In the variety show "The Sky Sound Couple", 50-year-old Chen Zihan calmly recounted her three-year suspension and 12 test-tube baby attempts. "Every day, we hug each other in the middle of the road and cry." This actor, who once played classic roles such as Lu Zhi, reveals the arduous road to seeking children behind the halo. Her story quickly sparked heated debate, not only because of her celebrity status, but also because it touched the nerves of contemporary people's fertility anxiety.
According to data from the Reproductive Medicine Center, the incidence of infertility in China has risen to approximately 18%. This means that one out of every 5-6 couples is facing difficulties related to fertility. Chen Zihan’s case has become a window into the fertility challenges faced by ordinary people.
Chen Zihan's 12 attempts are not exceptional.
12.In the entertainment industry, Zhang Ting finally won a girl nine times in a test tube, and actresses such as Lin Yichen and Big S have publicly expressed their hardships in seeking a child. There are complex structural factors behind this group's high-frequency attempts.
.The golden period of stars 'careers and the golden period of childbearing are highly overlapped, causing many people to passively become elderly groups of childbearing age. Chen Zihan got married at the age of 41 and started trying test tubes at the age of 47. By this time, her ovarian function had dropped significantly.
.More than 70% of entertainment industry practitioners have endocrine disorders due to disturbed work and rest and excessive stress. The crew has been working continuously and irregular eating has become the norm, which are quietly eroding fertility.
,,.Her persistence stems from her personal love for her children, not from family pressure. This kind of "self-selection" breaks the outside world's single imagination of the motivation of stars in test tubes.
The reason why Chen Zihan's case has attracted the attention of the medical community is the severe age challenge she faces.
,.Reproductive medicine data shows that over 45 years old has dropped sharply to below 5%.
,50AMH()0.1ng/ml,.The data from Shanghai Hongfangzi Hospital is even more alarming: the abortion rate of 50-year-old pregnant women exceeds 60%, and the risk of complications such as gestational diabetes has soared eightfold.
12,3-6.A professor at the School of Medicine of Zhejiang University raised ethical questions about this: When 12 failures have exceeded the upper limit of reasonable medical attempts, should medical institutions press the pause button for obsession?
Compared with the resource support provided by the celebrity group, success rate and cost are the two most realistic considerations for ordinary families when facing test-tube technology.
Compared to the resources available to celebrities, ordinary families face two main concerns when it comes to in vitro fertilization: the success rate and the cost involved.
,2-3,10,.This is in sharp contrast to the star's "ability to undertake multiple attempts after three years of suspension" and is also an important factor that many ordinary families need to weigh.
.Many people mistakenly believe that IVF is a child "artificially manufactured" in a test tube, or worry that its intelligence and health are not as good as naturally conceived babies. In fact, more than 8 million test-tube babies have been born around the world, and large-scale studies have shown that there is no significant difference in intelligence and health status between them and naturally conceived babies.
Chen Zihan's 12 attempts have pushed the tug-of-war between reproductive rights and medical advice into the public eye.
12,.Proponents cite Article 16 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and believe that women should have the right to autonomous reproduction; opponents list that medical resources consumed in 12 test tubes can complete the treatment of 40 young patients.
.With the development of IVF technology, the boundary between "what can be done" and "what should be done" has become increasingly blurred.
.A survey by a reproductive institution showed that the number of women over the age of 45 consulting test tubes has increased by 300% in three years, and 23% of them directly mentioned that "Zhang Ting can succeed." Many elderly women may face the end of losing their money and still having their dreams shattered.
With the integration of genetic testing and artificial intelligence technologies, the accuracy of chromosome abnormality screening in third-generation IVF technology has been increased to 99.7%.
,:.In Chen Zihan's home, she is accompanied by the adopted stray cat, and she has gradually learned to reconcile with her unfinished maternal dream.