Discovering Stork in 2014
I first came across Stork Fertility Center online back in 2014, while searching for stories of people with mobility impairments who had successfully had children. What I found — coverage of cases much like my own — gave me real hope. I was still single at the time, but I went in for blood tests and an examination anyway and came away impressed by how warm and considerate the service was, and how clean and bright the clinic felt. Staff patiently explained far more than the doctor alone had time to cover.
Marriage, and Preparing for Treatment
I later married my wife, who moved to Taiwan from abroad and spoke only basic Mandarin. Once she'd settled in, I focused on her nutrition — plenty of fresh vegetables and fruit, dairy, a variety of fish like salmon, eel, and sea bass, along with shrimp, pork, and beef — combined with outdoor exercise, walks in the park, and an earlier bedtime, all to help her physical and mental health going into treatment.
Once she learned I wanted children, she was eager to get started, and asked to be tested not long after she arrived in Taiwan. Her bloodwork showed Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). Even with the clinical team's explanations, we faced real obstacles together: my own mobility impairment, and my wife's limited Mandarin, which made medical terminology especially hard for her to follow. I also had to help administer her ovulation injections myself — something that added its own emotional strain. I'd get nervous, she'd feel the pain and cry, and the medication's side effects made it even harder to support each other across the language gap.
Pregnancy Confirmed
On July 8, 2017, a urine test confirmed we were pregnant. On July 29, we heard strong fetal heartbeats for the first time. Raising twins has been busy ever since, but it's a sweet kind of busy — a happiness no amount of money could measure. Looking at my children's faces and hearing them cry is, quite simply, what happiness feels like to me now.
"The wife's strong baseline fertility opened up real possibilities for this couple," says Ruby, the embryologist on their case. "The husband was willing to bear real discomfort and even pain for their shared dream. Our embryology team identified viable sperm and used ICSI with strong lab support to give them the best possible chance."
"On Christmas Eve 2016, this couple came to us determined to overcome the obstacles in front of them," Ruby continues. "His mobility challenges never held him back — they faced the retrieval procedure together, sharing the effort for their child equally. I saw how carefully he looked after his wife, and how much courage it took for her to cross borders to build a family with him."
Dr. Hsieh Jia-Lin, their physician, adds three reflections of his own: "His mobility impairment made assisted reproduction the bridge that let sperm and egg meet. Pre-treatment testing identified his wife's PCOS, which suggested an above-average expected egg count. Because I was concerned about her comfort, I recommended a strong-stimulation protocol paired with a Decapeptyl trigger shot and a frozen-embryo transfer — an approach that substantially reduces the risk of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome. We also arranged sperm-retrieval surgery with urology support."
"Patients often research the possible side effects and complications on their own before ever sitting down with us," Dr. Hsieh notes. "Our staff care about patient safety just as much as patients do, if not more. Our goals go beyond a positive pregnancy test — minimizing discomfort for both partners throughout treatment matters just as much to us."
Metric
Result
Mature oocytes (MII)
52
Oocytes used for fertilization
20 (cryopreserved the remainings)
Fertilized eggs (2PN)
19
Day 5/6 quality blastocysts
18
Thawed embryos transferred
2
Outcome
2 healthy baby boys
If mobility challenges, language barriers, or PCOS are part of your own path to parenthood, Stork Fertility Center's team can talk through how a plan built around your specific circumstances might look.
This story reflects one couple's individual treatment experience and outcome. Individual results vary, and any figures cited are Stork Fertility Center's own in-house case data.