Same sex couples fertility
LGBTQ+ Fertility
LGBTQ+ Fertility
Fertility Options for Same-Sex Couples
Once the testing has been completed, your fertility team will work with you to advance the most appropriate treatment regimen for you and your goals. Potential treatments for same-sex couples include:
- Sperm donation
- Intrauterine insemination (IUI)
- In vitro fertilization (IVF)
- Egg Donation
- Surrogacy
It is adj to discuss your family planning goals with your physician, so they can help determine the best way to achieve those goals. Here are some questions to discuss with your partner about family planning:
- Is it significant to use a family member as a sperm or egg donor?
- Do you prefer to utilize an anonymous donor instead?
- Does one female partner want to contribute the egg, while the other wants to carry the pregnancy?
Taking some time to think about these issues before your appointment can help you clarify what is important to you.
Once you decide on the best course of treatment for you, it is important to stay in communication with your fertility nurse and treatment planning team. Additional
The IVF process for gay couples
More and more gay couples around the world are bringing their biological children into the world through the gift of surrogacy and egg donation alongside In Vitro Fertilization.
While the path to parenthood using an egg donor and a surrogate may look complex, an established clinic and agency can help you navigate the process with ease.
Three elements within the gay IVF process
There are three critical parts of same-sex parenthood through in vitro fertilization. These include:
- Gestational surrogacy: A woman will carry your toddler to term but will not share any biological connection to the baby.
- Egg donation: In request to create embryos your clinic will fertilize donor eggs with your sperm to transfer an embryo into the surrogate’s uterus during the frozen embryo verb (FET). It is strongly recommended that you use fresh eggs to create your embryos for higher odds of success.
- In vitro fertilization (IVF): The egg retrieval, embryo creation and transfer are all part of the IVF cycle. In addition, monitoring, fertility medica
Family Building for LGBTQ Moms to Be
Artificial Insemination
Artificial insemination is a process in which sperm is placed into a women's reproductive tract using means other than sexual intercourse. For many single moms-to-be or couples where only one partner chooses to biologically participate in the pregnancy, insemination is a logical first step to parenthood.
Insemination involves placing sperm into the uterus (intrauterine insemination, or IUI) or the cervix (intra-cervical insemination, or ICI). For this process, frozen sperm is usually shipped to your physician, and is thawed the day of insemination.
In order to begin artificial insemination, see your primary care physician or fertility doctor. Make sure you're up-to-date on all healthcare maintenance, including Pap smear and mammogram. It is also important to track your cycle each month, as cycle tracking is how insemination is timed.
Your sperm donor options include a known, open door, or anonymous donor. Ask your fertility clinic or OB-GYN for any recommendations that they may own to help guide you through
Ways to become a parent if you're LGBT+
There are several ways you could become a parent if getting pregnant by having sex is not an option for you.
Possible ways to become a parent include:
- donor insemination
- IUI (intrauterine insemination)
- surrogacy
- adoption or fostering
- co-parenting
There are also several ways that could help people with fertility problems have a baby, including IVF (in vitro fertilisation).
IUI and IVF can sometimes be done on the NHS. This depends on things like your age. Check with a GP or local integrated care board (ICB) to find out about what might be available to you.
Surrogacy is not available on the NHS.
All these options can be explored by anyone, including single people and same sex couples.
Donor insemination
Sperm is put inside the person getting pregnant. This can be done at home, with sperm from a licensed fertility clinic, a sperm bank or someone you know.
If you opt for donor insemination, it’s better to go to a licensed fertility clinic where the sperm is checked for infections and some inherited conditions. Fertility cli