectomy was and what it meant. No-one bothered explaining anything to me."​

Chanelle's mother never once explained why she was suddenly taken into hospital.
"When I was lying unconscious on the operating table, I experienced an astral projection — more commonly known as an out-of-body experience. I remember I looked at my body and felt extremely sad."
Chanelle emerged from the operation confused, scared and in severe pain. She had no idea why she was unexpectedly in hospital. It would take weeks before she could sit properly.
The enormity of this has caused Chanelle life-long emotional pain and physical trauma.
"The doctor was supposed to put dissolvable stitches in. However, he didn't," Chanelle, now 46, explains. "When the nurse removed the stitches after two weeks, it felt as if I was in a river full of piranhas and they nibbled at my skin, just for the fun of it.

"I thought I was being punished for a crime I'd never committed. The offence: being disabled."​

A few weeks later, Chanelle remembers returning to school. Her mother never mentioned the operation, and pretended nothing had happened. It wasn't until two older girls at her school began teasing her that she realised what had actually happened.
"One of them said to the other, 'I feel so sorry for her because she will never be able to have children.' I don't know how they knew, because they were much older than me, and I'd never met them before," Chanelle says.
"When I think back now, although I felt sad at the time, I didn't grasp the seriousness of the true nature of what that meant for me, because I was still too young. I was only 11 years old."
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'I will never be a stereotype'
The full extent of the ramifications of what had happened to Chanelle hit in her late 20s. She says it felt "like an atomic bomb".
"It was when everyone around me got married or fell pregnant," she says.
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"My cousins and nieces who already had children complained how naughty their children were, and that I should be thankful that I would never go through that, because how would a woman with a disability ever be able to cope with naughty children."
Chanelle is currently studying a Health Science bachelor degree. This is the first time she has spoken out.
When I arrive in Brisbane to meet her, I'm greeted with a huge smile. She is warm and bubbly, and instantly we connect. Smart, strong and vivacious, Chanelle uses a speech-generating device to communicate as some of her speech is hard to understand.
"As a child I was stereotyped as someone who would never be able to achieve anything in life," she tells me. "From there it snowballed. I made myself a promise when I was young: I would show everyone how wrong they were about judging me. I will never be a stereotype."
Growing up as a woman with cerebral palsy was at times challenging for Chanelle, but she says this is due to medical staff not assisting her in bettering herself.
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She felt like everybody had given up on her from a very early age. For instance, she went to kindergarten at age three, but feels this was only to give her mother a break.
"My mother never treated me as an adult. According to her, I wouldn't have been able to be a suitable mother due to my disability. But if it weren't for the forced hysterectomy, I would have had children: either one or two," Chanelle says.
Chanelle should have been able to become the mother she wanted to be. How is it possible her choice was stolen from her as a child?
Carolyn Frohmader, executive director of Women with Disabilities Australia, has over 20 years' experience advocating for women and girls with disabilities.

"The practices of forced sterilisation of women and girls with disability continues to occur in Australia, and these practices remain legal and sanctioned by Australian governments," she says.​

"There is no national, uniform and legally enforceable legislation prohibiting the sterilisation of children, and the sterilisation of adults with disability in the absence of their prior, fully informed and free consent."
Rights removed, choice removed
When I ask Ms Frohmader why parents of children with disabilities would make the decision to have their child sterilised, it appears the best interests of the child are rarely a central factor.

IMAGE"I made myself a promise when I was young: I would show everyone how wrong they were about judging me. I will never be a stereotype."(Supplied)
"It's the supposed 'burden of care' that menstrual and contraceptive management places on families and carers, and the widely held societal attitudes that disabled women cannot be effective parents," Ms Frohmader says.
"So there is pressure to prevent pregnancy in disabled women, particularly women with intellectual disabilities.
"Women with disabilities are typically seen as child-like, asexual or over-sexed, dependent, incompetent, passive and genderless, and therefore considered inadequate for the nurturing, reproductive roles considered appropriate for women."
But as Ms Frohmader asserts, this is clearly not the case, and Chanelle is an example. Every day when she sees a baby, a toddler, a pre-schooler and a teenager, she endures the longing for what should and could have been, as Chanelle explains.

"The most significant challenge for me is not to feel bitter about what has been done to me. To smile when the yearning in me to be a mother overwhelms me like a tsunami; to know that I will never have the honour or the privilege to educate and enjoy my children."​

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Chanelle has never been able to forgive her mother for her decision to endorse a forced hysterectomy, and this has created a wedge between her and her family.
The repercussions of the operation still affect her daily, with the emotional toll heavy and unforgettable.
"There are long, still nights, as well as days, when I cry my heart out for the injustice I endured, based on the perception and for the convenience of others," she says.
"The one natural gift to be a mother others took away from me, just so my mother and others could benefit from that. It was never theirs to take."
As Ms Frohmader explains: "In the case of sterilisation, the fact that such a procedure may be deemed 'authorised' or 'lawful' does not in any way obviate the reality that a woman with a disability, often a very young woman or girl, undergoes a medical procedure to remove non-diseased parts of her body which are essential to her ongoing health and wellbeing.
"For more than 15 years, The United Nations treaty monitoring bodies have categorically confirmed that forced sterilisation of children is a clear breach of some of the most fundamental human rights.

"Women and girls with disabilities in Australia have failed to be afforded these provisions in international human rights law. Instead, they remain subject to widespread discrimination, systemic prejudice, paternalistic and ableist attitudes that devalue and limit their rights."​

Chanelle is trying to change this. She believes it's time the rights of people with disabilities are finally recognised.
"That's why I have decided to speak out against this injustice," she says.
"I want other women and young girls to know it's wrong and they have the right to say no, because it is their body. We all have the right to be able to become whatever we want to become, to have a future just like everyone else."
Chanelle Mckenna shouldn't have been denied the right to parent.
Disability is not a burden, or something that needs to be 'fixed'. She is a human being, and her desire to be a mother will never fade. Her right to have a baby should have been undeniable.
Eliza Hull is the 2018 ABC Regional Storyteller Scholarship recipient.
You might also like to read:

• Time to stop the forced sterilisation of girls and women with disability
• Sterilisation of people with disabilities: The Senate report
• Should young people be allowed to choose sterilisation?

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