Michaela came to us after a long fertility journey, with all the thinkable and unthinkable embryonic and maternal reasons of recurrent implantation failures and pregnancy losses. Together with Dr. Elena, Dr. Nina and Dr. Svetlana, we put our minds together, but it still did not work at once, it took us time to identify, understand and treat...
The process was dramatic in all the ways, as I remember us sitting with the couple in our library in O.L.G.A. Clinic in St. Petersburg in February 2022 on the first day of the war, trying to decide whether to do a transfer of a precious chromosomally normal embryo the next day or not, knowing that not all the maternal conditions for successful transfer were fulfilled, but also not knowing whether they would ever have a chance to come back… That transfer did not work, but they could come back…
Michaela @melanrothstein:
“In 2020 an old friend of mine, who had also tried to conceive for many years, got her first child with the help from O.L.G.A. clinic. She told me about the clinic’s seminars and my partner and I attended one in Stockholm. After many unsuccessful IVF pregnancies in Sweden we were ready to try something new and shortly after the seminar we felt we had enough information to make the decision of going to O.L.G.A. clinic. Some of the decision factors for us were that we were given the possibility of PGT-A testing of our embryos and many more tests on our reproductive health.
It has been a long and exhausting journey but in March 2023 we finally got our little rainbow with the help of IVF-PGT-A. During our trips we met many others with similar background stories since most patients who come to O.L.G.A. already have gone through a tough fertility experience. This made us feel less lonely and several of the patients are now my friends (you know who you are).
For us, some of the biggest differences with previous treatments and the ones in St. Petersburg were how the doctors worked WITH us. I many times felt we were all a team in this and that my partner and I were truly listened to. We were a bit of a difficult case (listen in to our Insta live tomorrow to learn more) and no stone was left unturned. In the end we learned that I had several diagnoses to take into consideration and they were all treated successfully.
Would we have succeeded in another clinic, in another country? Maybe. But I'm pretty sure that this was the fastest and best way for us to become parents after all previous failed attempts and miscarriages. I don't wish this difficult journey upon anyone else but I will always keep the memories from St. Petersburg close to my heart. I am humble and eternally grateful that we got the chance to become parents."
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