Dear Professor Máro,

I would like to share some happy news with you – I have become a mother!

After my surgery with you, I returned to Stockholm, where my gynecologist was very surprised – the ultrasound showed no signs of surgery. The doctors here discouraged me from having the surgery, fearing removal of the entire uterus. In the end, however, they themselves acknowledged that it was the right choice. If I hadn’t come to you, I might have listened to them… and everything could have been different.

I got pregnant a month after stopping birth control – naturally, without any problems. The pregnancy went smoothly, without complications, despite my congenital heart defect (AV canal defect). The doctors monitored me closely, but everything was fine.

In the end, I gave birth naturally at 38+3 weeks. The birth was quick – contractions started in the evening, and at 6:15 in the morning, our healthy baby girl was born (50 cm, 3336 g). We are both fine, and I feel very well.

I thank you from the bottom of my heart for giving me the chance to become a mother. I thought of you with gratitude throughout my pregnancy.

Iulia Mihailova