Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Families

WHAT WE DO

All patients will have an initial consultation with our fertility specialists to review their medical history, and perform diagnostic testing. Once testing is complete, your medical team will develop a protocol and treatment can begin.

LESBIAN COUPLES

TAIWAN IVF GROUP is committed to helping lesbian couples who desire their own biological children.

Success depends on many factors and prior to treatment a work up should be performed to evaluate the likelihood of conception. In order to maximize the success of conceiving we need to select the optimal treatment for each patient.

For lesbian couples, donor sperm is necessary. One partner may choose to donate the egg and the other partner will carry the pregnancy. In order to accomplish this, in vitro fertilization is necessary, as the partner donating the egg would be stimulated with hormones and have her eggs harvested and fertilized and then transferred into her partner's uterus to carry the pregnancy. However, if one partner is providing the eggs and carrying the pregnancy, in vitro fertilization is not necessary.

THE OPTIONS: LESBIAN COUPLES

TAIWAN IVF GROUP recommends same sex female (lesbian) couples two primary fertility/pregnancy options:

1. Artificial insemination (IUI) with donor sperm (Intrauterine) (Done in foreign fertility center) IUI is often used because of its superior success rates with frozen sperm. Donor sperm is injected, using a syringe and a thin catheter into one or both partner’s uterus via the cervix, at the time of ovulation.

2. Partner IVF with donor sperm (in vitro fertilization) (Done in foreign fertility center) IVF is fertilization of an egg outside the body and is the oldest assisted reproductive technology (ART) and still the most frequently used. Taiwan IVF Group recommends IVF when one female partner wishes to provide the eggs and the other is interested in carrying the pregnancy. IVF can also be used if chance of pregnancy with IUI is low (because of age or low egg number). Thus the partner providing the eggs has a genetic link while the partner carrying the pregnancy maintains a gestational link to their offspring. Genetic testing of the embryos to be transferred can also be done if the family desires family balancing.

According to Taiwan’s Assisted Reproductive Act, patients can export their own reproductive cells to other countries. TAIWAN IVF GROUP can help you or your partner to complete the egg-freezing process in Taiwan, and transport the eggs to the fertility center of your choice worldwide.

GAY MALE COUPLES

Thanks to advances in reproductive technology, there are now options for gay men who wish to become parents and have a child that is biologically related. Gay couples who want to have children will need an egg donor, who provides the eggs, as well as a surrogate, who will carry the pregnancy. The partner wishing to use his sperm will undergo a semen analysis to test motility, volume, concentration and morphology of the sperm. Once the couple has identified both a gestational carrier and the egg donor, one or both male partners will provide sperm samples to be used in the insemination of the donated eggs.

OPTIONS-GAY MALE COUPLES

IVF and Egg Donation and Gestational Surrogate (in vitro fertilization) (Done in foreign fertility center) IVF (in vitro fertilization) is used to control the ovulatory process, removing eggs from the donor's ovaries and letting sperm fertilize them in a fluid medium (in vitro). The resulting embryos are then transferred to the surrogate's uterus with the intent to establish a successful pregnancy.

According to Taiwan’s Assisted Reproductive Act, patients can export their own reproductive cells to other countries. TAIWAN IVF GROUP can help you or your partner to complete the sperm-freezing process in Taiwan, and transport the sperms to the fertility center of your choice worldwide.

Call Taiwan IVF Group at +886-35586880 or click here to contact us. Our caring fertility specialist will be happy discuss your options. Or set up a consultation today!