Building Families for the LGBTQ+ Community
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SGF Solana Beach provides support and fertility treatment options for all individuals and couples, including same-sex female and male couples, who want to build a family. For same-sex female couples, treatment may involve donor sperm, with options like insemination or reciprocal IVF (co-maternity), where one partner provides eggs and the other carries the pregnancy. Same-sex male couples require an egg donor and a gestational carrier. The clinic offers consultations to discuss these options and support patients through the process.
donor sperm: Sperm provided by a donor, either known (directed) or anonymous, used to achieve pregnancy for individuals or couples who cannot use partner sperm.
insemination: A basic fertility treatment where sperm is inserted into a woman's uterus to help achieve pregnancy.
co-maternity: Also known as reciprocal IVF, a process where one partner's eggs are fertilized and the other partner carries the resulting pregnancy.
reciprocal IVF: A fertility process for same-sex female couples where eggs from one partner are fertilized and the other partner carries the pregnancy.
egg donor: A woman who provides eggs to help another individual or couple achieve pregnancy, commonly used by same-sex male couples.
gestational carrier: A woman who carries and delivers a baby for someone else, often used when the intended parents are unable to carry a pregnancy themselves.