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Baby born from frozen egg, a first for country
Six months after a city-based hospital announced the successful frozen oocyte
(egg) fertilisation in a 29-year-old woman, a team of doctors delivered the
country's first baby to be born by this method on Wednesday.
The team, headed by obstetrician-gynaecologist Dr Priya Selvaraj, helped deliver a 2.5 kg baby boy. The woman, who had suffered abortions earlier due to chromosomal disorders, was advised egg replacement for a healthy pregnancy. The doctors then used a donor egg that was frozen since July 2007. In January, the egg was thawed, fertilised and the embryos transferred. According to doctors, the woman was hypertensive and had to be wheeled in for surgery in the 36th week of pregnancy as the level of amniotic fluids had come down drastically. "We did not want to take any chances and posted her for an elective caesarean. In most artificial reproductive procedures, we opt for the caesarean section due to various reasons," said Dr Priya. She was assisted by her mother and obstetrician-gynaecologist, Dr Kamala Selvaraj, the first to deliver south India's first test tube baby in August 1990. While the mother is in the post-operative ward, the baby is in the warmer at the nursery. They would both be shifted to the ward on Thursday, where the mother will be allowed to feed the baby. |
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