Reciprocal IVF/Shared Motherhood
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Reciprocal IVF/Shared Motherhood
Reciprocal IVF sometimes known as Shared Motherhood, is an IVF treatment where one of the partners will carry the pregnancy using embryos made with the eggs of the other partner and donor sperm. One partner is considered the genetic mother, and the other is the birth mother. The genetic mother undergoes the first elements of an IVF cycle (undergoing ovarian stimulation and the egg collection procedure).
When the eggs are collected, they are inseminated with donor sperm. The birth mother will undergo the procedure of preparation for the embryo transfer.