With the liberalization of the three-child birth policy, increasing the birth rate and improving the quality of the population is not only a family affair, but also a major decision related to the future of the country's destiny. At the same time, the field of reproductive health has also ushered in new opportunities and challenges.
Weifang Maternal and Child Health Hospital is the birthplace of the first case of IVF in the region, over the years, the forge ahead of the reproductive health team, in the technical excellence, in the service of the heart warm heart, in the challenge of the tide, for many families to bring new life and hope. Recently, the Health News made a special report on the relevant work of the reproductive health team.
Pioneering and innovative
Painless egg retrieval technology has set a precedent in Weifang
How can the pain of egg retrieval be alleviated? Zhang Rongling, director of the Reproductive Health Department of the hospital, led the team to boldly explore and work closely with the Department of Anesthesiology to take the lead in the city in December 2016 to carry out the painless egg retrieval technology of IVF, implement intravenous anesthesia and minimally invasive surgery completed by ultrasound guidance under full supervision, so that patients can complete the egg retrieval in their sleep, the time is only 10 minutes, and the whole process is painless.
Mr. Chen from the city said that in the process of seeking children for several years, his wife suffered a lot, and at a friend gathering, he heard that the IVF technology of Weifang Maternal and Child Health Hospital was very good, and the egg retrieval was not painful, and he was really overjoyed and did not hesitate to bring his wife. Mr. Chen's wife said: "Now the traffic is so convenient, as long as the technology is good, less guilty, the distance is not a matter at all." ”
Founded in July 1996, the Department of Reproductive Health is the earliest infertility department established in a public hospital in Weifang. In October 2000, the Department of Reproductive Health began to implement eugenics guidance and assisted reproductive fertility (including first-generation IVF technology, second-generation IVF technology, artificial insemination technology). In May 2001, the first case of artificial insemination of husband sperm in Weifang City was pregnant. In June 2001, the first case of "IVF" was successfully conceived in Weifang, and it was successfully born in March 2002, filling the gap in the field of human assisted reproductive technology in Weifang. With the gradual standardization of the country's management of assisted reproductive technologies such as artificial insemination and IVF technology, the reproductive health team has continuously strengthened its own construction and improved its technical level, and under the leadership of Zhang Rongling, the director of the department, it has actively pioneered and innovated, continuously overcome difficulties, and brought hope to many infertile families and won a good reputation.
The development of painless egg retrieval technology not only eliminates the pain of female egg retrieval, but also shortens the operation time, increases the egg acquisition rate, improves the stability of egg fertilization, makes assisted reproductive technology enter the era of comfortable medical services, opens a new process in the field of infertility in Weifang City, and promotes the in-depth implementation of the national fertility policy.
Excellence
Grab every glimmer of hope for your patients
Excellent skills can continue to overcome problems. Director Zhang Rongling led the general staff to continuously improve the relevant quality control system and strengthen the unity and cooperation between various professional groups. Through the model of "sending out, please come in", we continue to send the backbone of the department business to well-known hospitals in China to study and train, and invite well-known experts and professors at home and abroad to teach or academic seminars every year to discuss and study hot issues in the field of reproduction. After unremitting efforts, the quality of talents, professional skills and scientific research capabilities have been continuously enhanced, and the standardized operation and safe implementation of human assisted reproductive technology projects have been ensured in an all-round way from the aspects of ethical supervision of reproductive medicine, system construction and technical level.
Ms. Gao married 4 years, because of infertility embarked on the road of IVF fertility, did ivy in the outer courtyard many times, spent nearly 200,000 yuan, still not pregnant, the relationship between husband and wife is becoming more and more tense, Ms. Gao thus suffered from depression, in 2018, Ms. Gao's marriage came to an end.
After the divorce, Ms. Gao met the divorced Mr. Wang, and Mr. Wang's tolerance made Ms. Gao very moved, but not having children was always a pain that she could not touch in her heart. In 2019, Ms. Gao is 36 years old, and for women, it is already an advanced age for childbearing. After a comprehensive examination and evaluation, the couple found that Ms. Gao's pregnancy preparation conditions were very poor, in addition to bilateral fallopian tubes, she also had immune problems, the most fatal thing was a serious decline in ovarian function, and there was only 1 follicle in the bilateral ovaries.
In the first IVF cycle, Ms. Gao had only 1 egg and obtained this precious egg using painless egg retrieval. After 3 days, the embryonic laboratory developed a quality embryo for her. 14 days after the transplant, the pregnancy test was successful, and the cesarean section on Father's Day in 2020 gave birth to an 8-pound fat boy. Ms. Gao, who finally became a mother, cried with joy and began a complete and happy family life.
The healer is benevolent
Harvest the touch in the effort
"Go back to your mother's house to see" is a warm picture often staged in the reproductive health department. Many couples who have become parents have returned here with their babies and handed the lovely babies to the arms of the doctor, and the joy, gratitude and emotion are overflowing between the doctors and patients, warming everyone in the reproductive health team.
In the corridor of the department, there is a warm wall, and from time to time, patients stop to take a closer look. It was plastered with pictures of the baby and heart-warming words, bringing hope and confidence to the patients. Director Zhang Rongling often said: "To be a doctor with temperature." Patients who come to the doctor are nervous and anxious, and the first thing we have to do is to let them regain their confidence."
"It's not easy to run east and west on the road to seek children, and it is a good idea to help one", which is a phrase that the reproductive health team often hangs on their lips. For patients from other places, the department provides free accommodation in the observation room, which not only relieves them of the concerns of unfamiliar life, but also eliminates the financial expenses of staying in the hotel. The department is also actively striving to halve the cost of anesthesia for painless egg retrieval technology, and this preferential policy has been implemented for five years.
On special days such as "Women's Day", "Mother's Day", "Father's Day" and "Men's Health Day" every year, the department will carry out free clinic and education activities, free registration fees, free examinations, and distribution of popular science materials to warm every patient. The department also pays attention to the sinking of medical resources, and regularly arranges experts to sit in lower-level hospitals for diagnosis and support, which not only facilitates grass-roots patients, but also improves the level of diagnosis and treatment technology of grass-roots hospitals.
"Every egg is hard-won and can't be given up", which is the consensus of members of the reproductive health team. For non-high-quality embryos in the embryos of the cleft stage, the freezing is not up to standard, and it is a pity to abandon them, and you can only try to continue the blastocyst culture, and the success rate of non-high-quality embryonic sacs is not high, but the cost is not low. Some patients are shaken and do not want to try. These faint hopes also touch the hearts of medical staff. With the strong support of the hospital, according to the culture of blastocysts to decide whether to charge or not, blastocysts have developed a fee, not a fee, and have been praised by patients.
In recent years, the Department of Reproductive Health has undertaken 15 various scientific research projects, including 3 provincial scientific research projects, 11 municipal scientific research projects, 5 departmental and bureau-level awards, 7 invention patents, 7 SCI papers, 1-2 provincial continuing medical education projects held every year, rated as "Weifang Clinical Key Specialty", and become the "National Reproductive and Eugenics Engineering technology Research Center Clinical Base", "Weifang Medical Doctor Association Women's Health Physician Branch" and "Weifang Maternal and Child Health Care Association Reproductive Professional Committee" "The presiding unit.
The arrival of the "three-child era" means that the number of elderly, high-risk women who are preparing for pregnancy will increase accordingly, coupled with the objective delay in the age of marriage and childbearing, which may increase the rate of birth defects and the risk of infertility. As a key technology to solve reproductive barriers and ensure reproductive health, assisted reproductive technology is an important guarantee for improving fertility quality and fertility rate.
The reproductive health team of Weifang Maternal and Child Health Hospital will continue to work hard to improve the quality and ability of service from the aspects of department software and hardware construction and refined management of pregnant people, so as to provide a higher level of reproductive health services and medical protection for the people.
Source: Weifang Maternal and Child Health Hospital
Editor: Fu Ning