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SINGLE PARENT IVF

Ready to start a family? We guide you through IVF, surrogacy, or donor options to find the best path for your unique journey.

Single parent IVF

If you are ready to start a family, our dedicated team will guide you through the best treatment option for you. Whether you need support selecting the perfect donor match, support during your Surrogacy treatment or taking the first step towards IVF using donor sperm, we’ll be there.  

When you're starting out

Learn all you can about your clinic, the team, costs of treatment, how to prepare and the treatment process. There are many ways you can get the information you need: 

Attending a fertility information event 
Care Fertility regularly runs virtual information events; our team will present treatment options and other essential information. If you have questions, you can ask them privately during the event 

Read patient stories
It can really help to read about other people’s fertility journeys. 

Read reviews
We have lots of patient reviews on Facebook, Google and Trustpilot. 

Social media
You can build a picture of what it's like to be a Care Fertility patient. 

The Care Fertility forum 
Our forum is a great support tool. You can see the questions people are asking, and if you want to, you can reach out to others going through the same journey. 

Research potential costs and funding packages available 
Funding treatment will likely be one of your considerations. 

Contact our new patient enquiry team 
The team can answer your questions about costs, the IVF process, success rates, waiting times and other important information. 

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Fertility assessments

A fertility assessment can provide you with important information about your fertility health, which you may find helpful. We will carry out some simple tests to give you an assessment of fertility potential. The results can highlight whether you have a fertility issue which could make it difficult to conceive in the future or give you the reassurance that everything is fine.

Your treatment options

When you have a consultation, we will discuss your family building goals and explain your treatment options in detail.  These may include: 

Treatment with donor sperm

Choosing the right sperm donor is important, it can be a very time-consuming process but one of the biggest decisions you will make in your life. Our dedicated donation team will give you all the support and guidance you need, answering any questions you have and helping you find your donor. 

Learn more about donor sperm

Donor sperm insemination (donor IUI)

Insemination with donor sperm is a simple procedure which takes place at the same time as you are ovulating. Donor insemination procedures can be performed in your natural cycle or alternatively we can stimulate your ovaries with hormone medication to encourage a better response before the insemination.

Learn more about IUI
IVF with donor sperm

During IVF treatment we stimulate your ovaries to start the process of developing multiple eggs which will be collected and fertilised using sperm from your chosen donor. Our skilled embryologists will look after your embryos as they continue to develop, usually until Day 5, and then they select the best embryo for your embryo transfer. 

Learn more about IVF with donor sperm

Surrogacy

We can provide straight or host surrogacy. Straight surrogacy (also known as genetic, full or traditional) surrogacy is when the surrogate uses her own eggs and the sperm of an intended parent (IP) to achieve the pregnancy. In host surrogacy (also known as gestational or partial surrogacy) embryos are created using either the eggs of an intended parent or an egg donor with the sperm of an intended parent or with a donor’s sperm. 

Because we need to think about the welfare of everyone involved in a surrogacy arrangement, we will only provide treatment where the intended parent(s) will be able to obtain a parental order and become the legal parent of any child or children born. In both types of surrogacies, either the eggs or sperm used to create the embryo must be provided by an intended parent for a parental order to be granted. There are some other specific requirements set out in the law about how surrogacy can be commissioned and who can get a parental order. Surrogacy is a particularly complex area of family law and while we cannot recommend legal advisers, we can give you details of a number of advisers who we believe have relevant experience. The HFEA website is a good source of information. 

Learn more about surrogacy

Egg donation

Whether you have already found your egg donor or need help with where to start your selection process for an anonymous donor, Care Fertility clinics have dedicated egg donation teams to ensure you are guided and supported in finding a match that meets your requirements.  

Once our team has matched you with an egg donor, you’ll then be able to start IVF treatment and create your embryos. You can find out more about IVF here. The clinical teams will assist you with information about the creation of your embryos.

If you are still waiting to find a surrogate, we will create your embryos and have them available for when you're ready to start treatment.

Learn more about egg donation 

Other fertility treatments

IVF

IUI

ICSI

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