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To: Honji Fertility Center 致 宏孕診所

I am an American Professor of Art in a college of California. I am writing this letter to share my experience with regards to having my first child.
Nearly a year ago, my wife and I decided that we wanted to have a child. Like most people, we worked diligently towards our goal and didn’t think too much about
not achieving pregnancy after a few months. We have read online and talked with others that it can take many months to achieve pregnancy, however, after 6 months, we began to wonder “why no pregnancy yet?”
我是一位美國人，來自美國加州於大學擔任藝術系教授。
帶著迎接第一個孩子的期待，我寫下了這封信分享我的經驗。
約莫一年多前，太太和我決定要擁有一個孩子。像大多數人一般，最初幾個月的嘗試中我們朝這既定目標努力著，無暇考慮無法懷孕這檔事。我們上網查詢並向人詢問，得知懷孕可能需要幾個月的時間。然而，六個月過去了，我們開始懷疑『為何還沒有懷孕?』

We decided to make an appointment to meet with our family doctor, who then requested us to take some blood tests. When the results came back normal we were only advised to “keep trying.” Another few months pass, and still no pregnancy. I decided to take more aggressive action and contacted our fertility center through my health insurance company. After explaining our situation, a hospital staff member suggested I begin taking some vitamins and perform a sperm test. I was quite confident that I had enough sperm, since I do not sit in hot tubs, do not smoke, drink very little alcohol, am not overweight and exercise daily.
諮詢我們的家庭醫師後，他要求我們作幾項血液檢驗。檢查結果都正常，我們得到『繼續努力』的答覆。過了幾個月仍舊沒有懷孕，我採取了更積極的動作―透過我們的健保公司和人工生殖機構聯絡。在解釋了我們的困境後，他們建議我開始服用一些特定維生素並接受精液檢查。從來不菸、少量飲酒、每日運動、體重正常且不坐在熱浴缸中的我，對自己的精子可是信心滿滿！

To my shock and surprise, the results of my sperm test were reported after an hour that I had no sperm. Zero. I was horrified. I didn’t know what to do. I made an appointment immediately to speak with the fertility doctor.
一小時後結果卻在意料之外，精液檢查告知：沒有精子!  零!  我嚇傻了，完全不知所措，只好立即找不孕症的醫師協助。

Our meeting with the fertility doctor included an ultrasound procedure to see if there were any eggs in my wife and to order me yet another sperm test in case there was a mistake. The ultrasound found nearly 10 eggs and no other physical issues with my wife. My second sperm test returned with the same answer, zero sperm.
醫師要求太太作超音波檢查(看看是否有卵)以及再作一次精液檢驗(看看第一次檢驗結果是否有錯誤)。超音波結果得知我太太有將近十顆的卵子且一切正常，而我的第二次精液檢查如同第一次所報告的―零精子!

The feeling that took over my body was complete frustration. All of the pressure was on me. I was the reason we could not have children. And, I realized after meeting with our doctor, that our doctor did not put enough attention into the male reproductive system when solving pregnancy issues. And, like most American doctors, I was then asked to receive an ultrasound of my testis to check for any irregular veins. More surprising was that our doctor wanted to order even more tests for my wife!
沮喪的陰霾籠罩著我全身，所有的重擔都落在我肩上―我竟然是遲遲無法有孩子的癥結所在!!  同時，在看診後我也了解到美國不孕症的醫師們其實對男性生殖系統因素造成的不孕關注度不高。依循大多數醫師所採取的處理，我亦被要求作睪丸的超音波檢查來看看是否有任何管道阻塞的問題。

The ultrasound of my testis made no sense to me and the doctor did not provide any real explanation. I then decided I needed to know, “do I have ANY sperm in my body?” I immediately arranged for a testis biopsy, a mildly painful exam in which a large needle and tube are used to extract a small portion of the testis to check for sperm. As painful as it was, I was somewhat relieved that normal maturation of sperm was found in the testis, but, the sperm could not find its way out to have a child.
超音波檢查對我並無任何實質上的助益，而我的醫師也沒有給我任何具體的解釋，因此我下定決心想知道『究竟有沒有任何一隻精蟲在我體內?』。我即刻安排了睪丸切片，一種用大支針頭抽取少部分的睪丸組織來確認精蟲存在與否的侵入性檢驗。如同它所帶來的痛感，結果顯示有成熟精蟲的存在多少讓我釋懷了些，然而這些精蟲卻沒有適當的出路讓卵子受精。

Two months later, my wife asked her family to help find a reliable clinic to perform an IVF procedure in Taiwan. I was very skeptical, but trusted their research and decided to have an optimistic view that we could still have a child.
兩個月後，我太太向台灣家裡表示想在台灣找間可靠的人工生殖機構尋求協助。我雖對此表示懷疑，但還是選擇相信他們的專業並抱持樂觀的態度―我們仍有機會擁有孩子。

My wife’s preparation was quite standard for an IVF, blood work, shots, and retrieval of mature eggs. I was fully prepared to undergo another painful testis biopsy to remove sperm and surprised that our doctor recommended I try natural ejaculation. I told him quite bluntly that he would not find any sperm since I had two previous exams. He said to try again anyway, and so I agreed. The following day, I performed the sperm retrieval and was very surprised that the doctors found a single, healthy mature sperm! How was this possible? I just though it was crazy luck. Then, my doctor asked me to perform the exam again, just 30 minutes later. I hesitated, but, I thought, why not?
在宏孕診所，我太太經歷例行性的人工生殖療程：血液檢驗、打針、取卵，我也作好再來一次痛苦的睪丸切片的心理準備，但張醫師卻建議我再做一次自然取精！我木然的告知他將不會有任何新發現，因為我在美國已經作了兩次精液檢驗了!張醫師仍舊堅持己見，我也只好從善如流地取精。當他告訴我已經找到了一隻成熟、健康 有活動力的精蟲時，我驚奇的想：怎麼可能?  這大概是個破天荒的大巧合！所以當張醫師半小時後要求我再取一次精液時，我依然半信半疑。

Nearly an hour later, still feeling amazed that I had a single sperm, I was informed by the doctors of four more healthy mature sperm. Even more, I would not need to have the painful testis biopsy procedure. What I heard next changed my opinion drastically about doctors. Honji clinic acquired better infertility profession and dedication for patients’ welfare. The doctors at Honji spent nearly three hours searching for sperm. I realized that the American lab assistants spent only 25 minutes. I was overwhelmed with feelings of hope and disappointment. Hope that the doctors would be successful in helping us have a child and disappointed that the American doctors seemed to be only interested in making as much money as possible from us by administering endless tests and treating us as another medical card number.
在我還在消化自己精液中竟有一隻精蟲的事實時，張醫師告知我，他們實驗室團隊找到另外四隻可用的健康精蟲，因此，我不用作痛苦的睪丸切片了！ 我得知他們實驗室團隊總共花了整整三小時來找我的精蟲，相比之下，美國的實驗室人員只花了25分鐘! 這翻轉了我的觀念。宏孕診所的專業和用心勝過美國的醫院! 我心中感到喜憂參半，喜的是張醫師的台灣團隊有希望幫助我們擁有自己的孩子，憂的是家鄉的醫師們看似對從無數的檢驗中獲取更多的金錢利益更為有興趣，讓我感到自己僅僅是醫療卡上的數字罷了！

As I write this letter, I am anxious to find out if my wife is pregnant and relieved to know that I do in fact have the ability to create a child because of the wonderful and enormously gifted doctors and staff at Honji Fertility Center.
帶著些許焦慮和釋然的心情等待太太的驗孕結果，我寫下了這封信留給讓我知道自己有能力創造孩子的團隊―宏孕診所那群優秀專業的醫師與員工們。

Our love and appreciation to all of you!
附上我們的愛與感謝

Professor X
X教授