Success depends on many factors including the health and fertility of those involved in the insemination, pregnancy and birth of a child, and the skill and experience of the physicians and embryologist facilitating the procedures.
RSC works with agencies that provide careful screening and uphold strict criteria for egg and sperm donation, surrogates, and gestational carriers. This ensures highest medical safety and protects couples from potential legal complications.
Assisted reproductive options available involve working with eggs, sperm and embryos outside of the body. The primary procedures involved in family building for gay men are:
IVF with Gestational Carriers
RSC offers assisted reproductive technologies (IVF) for gay couples with the use of a gestational carrier, a woman who agrees to carry a baby through pregnancy for a couple. She only provides a "host uterus" for the baby but does not contribute genetic material, which may come from sperm provided by the couple with a recipient egg or a combination of both donor sperm and egg.
Read more about medical procedures involving gestational carriers
Diagnostic Testing
In order to ensure your sperm are viable candidates for use in IVF, a semen analysis is necessary. Semen analysis is relatively inexpensive and non-invasive. Sample collection may be performed at either a laboratory, a physician's office, or in some cases, the privacy of home.
Read more about semen analysis evaluation.
Traditional Surrogacy
While many gay couples have successfully utilized surrogates in order to have babies with their own sperm, RSC does not offer traditional surrogacy that involves the use of a third party to carry a baby using her egg and her uterus to achieve conception and carry the pregnancy. This involves placing the male's sperm into the surrogate's uterus at the fertile time of the cycle, utilizing artificial insemination (AI). The surrogate conceives, carries the pregnancy, and delivers the baby.
