Owesifazane waseMelika onesifo sofuzo esingavamile akakwazanga ukuzala umntwana futhi wayengakakulungeli ukubhekana nalesi simo. Kwafika udadewabo oyiwele lakhe ebelethe izingane ezimbili. Yini ozimisele ukuyenzela othandekayo?
U-Amy Fuggiti oneminyaka engu-36 no-Courtney Essenpreis bangamawele angama-mirror avela e-Chicago, e-USA. Amawele alolu hlobo abonakala nge-mirror symmetry: isibonelo, omunye wabo unemvukuzane esihlathini sokunene, kanti omunye unomvukuzane ngakwesobunxele sakhe. U-Amy no-Courtney baze babe neziteketiso zokudlala - "Righty" nethi "Lefty".
Nokho, isifo esingavamile sofuzo sadluliselwa kwababili ngesikhathi esisodwa. Abesifazane baphila ne-Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome, ethinta amehlo, izindlebe, nesimiso sezinzwa esimaphakathi.
Kunamathuba angu-50% okuthi lesi sifo sidlulele ezinganeni, ngakho u-Amy noKourtney babengakhulelwa kuphela nge-in vitro fertilization (IVF). Inqubo isho ukuthi ochwepheshe elabhorethri bahlole yonke imibungu ukuthi ikhona yini isifo futhi batshale kuphela leyo engenazo iziyaluyalu.
“Uma ngithi “Sikhulelwe”, ngiqonde mina, umyeni wami nodadewethu”
U-Amy udlule ku-IVF izikhathi ezine, kodwa wehluleka. Imibungu ayizange ihlolwe izakhi zofuzo noma ayizange ifakwe esibelethweni sowesifazane. “Odokotela bamangala ngendaba yami. Isibeletho sasibukeka sijwayelekile, imibungu yahlolwa i-chromosomal, futhi akekho owayeqonda ukuthi kungani kungaphumi lutho,” echaza. Lona wesifazane waze wazama ukukhulelwa ngosizo lwamaqanda abanikelayo awathola kudadewabo, futhi le mizamo ayizange iholele ekukhulelweni.
Eminyakeni eyisithupha kamuva, u-Amy nomyeni wakhe ekugcineni bathola umbungu ophile kahle - “wegolide”, kodwa besaba ukuthi umzamo wokuphinda uvundise wawungeke uphumelele. Ngaleso sikhathi kwangenelela udadewabo owabeletha izingane ezimbili naye ngosizo lwe-IVF. “Kwakungadingeki nokuthi ngimcele ukuthi abe ngumama ogane omunye. Kwakubonakala sengathi kufanele, ”kusho u-Amy.
Ngenxa yalokho, umbungu watshalwa esibelethweni sika-Courtney. “Uma ngithi 'Sikhulelwe' ngiqonde mina, umyeni wami nodadewethu,” kusho u-Amy. “Sikwenze ndawonye.” Ingane izozalwa ngo-Okthoba 2021.