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The story of Cheryl and her little Luca

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After two pregnancy attempts with her own eggs, Cheryl understood that it was unlikely to have offspring that way. For her and her partner, it was hard to digest but they were not willing to give up their dream of raising a family. It was her doctor who encouraged them to visit Clinica Tambre and explore their possibilities.

Her experience with Clínica Tambre

Cheryl says that since the first time she and her boyfriend were at Clinica Tambre they felt at home, the medical team explained them all the options they had, resolved all the doubts they had so far and gave them all the time they needed. “We were extremely impressed on how they received us,” says the interviewee.

This couple, formed by an Englishman and a Spaniard, were informed in detail in both languages and were presented with the egg donation solution. As normal, future parents have doubts or fears about the fertility treatment they are going to undergo. In this case, Cheryl was worried that her baby would not have her genes and, therefore, the Anglo-Spanish mixture. However, with the explanations and support of the medical and psychological team, they understood that the most important is the care and love these children receive during their growth. As she says with conviction: “Genes are not what make a child happy.”

“It was when we needed most help that we received the most support.”

In this way, the couple began their journey towards fatherhood; a process that, like a roller coaster, had its moments of joy and its complicated situations. Although it sounds very simple, Cheryl emphasizes the importance of having felt like a person throughout the treatment. She has no words to thank the work of Dr. Marbán and Dr. Santiago, who were involved to the maximum and with their understanding and professionalism accompanied them even in the hardest moments. Cheryl affirms that what she had with them was more than a doctor-patient relationship. “It was when we needed the most help that we received the most support,” she says in her testimony.

How does she feel now?

Now, four months after her son, Luca, was born, she couldn’t be happier. She thinks daily about everything she has gone through to get here and thanks the clinic team and the donor for having a family today. “Being a mother is a wonderful experience, a wonderful feeling, even when he cries,” she confesses with laughter looking at her baby.

What this mother advises everyone who wants to start a family is not to wait to start their treatment, because even though it is a long process, it is very worthwhile. For Cheryl, the clinic choice is crucial because she says that what was going to happen there was going to be part of her family and her life.

She advocated choosing not only the one that had a good reputation but the one that dictated her instinct. At Clinica Tambre she felt safe and supported. Finally, the advice that Cheryl wants to share with all those who want to start a family is that they follow their dream, that they don’t give up because even though it gets hard and difficult, in the end it gets done.

Fran & Andrea – A difficult situation has become a story with a Happy Ending

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This young couple tells us about their hard journey to become parents.

Life does not always come along as we plan it to be. We build our life with those we love most, always looking for a future sense of fulfillment that in our mind seems easy to achieve but only a few find the simple path to their goals. Others, simply, have to wait a little longer and face harsh obstacles that appear in front of us, but, as Andrea says: “Sometimes it just takes a little longer than expected, but in the end you’ll get there.”

And they did!

Andrea and Fran are the protagonists of this beautiful but sad story with a happy ending. Despite their young age (23 years), they already had to face one of those situations, that you think will never happen to you. A lot of strength, a lot of mutual support, a lot of love and a lot of positivity is what has made this young couple overcome one of those nightmares that life throws at you.

At age 18, Andrea was diagnosed with leukemia. Her plans to finish her career at an early age, become a young mother and enjoy creating a family with Fran, were stopped by this unexpected illness. She had to undergo a chemotherapy treatment and a stem cell transplantation faster than expected. Her ignorance of this new and difficult situation prevented her from undergoing a fertility preservation treatment and freezing her eggs in order to later be able fulfill the dream of having a child with Fran. As she explains, “the doctor’s priority at that time was to cure me and I did not know that chemotherapy would make me sterile.”

Once they had overcome this horrible time of their lives, with all the recovery process that entails, their main objective was not to leave behind their dream of forming a family.

When you have gone through a situation like this, you learn to value and see life in a different way. The human warmth, the understanding, the respect for their situation and the affection they received on their first visit in Clínica Tambre, was definitely what made them choose our clinic to start their treatment and discard others in which the human approach was not that present. All this, together with all the clear explanations they received and the amenities provided by the team of doctors and nurses, was what made them say: “It is going to be here.”

In his case, the only option was an egg donation treatment, something that created a lot of doubts, which our experts did not hesitate to solve. Although at the beginning it seemed “shocking” to have a baby by this method due to the fact that it did not carry her genes. But Andrea decided to take advantage of the opportunity to be able to experience the pregnancy and give birth to the baby herself. When they received the news that their pregnancy test was more than positive, the happiness they experienced made them forget all the hard times they had gone through and all the doubts that had, so they could focus on the great gift that life was giving them.

Stories like this one show clearly that no matter how difficult the situation is, usually there is a solution for everything. They only had to accept the fact that for them the happy ending took a little longer to arrive. But despite everything, they have been able to fulfill their dream of becoming parents at a young age. As Fran says, the important thing is to support each other and being there for your partner and “when we started to realise what was happening, we were already holding our baby in our arms”.

 

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Elena has preserved her fertility

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Elena Sevillano has preserved her fertility: “Better safe than sorry”

Elena is an ophthalmologist and, as a doctor, she knows very well that it is better safe than sorry, and that is why she has not hesitated about preserving her fertility in Clínica Tambre Madrid.

“You have to take care of your body since the day you are born”

Elena Santiago is an ophthalmologist and, as a doctor, she thinks that it is better safe than sorry. In this video she explains why it is better to anticipate possible health problems than finding a solution in the future. She is clear on this and recommends every woman to do everything that is possible to prevent an infertility problem in the moment they desire to become mothers.

“There is a lack of information that we must solve”

Elena points out that fertility treatments are a taboo topic in our society and we should talk more about them. In the video she claims that women should be able to access more information about the options they have within reproductive medicine and the state of their fertility. “They will be able to make adequate decisions with more information”.

“Now I have the confidence and tranquility that I did not have before”

Elena confesses that she is now more confident and relaxed thanks to the egg freezing treatment. She always knew that she wants to be a mother, but time flies and she has not find the right moment. That is why she thought that the best solution was to preserve her fertility in Clínica Tambre.

“It is always going to be a positive thing. It cannot be negative”

Elena believes that preserving your fertility can only bring good things to your life. For that reason, she recommends it to all the women that are close to her. It is clear to her that it is very positive for women who cannot become mothers before they are 30 years old

Do you want more information about this treatment? Click here to know more about fertility preservation.

 

Miriam Sánchez (embryologist)

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“I help other people accomplish their dream of becoming parents as they helped my parents back in the day”.

She is Miriam. She is 28 years old, she was born in Lorca (Murcia) and she is an embryologist. This description may not seem like the description of a protagonist of a novel, but it hides an amazing story. Her testimony is one of those that touch you. But, especially, it makes you think about the twists of fate, about its unavoidable power that leads our lives towards the correct path, about its way of letting us know that coincidences do not exist and that everything has a reason.

And that reason is the beginning of Miriam’s story

“My mother had fertility problems when she was 25, but she ran into Pedro Caballero, Clínica Tambre’s founder, and Rocío Nuñez, the embryologist that processed the samples back then. They gave my parents the opportunity to have a child. So, without any doubt, they packed their suitcases and came to Madrid, with their hopes set on us. And, here we are! After some attempts, they received the happiest news: she was pregnant”, explains Miriam Sánchez in this video.

To be born and work in Clínica Tambre

It was very “special” to Miriam to know that she had been born thanks to assisted reproduction. It made her “feel different”. Is that what planted the seed of her inquisitiveness and passion for embryology? Miriam answers that question in the video and she reveals the “coincidence” that makes her story unique.

She defines herself as an “endangered species” because she is the consequence of a treatment that led to triplets. That is why Miriam is so interested in the technological progress of this field.  She explains that the techniques and treatments used in assisted reproduction have improved very quickly and nowadays “it is almost impossible to become pregnant with more than one embryo”. Today, Miriam is very passionate about embryology: “For me, embryology is the possibility to create life and help people who have had fertility problems like my parents to accomplish their dreams. I feel that I have to help these people because my parents received the same help back in the day”.

Rebecca and her baby Circe

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After some years, Rebeca and her husband, IVF patients, are enjoying parenthood.

Hope, care and affection is what Rebeca and her husband felt when they first came to Clínica Tambre. This couple had been unsuccessfully trying to get pregnant for serveral years on the Spanish National Health System, and when they thought they had lost all their possibilities of starting a family, they discovered a new door to knock in and they did not have any doubts about it.

The beginning

They fought during three years to be able to undergo an In-Vitro Fertilization treatment in the Spanish National Health System. Rebeca explains that at the beginning they did not know much about it and, that fact, together with the slowness and the lack of involvement or affection of the public sector made them choose a private clinic to play their last card.

After checking their private insurance, they discovered the clinic that would help them start a new and successful process.

First visit to Clínica Tambre

Smiling, she tells us that they felt thrilled again that day after a long halt in the public sector. After visiting Tambre for the first time, they had no more doubts. The human touch, the commitment of our medical team, the affection that they received and the quality of the information given to them made Rebeca and her husband know that they were in the right place. Finally there were professionals caring for their mental and physical health. “Suddenly, we felt so much better”.

An anecdote to tell…

When we asked her about something that she found positive and would like to highlight from our clinic, she talked about the bond that they had with Tambre’s medical team. She recalls the moment when they received the awaited news: “We were in the supermarket doing the shopping and we could not stop crying”.

The most difficult moment

Rebeca wants future parents to be aware that the process is hard and that negative and positive things go together. After each procedure, you will feel how your body reacts and this can make you feel gloomy sometimes, but remember that the result of everything is worth it.

She confesses that, despite the toughness, they feel very grateful for the phone calls that they received every day to inform them about the state of their treatment. This helped them to stay calm.

The most beautiful moment

“When they told us that the last results were 500 instead of the previous 70, we were sure that we had made it”. That moment, together with the first time they saw their little girl on the ultrasound are the happiest memories they have of this experience.

And now?

Now they feel happy and grateful every day. Rebeca affirms that her new routine is wonderful, despite the sleepless nights and tiredness that having a baby implies.

They are even thinking about giving their little girl a little brother or sister.

An advice for other couples in their same situation

Our interviewee does not hesitate for a moment and she advices them “do not wait”. She highlights that time is precious and that we have to follow our instintcs. Doctor Marbán, a gynaecologist and motherhood expert, told Rebeca that if we want to have children we must not lose time. Look for a trustworthy place that helps you achieve your dreams.