Come as you are.
We’ll find a solution together.
Life IVF Center has an extensive history of helping LGBTQ+ patients from around the world and is proud to serve the community in reaching their family goals. Our team is sensitive to your unique needs, and are well-equipped to assist with broad experience and flexible treatment solutions. We understand the unique challenges LGBTQ+ patients face when building their families, and we’re here to help every step of the way.
A Shifting Landscape
for LGBTQ Parents
As the legal and social climate in much of the world has gradually become more accepting of LGBTQ+ people and relationships, an increasing number of LGBTQ+ couples are planning and creating their families.
2-3.7M children in the US have an LGBTQ+ parent
114,000 same-sex couples are raising children in America
37% of LGBT adults have had a child at some time in their lives
24% of female same-sex couples are raising children
8% of male same-sex couples are raising children
68% of same-sex couples raising children are raising biological children
25-50% of transgender individuals are parents
What’s needed for a pregnancy?
ART is about helping create healthy embryos using good egg and sperm, then getting them to the right place at the right time
IVF Process Overview:
The Big Picture
What we call IVF can generally be broken down into these four major components
Pre-IVF
Requirements
Complete required tests to ensure patient safety, suitability, and legal compliance for treatment
Stimulate the Ovaries
& Retrieve Eggs
Use medication to gently stimulate the ovaries to produce eggs, monitor progress, then retrieve the mature eggs
Fertilize Eggs, Culture and Test Embryos
Fertilize the retrieved eggs, then help the new embryos develop before testing their quality and freezing them for transfer
Prep the Uterus and
Transfer Embryo
Readying the uterus to receive the embryo, then transferring the ideal embryo to achieve pregnancy
What if we’re missing sperm?
Cases where only sperm is needed tend to have the most flexibility
Finding a sperm donor
- Family members
- Friends or acquaintances
- Persons found through a sperm bank
What are the requirements?
- Healthy physical and psychological condition
- Uterine and/or ovarian reserve testing
- Medical review for all involved persons
How will it work?
- Insemination (IUI)
- IVF
- Reciprocal IVF
What if we’re missing eggs?
Egg Donors will need to pass stringent evaluation and tests to ensure
suitability and compliance
Who can be an Egg Donor?
- Family members
- Friends or acquaintances
- Persons found through an IVF program or agency
What are the requirements?
- Healthy physical and psychological condition
- Good ovarian reserve
- Must pass extensive medical review
How will it work?
- Pre-IVF Requirements
- Medical Screening
- Proceeding with IVF to create embryos
What if we’re missing a carrier: Gestational Carriers
Gestational carriers can help carry a pregnancy for those who need assistance
Who can be a GC?
- Family members
- Friends or acquaintances
- Persons found through an IVF program or agency
What are the requirements?
- Healthy physical and psychological condition
- History of successfully carrying a pregnancy
- Pass a thorough medical review
How is it different?
- Can be quite costly due to involvement
- More complex administration
- More advanced legal requirements
Don’t just take our word for it.
See what others are saying
K.W.
"We can't thank Life IVF enough"
After 5 years of marriage and trying to begin a family, 3 unsuccessful IUIs with a different doctor, 3 retrievals, and 2 transfers — we finally have our rainbow baby girls. Dr. Yelian and his staff help make our family complete. We can’t thank Life IVF enough.
S.P.
"We finally have our big bundle of joy!"
After 3 years of miscarriages and surgeries we finally turned to IVF. With DOR and Adenomyosis and no viable Day 5 embryos after 3 cycles, we never gave up! Luckily after transferring a fresh day 3 embryo on cycle 4 we have our precious baby! He is worth every moment of despair and grief we went through. He started walking and is incredibly smart and strong and loving!
J.C.
“Dr. Yelian is AMAZING"
Dr Yelian is AMAZING, a real find - he has a tough patient population and still never gives up, even when the patient feels like it. He weathers the storms, has patience and persistence, and a great bedside manner. His flexibility and experience with his protocols gave us 2 great kids!
S.V.
“We had a wonderful experience”
We had a wonderful experience at Life IVF. The kindness and professionalism of the staff made the difficulties associated with IVF much easier. We ended up having a beautiful child.
K.H.
"I recommend Life IVF any opportunity I get"
We were so thankful we had a friend introduce us to Life IVF. The entire experience was top notch. From price, availability to talk to the staff, the process, education and ultimately outcome. Even accounting for the fact that we traveled from AZ to CA to receive treatment from Life IVF. I recommend Life IVF any opportunity I get. It’s thanks to Dr. Yelian and his staff that we have a perfect baby boy.
