25/07/2025
⚡️3 MISCARRIAGES, 1 MOLAR PREGNANCY, THOUGHT IT WAS HOPELESS… 🙏 BUT JUST 1 SCREENED EMBRYO BROUGHT A 3.9KG BABY HOME! 👶
At 4 months old today, my baby marks exactly one year since I said goodbye to Dr. Duong and brought my little one home.
I still remember the embryo transfer (ET) day — the way she held my hand tightly and said, “It’s going to be hard, but I’ll walk this path with you.”
That promise meant everything. Because…
After 3 unexplained miscarriages, my body and spirit were drained.
🎯 I first sought fertility treatment at a different hospital, not Hong Ngoc Yen Ninh. I had to wait from 6 AM to noon just to be seen — it was incredibly crowded and overwhelming. I came home with headaches and no answers. My AMH was 1.78, everything else seemed fine. But after 3 visits, I still hadn’t made any progress. I was discouraged and exhausted.
🎯 Then, I conceived naturally — but it turned out to be a molar pregnancy. The pain was indescribable. I had to undergo suction again. I was completely devastated.
🎯 While recovering at home, I scrolled through Facebook and came across Dr. Duong’s video. Among hundreds of online doctors, something about her just felt right. I messaged her and quickly got a consultation scheduled for day 2 of my cycle.
After the molar pregnancy, my AMH had dropped to 1.4 — a drastic decline. I decided to start a standard IVF cycle with Dr. Duong’s guidance.
🎯 I responded well to stimulation: 14 follicles retrieved, 11 mature eggs, 9 embryos on day 3. I kept one good-quality day-3 embryo, and cultured the rest to day 5 — got 7 good embryos, and 1 made it to day 6.
🎯 First embryo transfer: I got pregnant. But by week 7, there was still no heartbeat. Another loss. Even with IVF — how could this happen? We couldn’t find any explanation, and it felt like a dead end.
Dr. Duong encouraged us to send the placenta tissue to the National University Hospital for genetic testing. Three weeks later, we had the answer: Trisomy 16 (47 chromosomes). The embryo had chromosomal abnormalities.
Dr. Duong immediately advised thawing the frozen embryos and performing PGT-A screening to select genetically normal ones.
We waited nervously…
The result came: only 3 embryos were normal. My heart sank. But we still had hope.
A new, carefully planned embryo transfer was scheduled. This time I wasn’t nervous — I believed. I believed this baby would come to me.
🏆 On day 4 post-ET, I tested for fun — still just one line. Too early, I knew. I had no symptoms, still working, cooking, walking normally.
On day 5, I tested again. A faint second line appeared. I was overjoyed and sent the photo to Dr. Duong immediately.
Day 6, Medlatec came to test my beta — 219. I was pregnant.
Day 7, I spotted a bit of brown blood. But based on my past experience, I knew this was my baby clinging on tight.
Day 13, while training new staff, I felt a bit wet — light pink blood. I stayed calm, took a nospa, and went to see Dr. Duong. She did an ultrasound — saw a tiny little gestational sac, and everything looked good.
Day 23 — we had a heartbeat.
From then on, I saw Dr. Duong weekly, taking medications, Lovenox shots bruising my belly, hormone injections aching my hips, inserting 4–6 Utrogestan daily.
Weeks 6–10 were constant spotting. Subchorionic hematomas kept appearing, then resolving, then appearing again. I got used to it. I kept going.
At week 12, I finally told my parents the good news.
Then came week 13. On a weekend drive with my husband, I suddenly heard a “squelch” sound and looked down — blood was gushing onto the seat. My husband went pale. Luckily, we were near Hanoi Obstetrics Hospital and rushed to the ER. Blood was still running down my leg.
In the ultrasound room, my first question was, “Is the baby still okay? Is the amniotic fluid still there?”
The doctor scanned carefully and said: “Heartbeat is stable, amniotic fluid is fine, but the placenta is 50% detached and there’s a large hematoma — that’s where the blood came from.”
It sounded terrifying, but I breathed a little easier. If there was still fluid and a heartbeat, we still had hope.
I was admitted to A4 Maternity Ward at PSHN. The days were tense and terrifying — but I didn’t cry. That ward was filled with critical cases from across the country. Ours wasn’t the worst.
“Hang in there, baby,” I whispered thousands of times. I had to stay positive and trust my doctor.
On the 10th day, we were discharged and continued monitoring at home. One month later, the hematoma finally disappeared.
I took unpaid leave until week 20. My baby was my priority. I returned to work at week 21 — my husband drove me every day.
From day 5 post-ET, I began to feel morning sickness.
But mine was beyond what anyone would imagine — I couldn’t eat anything. I threw up all day, every day. Twice I even vomited blood, bright red in the toilet. My chest burned. I panicked and called Dr. Duong, who prescribed reflux medication.
The nausea lasted until week 34. I could handle injections and pain, but the inability to eat broke me.
And yet, miraculously, my baby stayed strong. Growing, developing inside me. I always felt you could hear me talking to you.
At 38 weeks, the contractions began. At 38 weeks and 2 days, you were born — 3.9kg, strong and healthy, with a hearty appetite.
Today, you’re 4 months old. I look at you and feel so many emotions.
My first time being a mom was full of struggle, hardship, and mistakes. But you didn’t judge me — you chose me.
Thank you, Dr. Duong, for bringing my baby to me.
Thank you, my sweet baby, for never giving up.
To all the women on this journey — may your wishes come true. Because we all deserve it.
P.S. Baby Vic = Victory = Triumph 🌟
👍 Shared by baby Vic’s mom in the group: HỒNG NGỌC – IVF & IUI SUPPORT GROUP FOR WOMEN WITH INFERTILITY
Dr. Pham Thi Thuy Duong
Hong Ngoc IVF Center – Yen Ninh
13th–14th Floor, 55 Yen Ninh, Ba Dinh, Hanoi
Hotline: 038 882 0890
