NEW YORK (WABC) -- Mother's Day is always particularly sweet for one woman.
Not long ago she and her husband were facing major infertility problems.
But thanks to an innovative technique and a little bit of luck, her dream of being a mom is now reality.
Little Kenley is celebrating her first birthday as she defied the odds just by being born. Her conception was a challenge her parents say they never expected.
"It's easier to take when it's just happening to you versus preventing her from having what she's wanted her entire life as well," said Jason Schiraldi, with Cleveland Clinic.
Kenley's mom Jen had trouble producing eggs and her dad Jason was unable to produce enough sperm.
So to try in-vitro fertilization, doctors at the Cleveland Clinic first surgically removed testicular tissue from Jason to look for sperm. In most cases, thousands of viable sperm can be found this way, but after 9 hours of searching, Jason only had one.
"We were able to find this one lone sperm that we were able to freeze, all by its lonesome," said Dr. Nina Desai.
Read more.....http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/health&id=8658270
Not long ago she and her husband were facing major infertility problems.
But thanks to an innovative technique and a little bit of luck, her dream of being a mom is now reality.
Little Kenley is celebrating her first birthday as she defied the odds just by being born. Her conception was a challenge her parents say they never expected.
"It's easier to take when it's just happening to you versus preventing her from having what she's wanted her entire life as well," said Jason Schiraldi, with Cleveland Clinic.
Kenley's mom Jen had trouble producing eggs and her dad Jason was unable to produce enough sperm.
So to try in-vitro fertilization, doctors at the Cleveland Clinic first surgically removed testicular tissue from Jason to look for sperm. In most cases, thousands of viable sperm can be found this way, but after 9 hours of searching, Jason only had one.
"We were able to find this one lone sperm that we were able to freeze, all by its lonesome," said Dr. Nina Desai.
Read more.....http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/health&id=8658270
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