On June 20, 2013, a mother and daughter walked into Xijing Hospital of Xi'an Fourth Military Medical University with heavy and anxious hearts, and walked slowly after asking the location of the ** obstetrics and gynecology department at the front desk.
This time I not only went to do a physical examination for my daughter, but also to know the truth of the matter. Soon after, the results of the examination came out, and the mother and daughter took the results of the examination report from the doctor's hands with both hands, and the first thing that caught their eyes was "congenital no uterus", these six words left the daughter with tears, and her heart was like a thunderbolt from the sky.
The daughter's name is Yang Hua, and she was born in a rural family in Ankang City, Shaanxi Province, and her parents are farmers with little education. Farmers are confronted with the loess all day long, ploughing in the land, harvesting in the land, and sweating in the land.
And the peasants can only deal with the land, and the peasants have come from this for generations, relying on the land to feed a large family. Since he was a child, Yang Hua has been working in the fields with his parents, and he knows the hardships and fatigue involved, so he secretly made up his mind to study hard and change his fate with knowledge.
From elementary school, junior high school to high school, Yang Hua has been moving forward all the way, constantly working hard in his studies, and he is more diligent and assiduous than most of his classmates in the third year of high school. In addition to digesting the knowledge taught by the teacher in class, they also purchase additional targeted materials for research.
All these efforts are to meet the college entrance examination in the third or two days of high school, in order to take the college entrance examination room freely, get a good score, choose a good school when filling in the volunteer, study a major you like, and strive for a job that satisfies you in the future.
God rewards hard work, and there will be rewards after all, Yang Hua was successfully admitted to the nursing major of a university. Although when he arrived at university, there was no teacher to supervise his studies all the time, but Yang Hua felt that his learning career had just begun. On the road of nursing, she is still a novice, and if she wants to make achievements in this field, she must show enthusiasm comparable to that of her senior year of high school.
On the way to professional learning, Yang Hua gradually felt that his body was different from others. A normal person's menstrual period is first fifteen or sixteen years old, but she is already 20 years old, and her menstruation has not come for a long time.
Yang Hua also thought in his heart that maybe his body was relatively special and his physiology developed relatively late. However, since knowing this information, it has been like an anchor that has been deeply rooted in her heart, and she has not been able to be at peace all day and night.
Yang Hua told her mother about her doubts, and her mother also felt strange, for fear that something would happen to her daughter's health. However, she looked back on her daughter's growth process, and her daughter has always grown up healthy and healthy, and her body has not experienced a relatively large disease, nor has she been too worried.
However, as time went by, her daughter's menstrual affairs never came, Yang Hua was anxious, and her mother was even more anxious. It is not a long-term solution to worry about it again, and after discussion, her mother accompanied Yang Hua to the hospital for examination.
The result of the examination was that Yang Hua suffered from congenital no uterine disease, which means that she will not have menstruation in her life, cannot have her own children, and her right to be a mother is completely deprived.
If Yang Hua suffers this pain silently alone, he still feels that things are not so bad, and it is a big deal that he will not have children. However, when I thought of my boyfriend Liu Dagang, tears couldn't help but flow.
Yang Hua and Liu Dagang were planning the future, and the two had plans to get married, and of course the children were also in their plans. After this inspection, none of this is possible, for this reason, Yang Hua decided to break up with her boyfriend, in her opinion, her boyfriend deserves a better half.
And the inferiority complex in his heart couldn't convince himself to tell Liu Dagang the truth, so he had to alienate him by escaping. It's not that Yang Hua hasn't thought about continuing to fall in love with him, it's not that she hasn't thought about not having children, it's just that all this is unfair to her boyfriend.
Liu Dagang thought that he had done something to make Yang Hua unhappy, so he sent many text messages to apologize, but despite this, she still refused to come out to meet. The confusion in his heart made Liu Dagang unable to hold back, and decided to ask for clarification by himself.
On a snowy day, it's cold and chilly. Liu Dagang came to Yang Hua's house to try to figure out what happened, and was depressed after hearing Yang Hua's mother say that Yang Hua was not at home. However, when I thought that they had loved each other so much and were so close, I was really unwilling to give up Yang Hua.
Liu Dagang apologized to Yang Hua's mother before leaving, revealing to him that he did not mean to disturb, but that he could not contact Yang Hua. also confessed to him his sincerity to Yang Hua, and resolutely refused to give up this relationship without knowing the reason, which is responsible for Yang Hua and responsible for himself.
The mother was very relieved that her daughter could meet someone who loved her so much, and told Yang Hua Li Dagang's words as they were.
Actually, Yang Hua heard it, she hid in the room and cried silently, she originally wanted to go out and make it clear to Li Dagang, but the moment she twisted the doorknob, she still put her hand down again.
Yang Hua originally thought that if he didn't go to see Liu Dagang, one day he would give up this relationship. It's just that a few days later, Liu Dagang came to the house to look for her again, and under his comfort, Yang Hua finally told his test results.
I'm sorry for letting you suffer silently for so long, I'll face it with you from now on, don't hide from me, okay? Liu Dagang hugged Yang Hua and said.
However, I am not fertile, can you really promise that you will not regret it in the future? Can you guarantee that your family will not object? Yang Hua responded after a while.
Fool, I love your kindness, I love you as a shining person, even if we don't have children, we can live happily, I have discussed it with my family. Hearing Li Dagang say this, Yang Hua dared to hug Liu Dagang tightly.
Seeing her daughter in such pain, Yang Hua's mother never gave up consulting a doctor, wondering if there was any way to cure her daughter's illness. Based on the successful cases of uterine transplantation abroad, the doctor said that the only way is uterine transplantation.
Yang Hua's mother asked the doctor if she could donate her uterus to her daughter, and the doctor gave a positive answer. Yang Hua learned that her mother was going to donate her uterus, but she resolutely disagreed, and persuaded her mother to dispel this idea.
However, as a mother, how could she give up this opportunity to "save" her daughter so easily, the mother said that what she hopes most in this life is to see Yang Hua start a family and have her own family and children.
At the insistence of his mother, Yang Hua slowly changed his mind, and finally agreed to this decision. The family asked Professor Chen Biliang, who was in charge of uterine research in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and hoped that he could preside over the uterus transplant operation.
After a thorough understanding of what had happened, Professor Chan submitted an application to the Ethics Committee for uterine surgery. While waiting for the application to be accepted, Professor Chen explained to Yang Hua's family the risks of the operation.
First of all, there is no precedent for uterine transplantation in China, and there is no way to predict the probability of success. Secondly, if the operation is successful, it does not mean that it is done once and for all, and the successfully transplanted uterus can only connect with the blood vessels, and cannot touch the nervous system.
This means that in the future, when Yang Hua is pregnant, she may not be able to feel the activities of the fetus like other normal mothers, and she must be fully psychologically prepared. Injections are needed to combat rejection after surgery, and it is unknown whether the drugs will affect the fetus.
However, even though the doctor cited so many uncertainties, Yang's mother still responded with a firm look and did not give up the only chance to restore her daughter's control of reproductive rights.
In April 2015, the ethics committee agreed to the surgery on the grounds that 22-year-old Yang Hua and her 43-year-old mother were completely voluntary and had no conflict of interest. In addition, Yang Hua and Liu Dagang also entered the palace of marriage. After receiving the consent application, a uterine transplant expert group headed by Professor Chen Biliang was established.
The panel focused on three difficult issues, the preservation of the uterus after the removal of the uterus during surgery, the sutures after transplantation, and the physical changes of the donor and recipient during the surgery. Each issue needs to be discussed with almost unanimous opinions and solutions, and every detail must be considered as thoroughly as possible.
In the same month, experts prepared Yang Hua for her pregnancy at Xijing Hospital of the Fourth Military Medical University in Xi'an. The experts first performed egg retrieval surgery on Yang Hua, and then used reproductive technology to prepare 14 fertilized eggs for Yang Hua and Liu Dagang for cryopreservation.
On November 20, 2015, the uterine transplant operation began, with the participation of 38 experts from 11 disciplines, and Professor Chen Biliang was the chief surgeon.
With the assistance of advanced scientific and technological instruments, the uterus was smoothly and smoothly removed from the abdominal cavity of Yang Hua's mother, and the doctor's results were placed into Yang Hua's body, and then with the help of microscopic technology, the suture between Yang Hua and the uterus was completed to make it better anastomosis.
After 14 hours of intense and orderly surgery, it was finally completed. The experts breathed a sigh of relief, however, the stone in their hearts did not fall, because the first two days after surgery were the key to the success or failure of the operation.
Fortunately, after two days of hospitalization, Yang Hua's uterus survived, and his mother's body was normal, and she could walk normally, as healthy as before the transplant operation. It made everyone cheer and amazed.
On June 27, 2018, the doctor successfully placed the previously frozen fertilized egg into Yang Hua's uterus. It had failed three times before, but fortunately the fourth effort was not in vain.
After the successful conception, Yang Hua's body had 4 pre-miscarriages and had to be hospitalized to protect the fetus. Professor Chen formulated a strict pregnancy plan for her, and Yang Hua was given a caesarean section at the right time. Finally, in January 2019, China's first "Tiangong Baby" was able to successfully land in the world.
The successful birth of the baby fills the gap of uterine transplantation in China, and also brings good news to those patients who have a uterus but cannot get pregnant.
Yang Hua has been so bumpy and firm on the road from preparing for pregnancy to pregnancy, and how touching Yang's mother's selfless dedication is. At the end of the article, I believe that their family will love this "Tiangong" baby even more, let us bless them.
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