The joy of being a parent is unexplainable experience that everyone who desires to feel it should be able to do so but as fate would have it sometimes there may be hinrances that could alter this.
New medical technology to treat infertility has become available in Kenya in a specialised clinic that has introduced latest methods to even the most complex reproductive problems.
The Fertility Point, an IVF (In-Vitro fertilisation) State-Of-The-Art Centre affiliated to NMC Healthcare, the largest private healthcare company in the United Arab Emirates, that has 42 fertility centres worldwide, has become a reference point for many couples with reproductive issues since it was opened in Nairobi about five months ago.
Three couples, whose names cannot be revealed due to confidentiality, explained how their fertility problems were treated using the latest diagnosis and other procedures that are not available in any other hospital locally.
Each of the couples, all aged over 40, who were the initial batch of patients at Fertility Point, have now managed to conceive after having given up following failed treatment elsewhere.
Once they reported to the clinic at Fortis Building on Hospital Road Upperhill, the first couple was subjected to specific tests that pin-pointed what hormone treatment each would undergo, before they were guided through what is known as ‘timed intercourse’. Most fertility clinics in Kenya offer the requisite hormones therapy but lack the technology that leads to precise prescription of ‘timed intercourse’ that would guarantee conception.
For the wife, treatment she was given treatment to bring her female hormones to normal after having been born with severe hormonal imbalance, while her husband who suffered low sperm count was given booster to raise hormones to build up his sperm count.