Delaying motherhood may lead to infertility
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00:40 UTC+8 December 19, 2012
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ALTHOUGH Wang Xia has a successful career as a university lecturer in central China's Henan Province, she considers life imperfect. She cannot bear a child.
"I really want to have a child and I've tried several hospitals for treatment but failed," Wang said, adding that she ended up divorced from her husband because of her infertility.
Wang became pregnant after she got married but decided on an abortion because she wanted to pursue her career. A surgical infection caused a tubal obstruction, leaving her unable to have children.
According to the China Population Association, more than 40 million Chinese are diagnosed with infertility, 12.5 percent of the total of childbearing age. The rate was only 3 percent 20 years ago.
The first test tube baby on Chinese mainland was born in 1988 at the Center of Reproductive Medicine of the Third School of Clinical Medicine of Peking University, where about 1,500 patients every day queue to see reproductive experts.
Qiao Jie, director of the center, said many professional women postpone marriage and having a child.
"Their productive ability deteriorates when they eventually want a child," Qiao added.
Twenty-two-year-old Xiaoyu (not her real name) had an ectopic pregnancy twice with one of her oviducts being removed.
"A careless induced abortion before marriage caused reproductive problems," she said. "I leave all my hope in the operation of the oviduct on the other side."
According to Guo Yihong, vice director with the Center of Reproductive Medicine of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, the number of infertile people is increasing with more than 150,000 patients accepting treatment from the center in 2011.
Zhang Cuilian, an expert in reproductive medicine of Henan Provincial People's Hospital, said tubal obstruction and endometrial over-thinness caused by induced abortions is the prime cause for female infertility, Zhang said.
Experts also said pollution, formaldehyde in newly bought furniture and radiation from daily electronic devices may contribute to infertility.
Staying up late and pressure are other reasons for developing infertility, said Peng Hongmei, associate chief physician of Gynecology and Obstetrics of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Hospital.
Peng has witnessed a surge in patient numbers seeking treatment during the last two years.
"I really want to have a child and I've tried several hospitals for treatment but failed," Wang said, adding that she ended up divorced from her husband because of her infertility.
Wang became pregnant after she got married but decided on an abortion because she wanted to pursue her career. A surgical infection caused a tubal obstruction, leaving her unable to have children.
According to the China Population Association, more than 40 million Chinese are diagnosed with infertility, 12.5 percent of the total of childbearing age. The rate was only 3 percent 20 years ago.
The first test tube baby on Chinese mainland was born in 1988 at the Center of Reproductive Medicine of the Third School of Clinical Medicine of Peking University, where about 1,500 patients every day queue to see reproductive experts.
Qiao Jie, director of the center, said many professional women postpone marriage and having a child.
"Their productive ability deteriorates when they eventually want a child," Qiao added.
Twenty-two-year-old Xiaoyu (not her real name) had an ectopic pregnancy twice with one of her oviducts being removed.
"A careless induced abortion before marriage caused reproductive problems," she said. "I leave all my hope in the operation of the oviduct on the other side."
According to Guo Yihong, vice director with the Center of Reproductive Medicine of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, the number of infertile people is increasing with more than 150,000 patients accepting treatment from the center in 2011.
Zhang Cuilian, an expert in reproductive medicine of Henan Provincial People's Hospital, said tubal obstruction and endometrial over-thinness caused by induced abortions is the prime cause for female infertility, Zhang said.
Experts also said pollution, formaldehyde in newly bought furniture and radiation from daily electronic devices may contribute to infertility.
Staying up late and pressure are other reasons for developing infertility, said Peng Hongmei, associate chief physician of Gynecology and Obstetrics of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Hospital.
Peng has witnessed a surge in patient numbers seeking treatment during the last two years.
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