Infertile couples hoping for a second test-tube baby

A growing number of couples in Guangdong province, which relaxed the decades-old family planning policy in March, are asking hospitals to defrost their frozen embryos in the hopes of having a second child.

Huang Qing, a doctor from the department of reproductive medicine with the No 3 Hospital Affiliated to the Guangzhou University of Medical Science, said that in recent years more than 10,000 babies a year have been born in the province through in vitro fertilization. That number, Huang said, is likely to rise in the near future.

The hospital is one of three major hospitals that offer in vitro fertilization service in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province. More than 4,200 "test-tube babies" were born at the hospital in 2013.