Michelle Embleton, biochemist at inviTRA, answers this question:
Basically, the answer to this is yes, the embryos will belong to both of the women in the relationship. And, providing both of them have the fully functioning uterus that can carry a pregnancy to completion, both of them can opt to have the embryos transferred into their uterus in the future. In this way, both women may participate in being pregnant at some point in their lives together when they decide to complete their family with more children.
Read the full article on: What is reciprocal IVF? – IVF with donor egg from female partner ( 78).
Michelle Lorraine Embleton
B.Sc. Ph.D.
Biochemist
PhD in Biochemistry, University of Bristol, UK, specialising in DNA : protein intereactions. BSc honours degree in Molecular Biology, Univerisity of Bristol. Translation and editing of scientific and medical literature.
