Reception of Oocytes from the Partner (ROPA)

After the enforcement in 2005 of the same-sexe marriages law in Spain, Cefer Reproductive Institute started to apply new assisted reproductive techniques. Nowadays two women can actively participate in the adventure of having children. The result was the first birth in the whole world of a girl in Valencia from two mothers: one mother gave the eggs and the other mother went to the pregnancy.

This technique is also applied when advanced age is a problem. You can can use your own eggs and your partner can carry the baby, if she is younger.

The ROPA is not considered as a donation, that is to say, it is the same process that heterosexual couples undergo when the man gives his sperm to the woman. The genetic material is related to the couple, then it is not a typical donation.

As a technique, ROPA is more effective than the artificial insemination, the other choice of lesbian couples.