Febuary
8, 2018
Dear Dr. Malpani,
The following is my testimonial to how you and your lovely
wife and staff were instrumental in transforming my life by helping me become a
mother to my lovely daughter. In order
to keep my information confidential, I am omitting the exact dates and keeping
my identity anonymous.
My husband is diagnosed with a condition called ‘ maturation
arrest’ which means that his testes does not produce sperms , no matter how
well he ejaculates. Hence, he is unable
to ever become a biological father.
Although I always wanted to adopt kids instead of desiring
to become a biological mom of any, his parents and he were not open to this
option. Hence, being the dutiful Indian
daughter-in-law, I agreed to obtain my husband’s sister’s husband’s sperm and
have an IVF procedure done in the country of where I reside.
The result was a success and I became the blessed mom of a
healthy baby boy.
As my sister-in-law would occasionally taunt me as to how I
‘owe’ her this ‘favor’ of being a mom, I was against getting another child
through her husband’s sperm again.
Fast forward 6 years later, my son began showing symptoms of
severe anxiety should my husband and I ever leave him or die. I realized that he was correct in that if my
husband or I died, that he would be officially alone in this world without a
‘known immediate blood sibling’. Thus, I became open to having another child.
By then, I was 36 years old and my biological clock was
ticking. I also didn’t know who else would be willing to be a sperm donor as
asking my sil’s husband was NOT an option we desired.
We agreed that using an anonymous donor would be our best
option.
After a few email exchanges to coordinate the timing of the
treatment and our travel plans, we set off for Mumbai, where my husband and I
were very well-received by Dr. Malpani’s warm staff of nurses. Dr. Malpani, although super busy, didn’t
waste any time in giving me his set of medicinal drugs and injections to make
sure that my body would ovulate on time (as I had a history of polycystic ovaries). His gentle, patient, yet honest way of
communication was very much appreciated. I must also thank his lovely wife for
her aid in checking that my uterus was fit enough to undergo the treatment with
her infectious smile and easygoing personality.
After 2 weeks of using his treatment, I returned to his
clinic to receive the IVF treatment where he would extract my eggs . so that he
could fertilise them and then transfer the embryos inside my womb.
While he was doing so, I remember keeping my Lord’s picture
underneath my pillow and chanting his name while the supportive nurses smiled
understandably. I had no doubt that this would work out as my Lord had come to
me in a dream and told me that I would have 2 children. After the procedure, I
was knocked out and fast asleep. I
remember someone calling out my name while I was in an unconscious state. It was Dr. Malpani who had entered the room
to exclaim, “Do you know how many eggs you had?” I groggily shook my head. He
then said, “Thirteen!!!” (Honestly, I think that was the number although it
could have one more or fewerJ)
I understood that this meant that I was ‘quite fertile’ and that it was a good
sign but at that time, I couldn’t care less as all I wanted to do was sleep!
Soon, we returned to the clinic where Dr. Malpani showed us the
healthiest of the embryos and suggested we transfer one. However, we requested
him to insert 2, and he agreed. Our dream of creating our ‘complete family’ for
our first-born was soon going to be a reality!
While inserting the embryos back inside of me, I sang my
Lord’s name again. Dr. Malpani and his
nurses were very openly approving and
accepting again of me behaving like an unconventional patient to which I thank
them from the bottom of my heart. That day, I left the clinic with the
potential to have 3 children.
After a few weeks, I was required to take a blood test at a
nearby blood lab. When they called me a few days later, I was informed that I
was pregnant! This news was not much of a surprise for me because I knew that
the Lord’s words are always true. However, you can imagine our happiness when
we found out!:) One of the embryos
vanished from my womb and the strongest one to survive could withstand the rest
of my 1st trimester which was filled with bumpy riskshaw road rides,
my son mistakenly kicking my stomach very hard while sleeping with me and a
long flight back to my residing country.
Today I am a proud mother of a lovely son and a beautiful,
strong daughter.
Without a doubt, Dr. Malpani and his wife and staff have
been immensely instrumental and God send. My family and I thank you all
profusely from the bottom of our hearts and wish you all immense happiness and
love.