The fertility of the transgender person can be kept with freezing of sperm and eggs before the sexual reassignment process
Surgery and hormonal therapies have a great impact on the fertility of trans people, however, the freezing of gametes is an option to ensure the possibility of biological pregnancy in the future
On March 31 we celebrate the international day of trans visibility. The date is important to strengthen the guarantee of social protection to the transsexual and disguise population.
Fertility in the transgender population
Since they do not identify with sex designated at birth, many transgender people resort to gender affirmation and hormonal therapies, a resource to feel comfortable in their bodies. However, it is said little about the impact of these fertility treatments, which can later become an important problem for this population.
“In the gender affirmation, surgical interventions, which consist in the removal of testicles or uterus and ovaries, fertility is irreversibly compromised. But also transgender people who are not subject to this type of procedure can suffer from infertility due to the use of hormones”, explains Dr. Fernando Prado, a specialist in a human reproduction, a member of the American company of reproduction (ASMO) Life.
Obviously adoption is an option, however, some people want biological motherhood or paternity. This is the reason why the conservation of fertility must be thought before the start of the gender affirmation process.
This topic has become an increasingly important question for individuals and deserves attention from medicine.
The dream of having a child
According to the expert, for transgender people who want to have children in the future, the freezing of the gametes is the best option. “Critpripor is a freezing technique that can be made in eggs, ovarian tissue, sperm and embryos. At temperature of -196 ° C, these structures maintain its metabolism completely inactivated, but while preserving its feasibility,” he says.
For example, transgender people designated with males at birth can be the freezing seed, which is collected through masturbation. “Transgender people designated with females at birth can freeze eggs, which are collected through a needle, directly from the ovaries after a period of hormonal stimulation.”
Freezing gametes
Therefore, when the patient is ready to have a child, the gametes can be thawed to be fertilized in the laboratory with the opposite gamete, which can be obtained by a partner or by a donation bank, in a procedure known as in vitro fertilization (IVF).
“The embryo formed by the union of the egg and sperm is then transferred to the womb. The child can be managed by the partner, if he has a practicable uterus, or by a belly of solidarity, a person who is willing to do not a child who is not food. It is necessary to perform the procedure”, says the doctor.
Prado underlines that the cryoconer of the gametes should preferably be performed before the start of hormonal therapy. “Egg freezing and seed can also be done after the onset of hormonal therapy. But in these cases, the use of hormone should be suspended for a certain period and yet the quality of biological material can be influenced. Therefore, it is increasingly important than the conservation of fertility in transgender people is widely discussed”, concludes.
FonYOU:
Dr. Fernando Prado is a gynecologist, obstetric and human reproduction specialist. PhD of the Federal University of São Paulo and the Imperial College of London, from London – United Kingdom. Graduated in Medicine at the Federal University of São Paulo. In addition, he is a member of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) and the European Society of Human Reproduction (Eshre). He is currently clinical director of new life and medical coordinator of embryological. Instagram: @neovita.br
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