Archive · 11 Sep 2026
IVF Helps Woman With Diabetes Deliver Healthy Twins
A 34-year-old woman had been trying to have a baby for eight years.
She had several health problems that made pregnancy more difficult, including obesity, thyroid disease and diabetes.
Her husband also had problems with his sperm.
Doctors first worked on improving her blood sugar and thyroid health.
The first attempt to collect her eggs did not work well enough.
The couple then used donor eggs and a method called ICSI to help one sperm fertilise each egg.
Doctors created three embryos and placed two in her uterus.
She became pregnant with twins, and her blood sugar improved during the pregnancy.
Careful medical monitoring helped her deliver two healthy babies at 37 weeks.
A 34-year-old woman seeking pregnancy for eight years had obesity, low ovarian reserve, untreated hypothyroidism and previously undiagnosed Type 2 diabetes.
Her random blood sugar was 224 mg/dL and HbA1c was 7.1%; her 38-year-old husband had low sperm count and abnormal sperm shape.
After the first ovarian stimulation attempt produced too few eggs, the couple used donor eggs and ICSI to fertilise them.
Three good-quality embryos were created, and two were transferred after her body was medically prepared for pregnancy.
Her HbA1c improved to 6.3% by six weeks of pregnancy, and multidisciplinary care led to an elective caesarean delivery of two healthy babies at 37 weeks.
- Who
- A 34-year-old woman and her 38-year-old husband, supported by fertility, endocrinology and antenatal care teams.
- What
- The couple underwent IVF using donor eggs and ICSI after multiple fertility challenges; the woman later delivered healthy twins.
- When
- The woman had tried to conceive for eight years; pregnancy reached 37 weeks, when delivery occurred.
- Where
- At a fertility care centre and during multidisciplinary antenatal care; the article does not specify the delivery location.
- Why
- Treatment addressed the woman’s low ovarian reserve and medical conditions and her husband’s low sperm count and abnormal sperm shape.
- Woman’s age
- 34 years
- Trying to conceive
- Eight years
- Initial blood sugar
- Random blood sugar of 224 mg/dL
- Initial HbA1c
- 7.1%
- HbA1c at six weeks
- 6.3%
- Fertilisation approach
- Donor eggs with ICSI
- Pregnancy outcome
- Two healthy babies delivered by elective caesarean at 37 weeks