More infertile Chinese women are seeking remedies overseas

A busy work schedule and a desire to concentrate her career led Feng Yue (not her real name) to delay starting a family until she was almost 40. However, repeated attempts to conceive naturally were unsuccessful, so the business executive from Beijing and her husband opted for in vitro fertilization to realize their ambition of becoming parents.

Feng had two courses of IVF at leading hospitals in Beijing. The first was at Peking University Third Hospital, but after undergoing ovulation tests and making more attempts to conceive naturally, something her doctor insisted on before she could begin the IVF treatment, she quit the program in frustration.

A second attempt at a different hospital was unsuccessful because Feng's eggs were unable to be fertilized, so she began to consider traveling overseas for treatment.