Shared IVF among female couples: clinical outcomes of the Reception of Oocytes from the Partner (ROPA) method.

Research Question: What is the population undergoing the ROPA (Reception of Oocytes from Partner) method and what are the outcomes of the technique?

Design: Case series of all ROPA treatments carried out between 2011 and 2020 in 18 fertility clinics in Spain. Demographic characteristics, cycle features, laboratory and clinical outcomes, and the intentions regarding the disposition of surplus embryos were analysed.

Results: Donor patients were on average 3.

Reproductive plans and knowledge of assisted reproductive techniques among lesbian women: an international survey study.

Objective: Lesbian couples must resort to adoption or donated semen to achieve parenthood, the latter usually involving assisted reproductive technology. The aim of this study is to assess homosexual women's knowledge about assisted reproductive techniques, the importance of perceived genetic and gestational relationships for their future mother-child bond, as well as their reproductive plans.

Methods: This is an observational study based on an anonymous survey disseminated online in several countries on different continents, addressed to homosexual women.

Female couples undergoing assisted reproduction - choices and the importance of pregnancy and genetics.

Objective: To evaluate female couples' reproductive choices, the importance given to genetics and pregnancy and their expectations regarding mother-child relationship.

Methods: Observational study based on an anonymous survey applied to 217 patients during 2021. The survey was given to female couples under reproductive treatment in a private fertility clinic.

University students' opinion on gamete donor identification regimes.

Purpose: This study aims to evaluate the opinion of university students about the identification or nonidentification of gamete donation and the probability of donation according to the different regimes.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional observational study based on an online anonymous survey including questions about sociodemographic data, reasons for considering donations, information about the donation process and legislation, and their opinions about the different regimes and how they would influence donations.

Results: In total, 1393 valid responses were obtained, with a mean age of 24.

Lesbian shared IVF: the ROPA method: a systematic review.

The ROPA (Reception of Oocytes from PArtner) method, also known as lesbian shared IVF (in vitro fertilization), is an assisted reproduction technique for female couples, in which one of the women provides the oocytes (genetic mother) and the other receives the embryo and gestates (gestational mother). As a double parented method, it is the only way lesbian women may biologically share motherhood. This is a narrative review of data concerning ROPA published in PubMed, Scopus, and Cochrane Library.

Ulipristal Acetate in Adenomyosis.

Adenomyosis is defined as the invasion of the basal endometrium (stroma and glands) into the underlying myometrium. It may lead to abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB), pelvic pain, and infertility. The definitive treatment is hysterectomy.

Similar reproductive outcomes between lesbian-shared IVF (ROPA) and IVF with autologous oocytes.

Purpose: To compare reproductive outcomes of the ROPA method (reception of oocytes from partner) to IVF with autologous oocytes. To study the impact of the absence of a genetic link between the embryo and its recipient in reproductive outcomes.

Methods: Retrospective multicentric cohort study performed from January 2011 to December 2020 in 18 fertility clinics in Spain.

The Pathway of Female Couples in a Fertility Clinic.

Objective:  The present study aims to describe the main characteristics of female couples resorting to a fertility clinic, to understand whether these patients have clear previous plans concerning procreation and how they end up completing their family planning, and to briefly describe the main outcomes of the (ROPA, in the Spanish acronym: in English, reception of partner's oocytes) method.

Methods:  This is a descriptive retrospective study of the pathway and outcomes of female couples in a fertility clinic during a 2-year period.

Results:  A total of 129 couples were treated.

Timed intercourse in association with controlled ovarian hyperstimulation as the first-line treatment of couples with unexplained subfertility.

Objective: To report on the pregnancy outcomes of timed intercourse (TI) with controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH) as the first-line treatment of unexplained subfertility, and provide some evidence on the factors involved.

Methods: The records of couples treated between January 2016 and March 2019 were retrospectively analyzed. Couples were selected for TI based on standard infertility evaluation.

ROPA - Lesbian shared in vitro fertilization - Ethical aspects.

Recently, a technique of assisted reproduction was developed to allow lesbian women to share biological motherhood of their offspring - the ROPA method (in Spanish - Recepción de Ovocitos de Pareja; in English - Reception of Partner's Oocytes), also known as lesbian shared in vitro fertilization. One mother provides the oocytes (genetic mother) and the other receives the embryo and gets pregnant (gestational mother). As for most issues related to medically assisted reproduction, this technique raises a lot of ethical questions in respect to patients, future offspring, gametes, and embryos.

Seminal and testicular microbiome and male fertility: A systematic review.

Microbiome is of upmost importance for the well-being of the human body. Based on culture and PCR methods, seminal flora has been pointed as a potential cause for some of the unexplained male infertility. This is a systematic review about the effect of seminal microbiota studied by Next Generation Sequencing techniques on sperm quality and male fertility, performed according to PRISMA statement.

Early serum progesterone and prolactin analysis at day 9 of oocyte retrieval as a predictor of success in fresh ICSI cycles.

Objective: To analyze progesterone and prolactin plasma levels nine days after oocyte retrieval and evaluate their correlation with pregnancy rates in in vitro fertilization cycles. To achieve pregnancy, several factors are analyzed before and during the in vitro fertilization cycle. Progesterone supplementation for adequate luteal phase support is indicated despite the presence of multiple corpus luteum in IVF stimulation cycles because of blockage caused by hypothalamic agonists and antagonists.