ROPA
Technique
Are You a Same-Sex Female Couple Interested in Building a Family?
ROPA, which stands for Reception of Oocytes from Partner, is an innovative IVF treatment that enables same-sex female couples to share the experience of family creation equally. Traditionally, the path to parenthood posed unique challenges for same-sex couples. However, ROPA offers a modern solution that allows both partners to actively participate in the journey.
This procedure involves one partner donating her oocytes, while the other provides her uterus to carry the pregnancy. The result is a full-term pregnancy and the birth of a healthy baby, symbolizing the shared commitment to motherhood.
Discover the possibilities of shared motherhood with the ROPA technique and take a confident step towards realizing your dreams of parenthood.
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In what circumstances is ROPA recommended?
Same-sex female couples that want to share parenthood and become active participants in the reproductive process, either because they want to or because one of the partners has a medical condition, can opt for ROPA. This may include:
- Changes in oocyte quality
- The absence of one’s own oocytes
- Ovarian insufficiency or severe dysfunction
- Any sickness has a chance of being passed down through the generations.
- Genetic or chromosomal anomalies
- Failures of previous fertility procedures
How we do it?
Why we are the best?
All of our procedures are carried out at our state of the art fertility center, which employs the most cutting-edge technologies and a highly competent and devoted team. Our knowledgeable coordinators will be with you every step of the way to ensure your safety and comfort.
Donors from our personal donor bank as well as any bank of your choice are available for sperm donation. We welcome you to come to our center, meet our team, and speak with our head specialist about your specific medical needs.
This will allow you both to be prepared for your upcoming trip to Cyprus, where one of you will be “donating” eggs while the other prepares her womb to accept the embryos skilfully fertilised in our lab. Then it’s only a matter of waiting for a positive result or trying again till you get pregnant.
Pharmacological Treatment and Procedure
The oocyte donor undergoes ovarian stimulation to develop multiple follicles, monitored via ultrasound and hormonal blood tests. Mature oocytes are retrieved once the follicles reach the desired size, in a 15-minute procedure performed under anesthesia.
Preparation of Sperm
After being thawed, a cryopreserved (frozen) sperm sample from an anonymous donor is prepared in the lab to split and choose the finest sperm cells for fertilization. The sperm and oocytes are then mixed for many hours in an incubator that creates ideal fertilization conditions.
Embryo Transfer and Fertilization
- After the oocytes have been collected and the sperm from an anonymous donor has been processed (capacited), they are fertilized and maintained in the lab under monitoring until the day of transfer.
- Meanwhile, the lady who will be the recipient of the embryo begins treatment to prepare her uterus and improve the odds of embryo implantation.
- Endometrial preparation necessitates the administration of hormones such as oestrogens and progesterone to achieve the desired endometrial thickness.
At Gaia Fertility, we will choose the best quality embryo to be put into the uterine cavity once the gestational mother’s uterus is ready for implantation. The Embryo Transfer is a simple, rapid process that requires no anesthesia or recuperation time.
A beta-hCG test will be performed 15 days following the embryo transfer to confirm pregnancy.
