“I'm sorry for the bad news I'm about to deliver,” the doctor said. Then she sighed, looked into the eyes of the couple in front of her, and continued, “But it's likely impossible for both of you to produce a baby.”What they heard deeply saddened the couple. They both looked down, and then, after a few seconds, they heard the woman sobbing inside the clinic, so the man clutched his wife's right hand tightly in his left. “Am I the one with the problem, Doc?” the man asked, looking at the doctor.“It's her,” the doctor said, sighing and looking at Rita.The doctor handed the printed results to Robert and said, “She has primary ovarian insufficiency. Her ovaries stop producing hormones and eggs.”She paused for awhile and then went on explaining, “Women with POI ovulate irregularly, if at all, and may have abnormal levels of ovarian and pituitary hormones due to problems with their ovaries.”Robert rubbed his wife's back as she began to cry louder. Then, he asked th
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