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Successful pregnancy after 24 consecutive fetal losses: lessons learned from surrogacy
A Raziel1, S Friedler, M Schachter
1IVF and Infertility Unit, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel. ivf@asaf.health.gov.il
Objective:
To offer surrogacy as a treatment option to patients in whom maternal rather than fetal factors are responsible for high-order unexplained habitual abortions.
Design:
Case report.
Setting:
University hospital.
Patient(S):
A 36-year-old woman with 24 consecutive abortions over 11 years.
Intervention(S):
A regular IVF procedure in the aborting woman and transfer of two good-quality embryos to the surrogate mother, who had previously received hormones.
Main Outcome Measure(S):
Ovarian response, oocytes, fertilization, and embryo quality in the aborting patient. Endometrial thickness, implantation, pregnancy, and delivery in the surrogate mother.
Result(S):
Transfer of two embryos to the surrogate mother led to a clinical pregnancy, which was uneventful until term. Cesarean section was performed for breech presentation, with delivery of a healthy male.
Conclusion(S):
Surrogacy can be offered as a treatment option to patients in whom maternal rather than fetal factors are responsible for high-order unexplained habitual abortions.