Baby girl arrives for National Day! Same-married couple went overseas to seek a child to add to their wealth, and 2-year-old Dabao became a sister

Shin Kong Hospital welcomed a National Day baby girl at 2 a.m. today. Ms. Wu, 36, and her spouse, Ms. Xu, 37, added to their wealth, allowing their 2-year-old daughter to become a sister. Ms. Xu said with a smile that she didn’t particularly want to have a National Day baby, but she just happened to have a consecutive holiday to facilitate the placement of the baby, so she went to the hospital to have the baby on the 9th.

In order to welcome their child, Miss Xu and Miss Wu took advantage of the winter and summer vacations to go overseas to receive artificial reproductive treatment. Ms. Xu said that her eldest daughter was conceived after going abroad for treatment during the winter vacation. When she was almost 1 year old, they went overseas to try again, but that time they were unsuccessful. Now they finally welcomed their second daughter.

During Ms. Wu's pregnancy, in addition to obstetrics and gynecology, she also needed to go to the endocrinology department and immunorheumatology department for follow-up. After going through the process of begging for a child and taking care of themselves during pregnancy, the two welcomed a new life on National Day, and a family of four started a new life.

You Zhengwei, an obstetrician and gynecologist at Xinguang Hospital who delivered Ms. Wu's baby, said that the condition of mother and daughter was going well because it was their second child. They gave birth about 10 hours after delivery, and the labor process was normal.

You Zhengwei pointed out that Xinguang Hospital expects more than three National Day babies to be born today, which is similar to last year’s National Day, but the number of births per month in normal times is lower than last year. Shin Kong Hospital currently has about 80 to 90 newborns born every month. Five or six years ago, there were about 150 to 160 babies every month. The number of births has dropped significantly. Clinically, most families only give birth to one child, the second child is less common, and the childbearing age is generally delayed.

He said that most of the first-time mothers he came into contact with were over 30 or 32 years old, and fewer were under 30 years old. Many of them gave birth to their first child in their 30s. In the past one or two years, about 10% of newborns in Taiwan have been born through artificial reproductive technology, and the proportion is getting higher and higher. However, the average number of births in hospitals is still more than that in obstetrics and gynecology clinics. The situation of declining birthrate is really serious.

As of 4 p.m., Shin Kong Hospital had 1 National Day baby born via natural birth and 1 caesarean section; as of 6 pm at Taipei Mackay Hospital, there was only 1 naturally delivered National Day female baby; as of 6 pm at Taipei Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, a total of 2 babies were born (1 boy, 1 girl); as of 6 pm at Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, a total of 2 babies were born (1 boy, 1 girl). 5 babies (3 girls, 2 boys), and 4 pregnant women are waiting to give birth; a total of 3 babies (2 boys, 1 girl) were delivered at Taipei’s Taian Adventist Hospital.