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Reciprocal IVF

Shared Motherhood

Sharing the journey to parenthood

Reciprocal IVF, also known as shared motherhood is an increasingly popular option at Thérapie Fertility. It affords same sex female couples the opportunity to share the physical experience of pregnancy.

The process involves one of the partners providing the eggs to be used in an IVF cycle with donor sperm, while the other partner will carry the pregnancy when the embryos are transferred back into her uterus.

Who is Reciprocal IVF suitable for?

Reciprocal IVF is a unique treatment for same sex female couples – where one will donate eggs and the other will become pregnant. It is also suitable for those with trans partners.

From our Podcast

From our Podcast

Season 1
06

Reciprocal IVF

Welcome to episode 06 of Fertility Talks, the Thérapie Fertility podcast. Bringing you honest conversation about infertility, trying to conceive and accessing fertility treatment in Ireland.
This week, we are chatting about Reciprocal IVF with host @ranaevonmeding and our Medical Director, Dr. John Kennedy.

So much has changed in Ireland over the last few years and we are thrilled to be offering Reciprocal IVF to same sex female couples or those with trans male partners.

We hope that you have found this series interesting, informative and above all, helpful in your own fertility journey.

If you enjoy this episode, remember to like, share and subscribe.

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Reciprocal IVF involves five stages

Ovarian Stimulation

Ovarian Stimulation & Monitoring

Ovarian Stimulation

Egg Retrieval

Ovarian Stimulation

Fertilisation & Culture

Ovarian Stimulation

Uterine Preparation

Ovarian Stimulation

Frozen Embryo Transfer

1. Ovarian Stimulation & Monitoring

1. Ovarian Stimulation & Monitoring

Under the care of our team, the partner giving the eggs is given fertility medications, mainly in the form of injections to stimulate her ovaries to produce multiple follicles. Follicles are the small fluid filled structures within the ovaries, each of which will hopefully contain an egg.

The number and size of the developing follicles is measured by trans-vaginal ultrasound scans. The exact number of follicles which develop varies greatly between patients. One of the purposes of testing is to give you and us an idea in advance of how many follicles and eggs may develop.

The final preparation for egg retrieval involves a hormone injection which mimics the natural trigger for ovulation. Egg retrieval will take place 36 hours after this injection.


Ovarian Stimulation & Monitoring

2. Egg Retrieval

2. Egg Retrieval

Egg retrieval is a minor theatre procedure which is carried out in the clinic under sedation.

A trans-vaginal ultrasound probe is used and a needle attached to the probe is carefully passed through the vaginal wall into the ovaries and follicles.

The ovarian fluid within each follicle is aspirated and then examined in the IVF laboratory by the embryologist for the presence of an egg. After identification, the eggs are washed and transferred into a special culture in an incubator.


Egg Retrieval

3. Fertilisation & Culture

3. Fertilisation & Culture

While the egg retrieval is happening, your chosen donor sperm sample is prepared for use. In the laboratory, a concentrated preparation of the best motile sperm is extracted from the semen sample. This sperm preparation (containing approximately 150,000 sperm) is added to the dishes containing the eggs, and they are incubated together overnight.

On the morning after egg retrieval, the eggs are examined to see which have fertilised. Fertilised eggs (zygotes) are cultured in the IVF laboratory until day 5 or 6, the blastocyst stage, at which point they are frozen to await transfer to the other partner.


Fertilisation & Culture

4. Uterine Preparation

4. Uterine Preparation

Under the care of our team, the partner having the embryo transfer will be given oral or injectable fertility medications to stimulate her body to thicken the lining of her uterus.

The development of the uterine lining will be measured by trans-vaginal ultrasound scans. Once the desired thickness is reached, the embryo transfer will be scheduled.


Uterine Preparation

5. Frozen Embryo Transfer

5. Frozen Embryo Transfer

The frozen embryo transfer (FET) is a simple theatre procedure that does not usually require anaesthesia.

The embryo(s) are placed back into the uterus by the doctor by way of a small catheter inserted through the cervix. The fluid containing the embryo(s) is pushed through the cervix and into the uterus.

The correct positioning of the embryo(s) is confirmed by abdominal ultrasound, so the partner undergoing the procedure is required to have a full bladder for the procedure.


Frozen Embryo Transfer

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From our Blog

From our Blog

May 05, 2022

Introduction to Fertility Treatment at Thérapie

Jul 01, 2021

Reciprocal IVF at Thérapie Fertility

Reciprocal IVF
FAQs

You may wonder why we choose to do frozen embryo transfers for Reciprocal IVF cycles? The answer is simple. Sometimes it is difficult for us to synchronize the menstrual cycles of both partners, and this puts additional stress on the procedure. If we transfer fresh embryos when the uterine lining is not optimal, we risk losing those embryos. By freezing the embryos before use, we give ourselves the time to reach optimal uterine conditions for the embryo transfer. Additionally, it is best to confirm that there are viable embryos before putting a person on the medications for the Frozen Embryo Transfer cycle.
Reciprocal IVF is the only treatment whereby a same sex couple can very physically share the process of becoming pregnant. One parent will be the birth parent and the other the genetic parent, giving you both a unique connection to your child.
The embryos that are created by the process are owned jointly by you as a couple. They can be used by either person for Frozen Embryo Transfer in the future
Implications counselling is mandatory under Irish law for anyone undergoing treatment using donor gametes. For this reason, we have built the cost of your counselling into our complete package cost. We will refer you to an experienced therapist, who will bill us directly for your session. The reason for implications counselling is to help you to reflect on and understand the proposed form of treatment for you and your partner and any children born as a result of of your treatment.

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The standard of care that we have received from Thérapie Fertility has been exceptional! Everyone we have dealt with has been so warm & caring towards us. All queries on the patient portal have been answered very quickly. Above all we really appreciated Dr John’s candour with us whilst simultaneously giving us the best hope that we could ask for. The philosophy of Thérapie Fertility is that of making fertility treatments accessible & they go above & beyond to support couples in every way possible. We can’t thank the staff enough & we would recommend this clinic to anybody seeking help with their fertility.

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April 26, 2023

Best decision we made! After a long journey of Fertility I felt so lucky to come across The Thérapie Fertility clinic, from our first call with the nurse it's just felt so different, the whole team are amazing, we meet with Dr. John kennedy who really cares and listened, so different than what we have experience in other clinics , the commutation throughout was fantastic, and we are now very blessed to have our beautiful little boy,, thanks to them 💙

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Therapie Fertility have been very good with me since I entered their doors, they made me so relaxed and reassured about any questions I have even silly ones, there all so welcoming to everyone that goes through this and it makes you so relaxed in that environment, I'm so grateful for all their help and now I'm 7 weeks pregnant which Is hard to believe, miracles do happen and Therapie Fertility have done that for me and and I'll be forever grateful for the whole team ♥️

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April 10, 2023

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April 6, 2023

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