As such, we offer a range of LGBT fertility services at our Los Angeles, CA , practice, including egg donation , sperm donation, and gestational surrogates. Michael Vermesh , Dr. Tannaz Toloubeydokhti , and our entire team are proud to be part of your journey to parenthood. We have been providing fertility care to LGBT families since and we can design a treatment plan suited to your preferences and budget. Typically, family planning for female same-sex couples involves intrauterine insemination IUI or in-vitro fertilization IVF , as well as a sperm donor.
Some of the questions lesbian couples must consider include:. How you answer these questions is incredibly personal. You can sit down with Dr. Vermesh or Toloubeydokhti and discuss the different possibilities.
Lesbian couples can use known or anonymous donor sperm. Depending on your needs, we can perform IUI with natural ovulation or improve your odds by using medication so more than one egg is released during ovulation. At the Center for Fertility and Gynecology, we are dedicated to helping our patients achieve their dreams of a family. With reciprocal IVF , you also have the option of deciding to place the embryos, derived from one partner's eggs, into the uterus of the other partner.
In this way, both partners are connected biologically to the child. For many couples, these decisions require a great deal of discussion and support. Our range of treatments allow you to customize your path to parenthood. Our team is with you every step of the way to help you choose the route to parenthood most suited to your family. In this type of in vitro fertilization IVF , one partner acts as egg donor , while the other fills the role of a gestational surrogate.
The benefit of this option is that it creates a powerful biological link between the child and both parents. Egg freezing might also be recommended depending on your situation. There are several factors you should consider when deciding which partner will take which role during reciprocal IVF, including:. Vermesh or Toloubeydokhti can sit down with you and discuss your preferences. It is important to keep in mind that reciprocal IVF is more expensive than normal IVF or intrauterine insemination IUI because both partners need to take fertility medication at the same time.
