a 24 year old woman frozen her ovarian tissue at the age of 9, and after years of successful birth, she became the world's first frozen ovary before puberty, A successful woman. According to BBC's time in December 14th, when Moaza Al Matrooshi held her son, she sighed, "it's all like a miracle. We've been waiting so long, and we've got a healthy baby."
her doctor, Sara, said she was very happy for Moaza, and felt that this breakthrough had brought hope for more people.
she said, "this is a huge improvement. We know the successful precedents of ovarian tissue in adults, but never knew whether they could freeze the minors' tissues and reoperate it. "
Sara believes that this brings hope to girls and young women who are facing cancer or other diseases and may lose their opportunities to become mothers.
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a hereditary blood disease at the time of Moaza from Dubai. Once the disease is untreated, the patient will be killed.
in order to fight the disease, she had to undergo chemotherapy, but this treatment would cause serious damage to her reproductive organs. So she had to pick up her right ovary at the age of 9 and store it in Liz, England. These ovarian tissues are stored in liquid nitrogen at 196 degrees below zero.
last year, doctors re transplanted 5 slices of tissue into her body. Previously, Moaza was menopause, but after transplantation, her hormone returned to its normal level. Later, in order to increase the chance of pregnancy, she and her husband also tried IVF.
Moaza said, "I always believe I can become a mother and have a healthy child. I never gave up this hope, and now I have this child, this is a perfect experience. "
she thanked her mother for deciding to freeze her own ovarian tissue when she was young, hoping to be able to build a family in the future with new technology when she grew up.
Sara for Moaza in fertility treatment, "during the three month reconstruction of her ovaries, Moaza succeeded in becoming a woman with normal menstruation from the state of menopause. At the age of more than 20, she became an ordinary woman with normal ovarian function again. "