A touching story of a couple who faced infertility due to the wife's rare sex development disorder and ultimately welcomed a child through egg-donation IVF.Download the app here:Chinese Short Dialogue | WebsiteChinese Short Dialogue | App StoreChinese Short Dialogue | Google PlayAvailable in 8 languages on the app:Chinese Listening | 중국어 리스닝 | 中国語リスニング | Аудирование по китайскому языку | Nghe tiếng Trung | Mendengarkan bahasa Mandarin | Escucha en chino | การฟังภาษาจีน | Chinesisches Hören | Écoute du chinois | Ascolto cinese | Audição em chinês | चीनी सुनना | الاستماع إلى اللغة الصينية《English Translation》黄刚: Hua, did you see that news? A wife couldn’t get pregnant and went for tests, only to discover that her chromosomes were actually male! Yet her appearance and development had always been female.陈花: I saw it too—so shocking. The report said her appearance and physical structure were entirely female, but the body’s “development-command” signals malfunctioned, causing her gonads to fail to develop normally, so she couldn’t produce eggs.黄刚: Yes, and the doctor’s analogy was vivid: development is like construction—her “genetic blueprint” was male, but the “command signals” were misdirected, so her body naturally developed in a female direction. Life is truly amazing and complex.陈花: Exactly. Because this abnormality is hidden deep inside the body, she always thought it was just ordinary menstrual irregularity. You can imagine how devastating it must have been when she learned the truth.黄刚: Fortunately, the medical team performed surgery and hormone replacement therapy to help her establish a normal physiological cycle and create conditions for pregnancy. In the end, through egg-donation IVF, she successfully gave birth to a daughter.陈花: What moved me most was her husband’s attitude. He said, “She will always be the most beautiful wife in my heart.” That unwavering support is more powerful than any medical technology.黄刚: And the director doctor put it beautifully: although the child didn’t inherit the mother’s genes, ten months of carrying her and a lifetime of love far surpass the meaning of genetic ties.陈花: This case truly shows that medicine can mend the regrets of life, and love can sustain an entire lifetime. Seeing the happy photo of the family of three nearly brought me to tears.

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