Your lifelong friend or a beloved family member has struggled to get pregnant. Or maybe you’re close to a gay friend or couple that wants to start a family. The bottom line is that you want to help by offering to become their surrogate, but you’re unsure how to...
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What are potential physical and emotional effects of IVF?
Assisted reproductive technology (ART) has helped countless Minnesotans begin or grow their families, including couples with fertility issues, same-sex partners, and individuals. The methods used in ART range from couples using their own sperm and eggs for...
What is included in a Minnesota surrogacy agreement?
Growing your family through surrogacy can be a long and complicated process. Minnesota, along with many other states, has no surrogacy laws. But when the process proceeds correctly, courts are generally favorable toward intended parents and surrogates. Despite the...
The difference between IUI and IVF
Individuals and couples with fertility issues often need help to get pregnant. In vitro fertilization (IVF) and intrauterine insemination (IUI) are two types of assisted reproduction technologies recommended by fertility doctors. During an IUI procedure, sperm is...
Preparing for IVF: Dos and don’ts
Infertility causes mental and physical stress for millions of men and women. Many couples and individuals in Minnesota are consumed with disappointment and feelings of inadequacy over being unable to have a traditional pregnancy and may suffer from the undeserving...
New definition of infertility brings hope to same-sex couples
In vitro fertilization (IVF) and other assisted reproduction services have historically been more challenging for LGBTQ+ couples across the country. That is partly due to health insurance companies denying coverage based on the U.S. government’s definition of...
How could the Roe v. Wade decision impact ART and IVF?
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling immediately affected access to abortion care in several states. But some experts believe the repeal could lead to ramifications – intended or unintended – in other areas of reproductive...
IVF embryo testing generates debate
Prospective parents who turn to in vitro fertilization (IVF) to conceive a child are often asked to consider a test that examines DNA taken from embryo cells. Many experts believe the “preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy” or PGT-A identifies genetic...
What are the 5 stages of in vitro fertilization?
In vitro fertilization (IVF) is one of the most effective forms of assisted reproductive technology (ART) for helping couples and individuals who cannot conceive a child through traditional pregnancy. The procedure can use the couple’s sperm and eggs or embryos, eggs...
Surrogacy 101 for intended parents
Few things are as devastating as discovering you and your partner cannot have a child through traditional pregnancy. But surrogacy presents an attractive option for many people by growing their family through assisted reproductive technology (ART). Like traditional...
