Treatment options for 2SLGBTQIA+ Families

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Understanding your options

Welcoming a child is one of life’s greatest joys, but the path to parenthood can feel uniquely complex for 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals and families. At RCC Fertility, we are dedicated to helping make your dream a reality, providing exceptional care regardless of your identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation.

Along the way, we’ve trained our team, refined our practices, and created spaces where you’ll feel welcome, safe, and respected. Here’s how we’re committed to you.

Inclusive Training

Our staff has received extensive education on gender and sexual diversity and inclusion to bring you compassionate, informed care.

Expertise in Donor and Surrogacy Services

From donor and gestational carrier solutions to reciprocal reproduction, we provide tailored options to meet your needs.

Inclusive Facilities

All clinics offer both gender-neutral and gendered washrooms for your comfort.

Supportive Care for Gender-Affirming Hormones

We guide and support patients using gender-affirming hormones for conception or sperm production.

Exceptional care

For over 20 years, we’ve supported 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals and families in achieving their dream of growing a family.

2SLGBTQIA+ Family-Building Options

Every family-building path is unique. Yours begins with understanding your options.
Whether you’re providing the egg, sperm, or exploring donor or surrogacy options, we’re here to guide you through each step.

Here’s what the process may look like for you.

1. Fertility Assessment: A personalized diagnostic assessment of your fertility health.

2.Specialist Consultation: Meet with one of our specialists who want to know all about you and your fertility goals.

3. Third-Party Counseling: We’ll help you navigate the emotional and logistical aspects of donor selection and family-building.

4. Sperm Donor Selection: Choose a sperm donor that fits your family’s needs.

5. Meet with a genetic counsellor: Meet with a genetic counsellor to support the donor matching process and identify any inherited conditions that could affect compatibility.

6. Treatment Options: Choose between IUI, IVF, or reciprocal IVF Pregnancy Test: Confirm your results with your care team.

7. Referral to OB/Midwife: Transition to ongoing pregnancy care with a trusted provider.

Here’s what the process may look like for you.

1. Fertility Assessment: Diagnostic testing to evaluate fertility health.

2. Specialist Consultation: Meet with a fertility specialist to discuss your best approach.

3. Third-Party Counseling: Explore egg donor and gestational carrier options with compassionate guidance.

4. Egg Donor Selection: Choose an egg donor to help create embryos.

5. Meet with a genetic counsellor: Meet with a genetic counsellor to help identify any inherited conditions that could impact compatibility with your chosen egg donor.

6. IVF Treatment: Fertilize eggs to create embryos for transfer.

7. Gestational Carrier Match: You may choose someone you know or work with an agency to match with a Gestational Carrier.

8. Embryo Transfer: Complete the transfer procedure with expert care.

9. Pregnancy Test: Confirm your results with your care team.

10. Referral to OB/Midwife: Transition to pregnancy care with a trusted provider.

Family Building

Considering
Donor or Surrogacy?

For some families, third-party reproduction—including donor sperm, eggs, embryos, or gestational carriers—is part of the family-building process. While it may feel complex, you’re never navigating it alone. We offer expert guidance and compassionate care to help you navigate these options with confidence and clarity.

Helpful Resources

LGBTQSIA+ Parenting Network

Sherbourne Health Centre

Sherbourne offers a wide range of primary healthcare programs and services to Two Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and non-binary, and queer (2SLGBTQ) individuals.

Law Firms Specializing in Donor and Surrogacy services

Fertility Law Canada

Surrogacy law, egg donor law, sperm donor law, embryo donor law across Canada and legal parentage in Ontario

Sherri Levitan

Fertility Lawyer in Toronto

Single Parents By Choice

Single Mothers by Choice

Parents Canada

Fertility Friends Foundation

Dr. Shannon Corbett 2SLGBTQ+ Fertility Fund

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