Trans Men Need the Competent Fertility Care I Never Got

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Trans Men Need the Competent Fertility Care I Never Got

http://www.advocate.com/commentary/2016/3/09/trans-men-need-competent-fertility-care-i-never-got

The Advocate/By Alex Abramovich March 09 2016 6:14 AM EST

"For as long as I can remember, I have wanted children. For most of my life, I thought that I would carry my child, but those feelings changed shortly after I came out as a trans man and started taking testosterone. Producing a genetically related child was still important to me, but I was no longer able to see myself carrying a pregnancy. After discussing all of our options, my wife, Caroline, and I decided that the closest we would ever get to creating another human together would be to fertilize my eggs with donor sperm and to then implant the embryo into Caroline for her to carry the baby."