IVF Miracle Baby
Giving Hope.... Creating Life

My wife and I have been trying to have babies the last four years. We went through different fertility treatments in Hawaii, USA many IUI (Intrauterine Insemination Infertility) to IVF (In vitro fertility) twice. Unfortunately, my wife did not get pregnant despite all reinsurance from different doctors and heavy fees. We decided to relax and take a year out of trying so hard. We found Dr Wiwat's SAFE fertility center on the website and spoke to him different times. We feel confident, trust his professionalism and decided to go through another round of IVF at the fraction of price compared to the USA. We had a great vacation in Thailand, and we have very positive outcome. Now my wife is expecting twin due around Christmas time 2008. We are very excited and feel very blessed.

We strongly recommend to travel to Bangkok for fertility treatment with Dr Wiwat for professionalism and understanding and outstanding staffs. If we knew about Dr Wiwat four years ago, we would start with his treatment right away.

It is my hope that other people who are experiencing difficult falling pregnant might read my letter and take comfort and solace from what I write; in turn I do hope that they call on you for assistance. As you are aware, my dreams of becoming a Mother were limited due to a hysterectomy at the age of 35. Due to the foresight of my then gynaecologist, he left my ovaries intact. The opportunities to use IVF and surrogacy were limited, but not impossible; however these options were of no consideration to my husband. It was an extremely difficult time in my life as I learnt to live with the fact that I would never know what it was to be a Mother or to feel the life of a child growing within me. The sadness of this is something that eases with time; but never completely fades away.

In my 44th year someone very dear to me gave me the opportunity to once again, pursue my elusive dream of becoming a Mother. Initially I was apprehensive and guarded, fearing that the doctors and specialists would laugh at the prospect that a woman of 44 would want to have a child. Tentatively I waited for results to my blood work and an ultrasound of my ovaries; the results were positive and I breathed an enormous sigh of relief; the prospect of becoming a Mother was slowly becoming very real.
My partner’s results from two sperm tests revealed a sperm count which had low motility, but we were assured that this would not be an issue with the revolutionary new techniques and procedures now available to couples suffering fertility problems.

It’s all part of history now that the IVF medicos in Australia put a stop to us advancing any further. The Ethics Committee, in all their wisdom deemed that 41 was the cut off age for woman undertaking IVF in New South Wales, Australia. Our offer to pay for the procedure in full, so as not to waste the governments money fell on deaf ears and was readily refused.

We then turned our attention to overseas possibilities; finally deciding on Bangkok, Thailand. Dear Dr Wiwat I don’t know where to begin to thank you for everything that has eventuated from that very first meeting. I appreciated your honesty that due to my age, the eggs produced might not be of good quality; and so I undertook my first round of IVF, resulting in three healthy eggs. These were then fertilised and transferred to my chosen gestational surrogate.

Throughout the IVF process you and your staff showed great empathy and compassion, ever mindful of the emotional rollercoaster ride I was undertaking; absolutely everyone involved showed me the utmost respect and were so very patient and understanding.

The next two weeks seemed to drag as I waited news as to the results of the pregnancy test and as we both know, these results were negative. You were so very kind and patient with me as I dealt with the overwhelming sadness. Never before have I experienced such caring attention within the medical fraternity; regardless of your busy schedule you always took the time to take my phone calls and answer my e mails...for this, I thank you so very much.

It was decided that I would travel back to Bangkok for another round of IVF, but fate stepped in and took away the option with the untimely illness and death of my Father. Still holding onto my dream to become a Mother, we decided to use an egg donor; a woman of a much younger age than I and someone who produced many healthy eggs. I didn’t want to chose the egg donor as I knew that I would take the one who I deemed to be the most attractive and I thought this to be very superficial; so I left it up to chance. The egg donor whose monthly cycle was closest to that of the surrogate was chosen (for discretion and the privacy of these two wonderful ladies, I’ll not mention their names within the content of this document).

The IVF procedure began and you kept me informed every step of the way, until that day when I received your call; I’ll never forget the words you spoke, ‘Hello Kim. Congratulations, you’re pregnant.’ In stunned disbelief I asked you to repeat yourself. Your words came again, ‘You’re pregnant. Congratulations. You have one baby.’ Then came to tears; tears of happiness for my dream come true; for sadness that my parents were not alive to share this wonderful moment.

It was early days and you valiantly tried to curb my excitement; knowing that much could happen during this initial period. The surrogate was only two weeks pregnant, with another blood test scheduled for one week’s time to monitor her progress, but I was off and running; the love that I felt for my baby was immediate and overwhelming. This was a love like no other; this was a love that I’d never before experienced. From day one of conception I’ve affectionately called my baby, ‘Ekky’. And so we are past the first trimester and both the surrogate mum and baby Ekky are doing fine. I see by the numerous ultrasounds that I receive; that Ekky is growing big and strong; and every time I’m amazed and totally in awe of what I’m seeing...my baby.

Dr. Wiwat, I am totally in awe of you and I thank you so very, very much for making me the happiest I’ve ever been in my life. It’s because of your commitment to helping couples with fertility issues that the end of 2008 will see me becoming a Mum. Thank you to your staff who was so wonderful to me and to two very, very special ladies; without them, none of this would be happening. I write of my egg donor and my surrogate mum; these two beautiful ladies, along with yourself and your staff have given to me, the most precious of gifts; the gift of a life and for this I will remain forever indebted.

Please be assured that I will make myself readily available should any of your prospective or current patients wish to speak with me about my journey to becoming a Mum.

Kim Johnson.

My wife and I struggled with infertility for over 6 years prior to our researching and finding infertility treatment in 2006 in Thailand. My wife's challenges included a full term still birth and late term miscarriage, only to be diagnosed later with hepatic colestasis.By 2005 we had come to realization that having a biological child was not in our future. Our fertility specialist in USA had recommended an eastern block country and when I went to research fertility abroad, I discovered fertility treatment in Thailand. I was especially interested because I had traveled to Asia several times and had found Thailand to be my favorite destination .Beautiful, affordable and safe. At the time we had 1 adopted son who is of Thai/Laotian decent which made seeking out treatment in Thailand even more attractive. I have traveled extensively throughout the world and have found Thailand hospitals to be world class. There is no comparison to the type of personalized treatment we received. Upon our first visit we met with Dr.Wiwat and his team. The team was friendly, interested in our situation and went above and beyond to make sure we were comfortable. We chose surrogacy /ICSI procedure in the summer of 06 and had positive results on first attempt. I can tell you it seemed like a dream for the first 5 months. Throughout the entire experience we were kept posted with photos, calls and emails and were fortunate enough to spend time back in Thailand for the first ultrasound. The surrogacy was flawless and our beautiful 8 lb daughter was born in the spring of 07. Everyone at the center seemed excited. I have never experienced such personalized services, care and compassion and we are eternally grateful to Dr.Wiwat and his team. Today, our daughter is 14 months old and in the 90th percentile. A perfect, happy healthy baby. Looking back over the year’s experience, I cannot emphasize how sophisticated, yet personal our care was. and I must add that there is no place in the world where one can partake in such a delicate procedure (fertility treatment) and relax in such a tranquil atmosphere .Having infertility issues caused us such emotional strain that just getting away and exploring Thailand while undergoing this journey helped relieve so much stress. Words cannot express our gratitude to the Safe Center team. we are eternally grateful. to everyone involved. you will always be part of our family

My wife found out that she had ovarian failure at the age of 39 so our only option for having a child was IVF with egg donation. Since I am Caucasian and she is Asian, we wished to express this diversity in our child. However in the UK there is a serious lack of egg donors and Asian donors are as scarce as the proverbial ‘hen’s teeth’. Also treatment is outrageously expensive and fast-track egg donation involves trips to Russia, Crete etc.

Then we heard about Thailand. We did all our research on the internet, joined forums and made some wonderful friends who gave us valuable information and shared their experiences with us. We narrowed down the field in Bangkok to three hospitals, two of which were poor communicators and very economical with information! We also narrowed down the field to a few doctors. It wasn’t easy to assess all of this information about medical procedures, doctors and hospitals in a far-off unknown country before jumping in, booking flights and possibly spending lots of money.

In the end all our respondents in the forums were agreed on one thing- that Dr Wiwat was a brilliant doctor, communicated well in English, was prompt with emails … and was a very charming chap! After a flurry of emails and all our questions answered, we felt confident enough to book flights, take time out and get started.

We arrived in early Jan.2008 and met with Dr Wiwat and his friendly and ever-helpful team. We were very lucky with our donor. Of the four we’d chosen to meet, the first immediately impressed and delighted us . She was intensely shy and nervous as well as charming , modest and pretty, We both really liked her and agreed she was the one! My wife’s cycle was linked to her’s and we returned home.

We returned to Bangkok 6 weeks later for the second stage. Nine eggs were retrieved of which two good Blastocyst and one slow developer were obtained. All three were implanted during the embryo transfer, a simple [for us!] and painless procedure. After a day’s rest we said our goodbyes and returned home. Two weeks later, unbelievably, a test revealed that my wife was pregnant! Ultrasound showed twins but after 2 weeks we found that, sadly, one had not survived. Today, in a meeting with our midwife, we heard our baby’s heartbeat racing away normally at 17 weeks and 4 days!

We are very pleased we found and chose Dr Wiwat and his team. We were always able to get him on the phone or drop in to see him and discuss things; his set-up at SAFE fertility center is relaxed and with a real personal touch that is as rare as it is welcome! We would also like to especially thank Dr Wiwat’s wonderful and lovely embryologist, K.Tida, whose personal warmth and caring attitude touched us deeply. The center placed us in a pleasant and inexpensive hotel and the cost of the treatment was very fair and reasonable. It was a good experience and of course we realize how lucky we are to have succeeded first time with IVF, thanks to the skill of Dr Wiwat and his team. We are delighted to add our story to what will become, I’m sure, a long list of success stories at Safe Center.

We did the egg donor & implantation in Thailand through Dr. Wiwat. I would highly recommend Dr. Wiwat over all other options or Hospitals anywhere. Dr. Wiwat is the most knowledgeable & best we have found anywhere, including here in the USA. The SAFE Fertility Center is as good as any you would find in the US. They are very professional, sensitive to your needs, friendly & specialized in fertility issues. The prices were much less than here but more importantly we believe they are the best & most competent anywhere. We read some about surrogacy there & they do have a system for addressing all the issues you have. Ramon & Venus will walk you through the process. They even picked us up at the airport at "the ungodly hour of 2:30in the morning". They are very good people & will make sure you are taken care of. They are much more service oriented then here.

Cheers & Best Wishes,

J & Y

My husband and I decided to try to have a baby in 2003 and got  pregnant right away. Unfortunately we ended up miscarrying. After that point, we had been trying for 4 years with no success. We had
what one would call "unexplained infertility" We were healthy and our reproductive systems were working correctly. The only thing that was becoming of major concern was our age. My husband was 43 and I was 41 when we decided to try to help mother nature.

I researched on-line, the various hospitals in Thailand that do fertility treatments. I chose Thailand because of a "60 Minute " show we had seen about medical vacations abroad. I narrowed my criteria
down to location, price, and most importantly credentials of the centerand doctor.

When we first met Dr. Wiwat, we immediately liked him. His English was very good, and he seemed patient, and caring.

We went through an entire cycle from:

• preparing my womb with progesterone and estrogen therapy in the form
  of pills and a vaginal gel.
• Initial ultrasound of my belly.
• Going on 21 day birth control.
• Hormonal injections, blood tests, ovulation inducer.
• Egg and sperm retrieval to embryo growth for five days, not the usual four.
• Embryo implantation of two eggs.

We followed the implantation process with blood test, and more ultrasounds to see the growth. Unfortunately, the day that we could have seen a heartbeat there was none. We tried again the following week, but there was still not heartbeat. Dr. Wiwat's explanation was that it was probably chromosomal. Dr. Wiwat, performed a DNC, and after a few days, my husband and I decided to go to Cambodia to heal and rest up.

Before we left, we spoke with Dr. Wiwat, and thanked him for his expertise. We had return flights home of course, and told him when that would be departing. He said we had enough time to try one more cycle. I was shocked and thrilled. He suggested this time that we do the IVF treatments at the center that he works at; SAFE fertility center in Bangkok. Even though the price of one cycle is much less than North American prices, he understood that it still costs. He offered us a better price because it was at the center.

So we jumped at the chance. We went through the same process, with the exception of upping the dose of the hormonal injections, and in addition to that he had me inject a solution to purify my eggs. We also wanted Dr. Wiwat to implant three eggs, as we were willing to have twins.

From the embryos that grew hardily, he was indeed able to implant three, and freeze one. We completed the procedure three days before our flight back to Canada. He gave us two weeks worth of progesterone and estrogen therapy, so that we would have enough until I saw my doctor. Two weeks later, I did a pregnancy test, which turned out to be positive. When we came home, I set up an appointment with my doctor to do a urine test, which also came back positive, confirming the
pregnancy.

Today I am 6 months pregnant, with one baby girl growing beautifully inside me! I feel that this would have never ever have become reality, if we had not seen Dr. Wiwat.

I would also like to add that Dr. Wiwat gave us his personal cell phone number, and always got back to our emails within 30 minutes of writing them.

It was a very emotionally draining experience for both of us; there is no doubt about it. But we both felt like we had people there the people at both locations were both caring, and sensitive to our emotions and needs. We would recommend it to anyone trying to get pregnant.

Finally, I would recommend not just going there to get the treatment and go right back home. It is a lot of wear and tear on your body. When you consider the long flight there and back, the treatment, and
emotional angst one goes through. If it is at all possible to stay for a longer period of time, at least two weeks to rest before and after the procedure I would highly recommend it.

Sincerely,

Happy parents to be.

"My wife & I are in our early 40's. Having married in our late 30's, we got started rite away in making babies and thought that we'll be successful immediately. Things were suppose to be as simple as that. Little did we know that our quest to have a child was not going to be easy.

For 1 year after we got married we tried naturally to have a child, unfortunately we weren't successful.

Subsequently, my wife underwent acupuncture therapy for 6 months. She endured lots of pain during the process, only to be disappointed again.

We than approached a fertility specialist, upon which my wife underwent hormonal therapy for 4 months to induce ovulation. It was a stressful 4 months of daily injections. Unfortunately, it was at this stage that we found out that she was unable to produce her own eggs.

We were advised to try conceiving with the help of a donor egg. However, there was a 4 year waiting list at the hospital, a case of high demand, low supply. A check with other hospitals was fruitless as well. We considered approaching friends but those close to use were of the same age as us.

Although disappointed and sadden, we decided to persevere. My wife insisted on trying every means possible to conceive a child. She refused to talk about adoption.

Even though it was going to be costly, we decided to seek help overseas. It was during our research of fertility clinics in Hong Kong & Thailand that we chanced upon Dr Wiwat's clinic.

We corresponded with 2 other clinics in Thailand but was drawn to Dr Wiwat's clinic because he personally replied to our many questions. However, the other clinics striked us as being impersonal. For instance, our enquiries were not promptly answered & while Dr Wiwat's staff was willing to meet us at the airport / hotel to personally escort us to his clinic, the other 2 clinics just gave us the address & asked us to make our own way there.

So, we made an appointment & travel arrangements through email to visit Dr Wiwat in Bangkok.

On the day of our appointment, an English speaking Thai staff met us at our hotel and took us to the center to meet Dr Wiwat & brought us back to the hotel after the appointment.

It helped a lot that Dr Wiwat speaks fluent English. We discussed several issues, which included our medical history and provided him with the sperm & blood test results from the Singapore hospital.

After understanding the procedures involved we returned home. We decided to try one last time to conceive naturally. Once again we failed.

3 months after our 1st visit to Bangkok we contacted Dr Wiwat and made arrangements to conceive with the help of a donor egg.

During this 3 months we had requested and was emailed various donor profiles from which we narrowed down the ones we felt best suited for us.

Subsequently, the donors blood was tested for compatibility and diseases. One particular donor was picked by us.

It took another 1-2 months to synchronize the periods of both my wife & the donor. This was done through medication that was prescribed to my wife during our 1st visit to Dr Wiwat's clinic.

During this entire time we were in contact with Dr Wiwat through email and he always took time out from his busy schedule to reply us.

That done, we were back in Bangkok. As we had already provided Dr Wiwat with the sperm & blood test during our 1st visit to Bangkok, this shorten the entire procedure. Everything was completed in 8 days.

6 healthy eggs were subsequently retrieved from the donor, upon which I provided my sperm. 2 days later 3 fertilized eggs were implanted in my wife.

My wife had complete bed rest for 3 more days at the hotel before we flew back home.

In the meantime, we have frozen the remaining 3 eggs at the clinic. This was taken as a precaution incase our 1st attempt failed, as well as an option to have another child should we succeed in our 1st attampt.

2 weeks after we got home, my wife did a home pregancy test which was positive. The next day we visited the gynae to do a urine & a blood test.

The 3 days we waited for the blood test results was probably the longest 3 days of our life (the initial test was done over the weekend).

The results was POSITVE!!!.....Naturally, we are thrilled that we were finally going to be parents. More thrilled that our 1st attampt at IVF was successful.

The 1st trimester was very stressful for us. Into her 2nd month my wife experienced some bleeding while she was at work. We rushed to the emergency ward of the hospital where the doctor did a scan on the fetus which seem fine, med's were prescribed to stop the bleeding and she was given a weeks bed rest.

Fortunately, the subsequent scan showed no harm to the fetus.

My wife is now into her 2nd trimester. We're expecting a boy.

God blessed us with a child. Dr Wiwat help deliver that blessing to us. We are eternally grateful to him.

God willing we'll be back in Bangkok next year to try for a 2nd child.

We hope our experience would encourage others to consult Dr Wiwat. We only regret that we did not meet him much earlier. So, hesitate no more, contact him now.

Good luck to all of you.

"Hello Dr Wiwat!

I promise to send You photo about our baby and here it comes! So we got babyboy 25.11 in section becouse of the wrong position. Everything is fine and baby is perfect! Thank You so much!!

Happy parents from Finland
J and J. M.

Dear Dr Wiwat,

Here’s a few pictures of your wonderful creation. C. and I can never hope to thank you and your staff enough. G E B was born on Dec 19 2008. Her weight was 6 lbs 12 ounces and 20 inches long. She is healthy and Happy.
We can’t wait for you to meet her . If your ever in the Boston area please email us as we’d love to introduce you to her. We hope to make another trip to SE Asia in the future. Once again Thank you for making a dream come true.

All the best
M., C. and G E B.

Dear Dr Wiwat

Our lovely son was born in November at King's College Hospital,London. He was happy and strong throughout labour and arrived weighing 8.8 pounds, a healthy and bonny baby!
We are delighted and deeply appreciative of our good fortune, a big part of which was finding Dr Wiwat and trusting in his team to help us.
It seems incredible that a year ago we were surfing the Internet for information on IVF and Thailand!
Thank you so much Dr Wiwat, Tida and the team at SAFE fertility center for all your skill, good management and kindness.

Our lives have been changed forever!"
I'll send a photo soon,

Thanks,
Sebastian

Hi Dr Wiwat

I would like to inform the birth of V and M on Nov 15 2008 (34 weeks). They are doing just fine and they are cute babies.

I have forward you contact to L. L who wants to have IVF treatment in Bangkok.

We are excited those babies at home, it is tiring but it is worth making the effort for them.

We see pediatric doctor on regular basis and they are well.

I hope that the Bangkok event does not affect you too much.

Thanks

S. S
 

Dear Dr. Wiwat and all the staff at your clinic,

My wife and I are happy to announce the birth of our twins (boy/girl)
on August 28th 2009. They both weighed about 2350g each and are in perfect health.
They are so beautiful and full of life, we couldn't have hoped for more.
After seven years of trying for a baby, and all the miscarriages, then the failed treatments
both here in Japan but also as far away as Europe, you and your wonderful team have given
us two truely wonderful babies. We were close to giving up and then we found your clinic.
I can't remember why we started looking at Thailand but I'm glad we did.
You, your staff and clinic were nothing but wonderful and perfect in every way.
We will never forget what you have given us and can't thank you enough.

With our deepest thanks

M&M from Japan.
 

Dear Dr. Wiwat

Thank you for your e-mail. My baby,Sara and I are doing great. She keeps me really busy waking me up every three hours at night even.. but it is my happiest time in my life...

I live in Fujisawa, Kanagawa prefecture where is about an hour from Tokyo by train. I used to work in Tokyo so that it is no problem for me to come to Tokyo if you come to Tokyo. I love to see you and show you Sara. She will be three months old in December...

I still can not believe I could actually have a baby. I'm really happy I never give up my dream.. Thank you very much.
I really hope to see you.

Best Regards
TS

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I just had a baby girl

Dear Dr. Wiwat

How have all you been?
I had a Baby girl on the 4th, last Sunday. She is very cute. I name her Sara.
It was very quick birth and very dramatical!

I had a labor pain last Saturday, just after midnight it became seriously pain... which was more than 2 weeks earlier for my due day. I was carried by ambulance to the hospital where about 45 minutes away even with ambulance at very early morning. Then same day, Sunday, I had a 2496 g baby girl!! It was natural birth.

My baby had to stay in the hospital bacause she had a jaundice for two days extra. But she could get out just yesterday.
Now I became extremely busy with her as you could guess!!

The labor pain was unbelievabe but the experience of baby birth was something I coule ever explain...
I'm very very happy to have a baby and really appreciate your help my dream came true.
Without your help I could not have her. I can not find any words to explain but Thank you.

I will send some photos soon. Please let Miss Dok and tell her thank you.

Please keep in touch and have a wonderful day.

Best Regards
TS