With reproductive medicine there are many ways for two women to become parents together.

Using a known or anonymous sperm donor, couples can achieve pregnancy with intrauterine insemination (IUI) or in vitro fertilization (IVF).  For some couples, the same partner will plan to undergo the egg retrieval and carry the pregnancy; for others the ROPA (reception of oocytes by partner) method is used and one partner has her eggs fertilised while the other undergoes the embryo transfer and carries the pregnancy.  There is also the option of oocyte donation for any patient pursuing IVF.