Sunshine Coast clinic welcomes first baby born from revolutionary treatment

Nov. 29, 2010 - PRLog -- This month proud parents Natalie Foster and Bronwyn Maher celebrated the birth of a beautiful baby girl, as a result of a break through treatment received at local fertility centre, IVF Sunshine Coast.

Miracle baby, Piper Rose Foster, is the result of a new treatment known as vitrification and warming and is the first successful birth of this kind on the Sunshine Coast.

Natalie and Bronwyn, who have wanted a child for over ten years, had been trying to fall pregnant since 2008, experimenting with numerous treatments without any success.

When doctors at IVF Sunshine Coast recommended the couple try vitrification and warming to assist the process, Natalie and Bronwyn were eager to try the treatment and a positive pregnancy was announced in February this year.

When Natalie found out she and Bronwyn were going to be parents, they were thrilled their hard work and decision to try a new treatment had been rewarded.

‘‘We were absolutely elated when we found out we were pregnant, we couldn’t believe it had finally happened after several attempts and when we found out we were in Melbourne celebrating Bronwyn’s birthday, so it was a lovely birthday present,’’ Natalie says happily.

Vitrification and warming is a new process in Frozen Embryo Transfer (FET), which is overcoming the problems of ice formation and temperature sensitivity when embryos are slowly frozen for fertility treatment.

This new snap-freeze technique is new to the Sunshine Coast and is already proving to have exceptional results, preserving embryos without loss in quality or developmental potential.

Scientific Director Ashley Stevenson of IVF Sunshine Coast believes the birth will be the first of many.

‘‘Achieving the Coast’s first successful birth utilising vitrification and warming is a huge success, not only for IVF Sunshine Coast, but for hopeful parents looking for help to start their families,’’ he says.

‘‘The IVF Caboolture and Sunshine Coast teams were fantastic, it was a very supportive and caring environment, which ultimately led to the birth of a beautiful baby,’’ Natalie says of the staff.

Natalie and Bronwyn, both teachers, are enjoying having Piper home and spending time with the newest addition to their family and will tell Piper how unique her birth is when she’s old enough.  

‘‘We’ll definitely be telling Piper how special she is every day, but she probably won’t fully understand the significance of this until she has children of her own!’’ Natalie adds.  

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