Inclusive fertility care for everyone

Reciprocal IVF is a treatment option for lesbian or trans couples, who wish to share the biological and emotional experience of bringing a child into the world. It allows both partners to be actively involved in the conception process, with one partner providing the egg and the other carrying the pregnancy.

One partner undergoes hormone treatments to stimulate their ovaries and produce multiple eggs. These eggs are then retrieved in a minor procedure. This partner will be the biological parent. The retrieved eggs are then fertilised with donor sperm. One or more of the resulting embryos are implanted into the other partner, who carries the pregnancy and is the birthing parent.

We offer a range of fertility preservation services for those preparing for or undergoing transition. This includes egg freezing, sperm freezing and embryo freezing to use in later frozen embryo transfers.

These fertility preservation options have become increasingly important for LGBTQIA+ individuals and couples who want the flexibility to have biological children later in life.

Egg freezing allows individuals to preserve their eggs for future use. This can be especially important for transgender men who plan to undergo hormone therapy or surgery that may affect fertility, as well as for those who are not ready to start a family yet. The process involves stimulating the ovaries with hormones to produce multiple eggs, retrieving them, and freezing them for later use.

For gay, bisexual, or transgender individuals assigned male at birth, sperm freezing is a straightforward way to preserve fertility. This is often done before transitioning, medical treatments, or simply for future family planning. The sperm is collected, analysed, and then frozen in vials for long-term storage. It can later be used for IUI, IVF, or other fertility treatments.

Embryo freezing involves fertilising eggs with sperm to create embryos, which are then frozen for future use. It is a treatment option for transgender couples where both partners are preparing for medical and/or surgical transitions.