If you have fertility problems, in vitro fertilisation (IVF) is another option. You don’t always need to take fertility drugs, and the procedure is quite quick and inexpensive. Sperm from a donor are injected directly into the womb and, hopefully, the woman will become pregnant. Some women inseminate themselves at home, but many choose to be inseminated in a clinic using a process called intrauterine insemination (IUI). The most common way for a woman in a same-sex relationship to become pregnant is to use donated sperm. If you are thinking of conceiving a child, there are several fertility options available. Or you may have a co-parenting arrangement with a gay male couple.
One or both of you may have children from a previous heterosexual relationship. One partner may have the baby, or you may choose to adopt. Same-sex families can be created in many different ways.
