TY - JOUR
T1 - Care of the transgender or gender-nonconforming patient undergoing in vitro fertilization
AU - Broughton, Darcy
AU - Omurtag, Kenan
PY - 2017/10/2
Y1 - 2017/10/2
N2 - Background: Assisted reproductive technologies, including in vitro fertilization (IVF), can be utilized for fertility preservation and family building in the transgender and gender-nonconforming population. Methods: This is a retrospective case series from an academic tertiary care center. Results: We present three couples with a transgender or gender-nonconforming member who pursued IVF to build their families. The first case involves a transgender man who suspends hormone therapy to undergo IVF. The second involves a transgender woman who uses her previously banked sperm to undergo IVF with her wife. The third involves a gender nonbinary patient and their cisgender wife who create and transfer embryos from both partners. Conclusion: IVF can provide unique family-building opportunities to transgender and gender-nonconforming patients, and providers should seek to broaden their clinical experience with this population.
AB - Background: Assisted reproductive technologies, including in vitro fertilization (IVF), can be utilized for fertility preservation and family building in the transgender and gender-nonconforming population. Methods: This is a retrospective case series from an academic tertiary care center. Results: We present three couples with a transgender or gender-nonconforming member who pursued IVF to build their families. The first case involves a transgender man who suspends hormone therapy to undergo IVF. The second involves a transgender woman who uses her previously banked sperm to undergo IVF with her wife. The third involves a gender nonbinary patient and their cisgender wife who create and transfer embryos from both partners. Conclusion: IVF can provide unique family-building opportunities to transgender and gender-nonconforming patients, and providers should seek to broaden their clinical experience with this population.
KW - Fertility preservation
KW - gender-nonconforming
KW - in vitro fertilization
KW - transgender
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85026783386&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/15532739.2017.1352554
DO - 10.1080/15532739.2017.1352554
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85026783386
SN - 1553-2739
VL - 18
SP - 372
EP - 375
JO - International Journal of Transgenderism
JF - International Journal of Transgenderism
IS - 4
ER -