The illusion of becoming parents for some couples is a dream that is truncated, either due to health problems or biological conditions that do not allow them to father children. However, there are couples who, despite the complications, achieve their desire to be parents, like the story of this couple who, after 13 years trying to conceive, finally have their firstborn.
Carissa and Dave Morris are a couple from Wickham, Western Australia, who after 13 long years of trying to conceive, have just welcomed their son. Little Oliver was born on December 17 at the St. John of God Murdoch hospital, weighing two kilos with 920 grams.
During those years, the marriage suffered endless complications, including eight spontaneous abortions, of which the fetuses never passed six weeks. As a result of this, Carissa underwent different medical tests in which they discovered that she had one of her fallopian tubes blocked.
The fluids were coming back into my uterus and it was basically like poison for the baby. I had that tube removed and we found out there were fertility issues on my husband’s side as well.
-Carissa explained to the medium ‘DailyMail’
Dave’s fertility problem originated in his work, since the constant contact with the heat of the boilers caused a large part of his sperm to wear out, which are considered irreversible fertility problems.
Regardless of the situation, the couple did not give up and kept trying to conceive. The doctors suggested them to use fertilization in vitro (IVF) through Intracytoplasmic Injection (ICSI), which consists of directly inserting the sperm into the embryo to obtain better conception results.
The couple accepted the fertilization treatment in vitro and after a complete round, they were successful with one of the embryos. Two weeks later they found out that Clarissa was pregnant.
It was the best feeling in the world.
– Clarissa
Oliver presented some problems at birth, as he was three weeks early and when he was born, his oxygen dropped to 20 percent for nine minutes, so he was immediately intubated. After three hours they managed to stabilize him and he was taken to the Neonatal Emergency area.
We were hoping he would be out of the hospital before Christmas, but he wasn’t. We know you are in the best possible place to get the care you need. He was a miracle.
Holding Oliver for the first time was magical.
-Carissa
For now, their baby is still in the hospital, but both Carissa and Dave are looking forward to having their baby home.