“My professor advised me that besides advanced laboratory and good equipment, we also need great medical technologists and Jetanin has medical technologists with great expertise in different types of procedures.”
In some families, no matter how hard it is, they never give up hope and they believe that they will have a child someday. This has finally made Dr. Saranya Khampha and Khun Boonsanong Sangngam’s family a quality family when their new little members, ‘Nong Khanomtom and Nong Khanontan’ were born under the care of Dr. Somjate Manipalviratn.
Jetanin: What were the causes of your difficulties conceiving?
Dr. Saranya: I intended to have a child right after our wedding. We had been trying, we were not on birth control but we never made it. At that time we did not know what kind of treatment to take.
Jetanin: Why did you choose Jetanin and Dr. Somjate?
Dr. Saranya: Actually my medical school has a fertility laboratory. My professor advised me that besides advanced laboratory and good equipment, we also need great medical technologists and Jetanin has medical technologists with great expertise in different types of procedures such as the fertilization procedure. Other than that, we did not want to have a senior doctor and so we came to see Dr. Somjate. Having a young doctor whose age is similar to ours, we feel at ease when we talk with him. Dr. Somjate advised that we collect the eggs, go through sperm centrifugation and the IVF process. We failed the first and the second times and succeeded the third time.
Jetanin: What is your impression of Dr. Somjate?
Dr. Saranya: Everything. Dr. Somjate gives us clear answers whether they are big or small questions. He never looks over small problems, he is attentive to detail and he takes such good care of his patients. Even a tiny little problem that we thought should be okay, he would not ignore it and I had to take a blood test to check it out.
Jetanin: How did you take care of yourself when you knew you got pregnant?
Dr. Saranya: After I found out I was pregnant, Dr. Somjate told me to take it easy. I did not have any complications during pregnancy or labor pain so there were no problems in the first pregnancy. The second pregnancy which was natural was different. The problem was a hard stomach and I had to have it monitored every 30 weeks, get vaccinated and rest until the delivery at 37 weeks which was also under Dr. Somjate’s care.
Jetanin: Are you thinking of having another child?
Dr. Saranya: In fact, we still have some frozen eggs so we are not sure yet. We may have another child because I have not had sterilization. The doctor is teasing me that my uterus is beautiful and whether I will have another child or not.
Jetanin: Please give some advice for other married couples who are still trying.
Dr. Saranya: You have to have confidence in technology and the doctor. Some people change the clinic and the doctor after failing the first time. This makes the treatment procedures discontinued. Some people may be lucky and made it the first time but we may not be in that group. When there is still a chance, we have to keep trying. I see many people who give up after failing just once.
It is clear that confidence is one of the success factors that will finally lead you to a quality family. Jetanin hopes to help build confidence in all families who have not succeeded and be with every couple towards such a quality family.
