Shared motherhood is where we fertilise the collected eggs from one of you with donor sperm, and then your partner receives the embryo and carries the pregnancy. Shared motherhood is a wonderful way for you to share the experience of pregnancy as a couple and for you both to play an essential role in your family journey.
This process would involve both partners undergoing scans, appointments and a stimulation process, with one partner going through the IVF process to produce eggs. These are then fertilised with your donor’s sperm in the embryology laboratory, before the embryo is transferred into the womb of the other (female) partner to carry the pregnancy.
There are four different options for you:
Shared motherhood: one partner provides the eggs and the other carries the pregnancy.
Shared motherhood and egg-sharing: one partner provides half their eggs to the other and shares the remainder with others wanting to start a family.
Shared motherhood with both partners egg-sharing: both partners share and both have the opportunity to carry the pregnancy.
Dual donation: one partner provides the eggs to the other. She, then, donates her eggs to others wanting to start a family.
