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Dr. Sumithra Devi Valiapan, Fertility Specialist

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18/02/2026

What do you do when told to stop fertility treatment and adopt instead, by your Fertility Specialists? Well this couple said, 'That's just not an option at this point in time' and kept trying until we met in Sunfert@Bangsar South.

What they went through:
● 5 Fertility Centres
● 5 Fertility Specialists
● 6 IVF cycles
● 40 eggs collected in 5 Fertility Centres
● 4 failed embryo transfer cycles with a total of 8 Day-2 and Day-3 embryos in their previous centres
● Made 8 blastocysts in Sunfert
● 1st frozen embryo transfer (FET) with a blastocyst in Sunfert ended in a miscarriage; however, this was their 1st ever pregnancy!
● 2nd FET in Sunfert with 2 blastocysts ---> 1 pregnancy sac ---> 1 beautiful 2 years old baby girl

This was a pic taken when they came for a visit on 14th February 2026.

13/02/2026

As you transition from my care at 12 weeks, I just want to say how truly happy I am for you.

Reaching this point - with your August 2026 baby on the way - means we’ve accomplished exactly what we set out to do, as Fertility Specialist and patient!

While I’ll miss seeing you, 'graduating' from my clinic is the best kind of goodbye. It represents a beautiful new chapter in your lives.

Wishing you a smooth, healthy pregnancy and lots of joy in the months ahead. Congratulations Mum, Dad and Kakak ❤️.

12/02/2026

Did Endometrial Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) save the day?
This couple had 3 blastocysts frozen. During her IVF cycle, we noticed her thin uterine lining.

■ May 2025, 1st frozen embryo transfer (FET) attempt with standard dose medication cycle was ABANDONED due to thin lining, 5mm

■ July 2025, 2nd FET attempt, this time with high dose medication, was ABANDONED again due to thin lining 5mm

We talked about the possibility of adhesions in her uterine cavity, causing the thin lining.
● July 2025 hysteroscopy and adhesiolysis done

■ September 2025, 3rd FET attempt with high dose medication was ABANDONED again due to thin lining 5.5mm and additionally, a pocket of fluid was also seen within her uterine cavity

■ January 2026, 4th FET attempt with high dose medication and this time we added 2 sets of ENDOMETRIAL PRP, we prolonged her stimulation as much as we could, lining was 5.7mm

♡ January 2026 Pregnancy test positive - Hoooray!
♡ Scan at 8 weeks pregnancy, so far so good!
♡ Due date is in September 2026

• Endometrial PRP might help improve the thickness and receptivity of the uterine lining by delivering concentrated growth factors
• It's supposed to enhance blood flow and cellular regeneration, creating a more supportive environment for embryo implantation

Congratulations Mum and Dad, hope everything goes well until delivery!

09/02/2026

This impatient 🤣 blastocyst has completely hatched out of it's protective outer shell or zona pellucida. This was just before Mum's embryo transfer this morning.

07/02/2026

This couple made many day trips from Johor to Sunfert@Bangsar South.
• They married in 2020, she would have been 36-37 then
• Her AMH was 3 pmol, which was low for her age
• She had multiple fibroids 1 - 4cm in size

They tried 1 IVF cycle in Johor in 2022, had 1 egg and 1 Day-3 embryo, which failed to implant

They came to see me at Sunfert@Bangsar South in 2023, she was 39 when we met
● Did 3 more IVF cycles to accumulate embryos due to low ovarian reserve
● In total, we collected 10 eggs and had 4 blastocysts
● PGTA showed they had 2 euploid embryos to use

♡ 1st FET with 1 euploid blastocyst- pregnancy test positive this week
♡ We still have another frozen euploid embryo to use in future

■ Mum's 42 years old now, she's 4 weeks pregnant and she'll be 43 during her due date in October 2026.
■ She's going to be 44 - 45 or older, when she comes back to transfer her remaining euploid embryo.

Moral of the story:
# MARRY EARLIER PLEASE LADIES 🤣!
# Start trying early, don't put off starting a family for too long, especially if you're past 35
# And, see a Fertility Specialist early!
# Test your ovarian reserve first, if you're planning to delay childbearing

Congratulations Mum and Dad! Oh, and you're going to be making 4 more day trips to see me at Sunfert@Bangsar South, before I discharge you from my care 😃! See you soon.

04/02/2026

I watched over and cared for this Day-5 embryo until it's now grown into a 12 weeks fetus. At last, I'm ready to let Mum continue her antenatal follow-up with a different Obstetrician. My job is done. Pure satisfaction 😊!

Mum has Cushing Syndrome and managing her IVF cycle was literally a nightmare 🤣. She had so many hormonal imbalances, which made her IVF stimulation very difficult, because she didn't respond in the normal way. Had to tweak her IVF cycle quite a bit, but luckily we managed to get several embryos for an embryo transfer and some for embryo freezing.

Enjoy your pregnancy Mum & Dad, good luck! Baby pics by August 2026?

30/01/2026

Me: Was this the worst s***m you've ever had to work with?
Embryologist: Yes, all of his s***m were abnormal, they either had pin heads or very large heads, and most had multiple tails. Plus, almost all were immotile.

■ In their 1st IVF cycle at their 1st IVF centre, she had 16 eggs collected. They did a surgical s***m retrieval (PESA/TESE) for him. Unfortunately, when they didn't find any motile s***m, they discarded all her eggs 😢! It's a pity they didn't just freeze her eggs.

■ In their 2nd IVF cycle at their 2nd IVF clinic, he underwent another PESA/TESE procedue and this time, his s***m could be used to fertilise 15 of her eggs. 4 fertilised, and they had 4 Day-3 embryos. Unfortunately all 4 of their Day-3 embryos failed to implant in 2 separate frozen embryo transfer (FET) cycles.

They then tried 2 more rounds of IVF at Sunfert@Bangsar South with me. I had to do another PESA/TESE for him. This time, we made sure to freeze some of his s***m. We used s***m and egg activators to help with selection of s***m and fertilisation of her eggs.

■ So, her 3rd IVF cycle gave us 13 eggs, 8 ICSI-ed with his fresh PESA/TESE s***m, 4 fertilised, but we ended up with only 1 blastocyst.

■ In their 4th IVF cycle, we used frozen TESE s***m, we collected 12 eggs, ICSI-ed 11 eggs, 9 fertilised, and we had 4 blastocysts this time round. My embryologists were probably the happiest people on earth that day!

So, in total, we have 5 blastocysts frozen and a few straws of frozen TESE s***m as well, just in case we need another round of IVF in future.
As of today, this is our frozen embryo count: 5AA, 5AB, 5AB, 5BB, 4CC. Not too shabby at all!

So, that part's done. Next, I have to focus on getting Mum ready for her FET. I've screened her for recurrent implantation failure and so far, everything has come back normal, except for a clotting issue and an endometrial polyp that needs to be surgically removed. We're in the midst of sorting out her polyp now.

Best of luck to the both of you, everyone's praying for you! And, see you soon, I've already decided on the FET protocol I'm going to use for you.

29/01/2026

This 38 years old Sabahan patient has been married since 2019. She has severe adenomyosis. In this picture, the anterior wall of her uterus is 2cm; in contrast to the posterior wall of her uterus which is much thicker, 5.3cm, and abnormal looking.

Adenomyosis causes chronic inflammation and distorts the uterine anatomy making embryo implantation difficult due to impaired endometrial receptivity.

● She did an IVF cycle in December 2024, she made 3 blastocysts.
● Her 1st frozen embryo transfer (FET) in March 2025 ended up as a tubal ectopic pregnancy.
● Her 2nd FET was on the 5th January 2026 and she's currently 6 weeks pregnant.
● The scan today shows an intrauterine pregnancy. Yaaay! Baby is 4.5mm long.
● Due date is in September 2026.

With adenomyosis and endometriosis, the transfer protocol has to be adjusted to reduce inflammation. This usually takes a few months of uterine preparation, but it helps increase implantation rates.

27/01/2026

Stages of an embryo development in an IVF lab, as shown in these pics:

1. Oocyte/mature egg ready for fertilization - The beginning

2. S***m prepared and selected for fertilization - The journey starts!

3. Day 1: Fertilized Egg - Fertilization is confirmed with two pronuclei - one from the egg, one from the s***m

4. Day 2: Cleavage stage - Embryo growing into four cells

5. Day 3: Cleavage stage - Embryo developing into 7 cells

6. Day 5/6 – Embryo has reached blastocyst stage

7. Hatching blastocyst - Blastocyst beginning to hatch from the zona pellucida, ready for implantation

The embryo is then either frozen for future use or transferred into Mum's womb/uterus.

26/01/2026

An embryo implants and I get beautiful flowers, chocolates and a lovely message. Thank you, had a lovely start to my day ❤️. Love the flowers very much, but the best part of my morning was, seeing your pregnancy test come back positive!

25/01/2026

Building families, creating beautiful memories ❤️.
Disclaimer: If your baby's pic is not in this collage, it was not on purpose. I just roughly patched together some pics that I chanced upon as I scrolled through my photo gallery 😃.

24/01/2026

Some abnormal looking s***ms in these pics. S***ms like these cannot be used for ICSI.

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