LGBTQ+ Family Building

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Reciprocal IVF: How It Works

Updated by the Progyny Clinical Team — September 2025. Advances in reproductive medicine have made it easier than ever for […]

LGBTQ+ Family Building

Celebrating Pride: LGBTQ+ Family Building

At Progyny, we are proud to support all paths to parenthood and celebrate the many ways we build our families. […]

LGBTQ+ Family Building

Egg Bank 101: All About Using Egg Banks for Pregnancy

What Is an Egg Bank? An egg bank is a specialized facility where human eggs (oocytes) are collected, frozen, and […]

LGBTQ+ Family Building

The State of LGBTQ+ Fertility and Family Building

We’ve come a long way in LGBTQ+ family building. With advances in reproductive technology, there are now more ways than […]

Surrogacy / Adoption

Progyny Webinar: LGBTQ+ Family Building: Surrogacy 101

Progyny is proud to offer inclusive and equitable family building benefits that support all paths to parenthood and celebrate all […]

LGBTQ+ Family Building

Donor Eggs: Top 5 Most Common Questions

By Rachel Campbell, Egg Donation Manager at Circle Surrogacy & Egg Donation Many people look to egg donation on the […]

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This is Infertility

Episode 209

Reimagining LGBTQ+ Family Building: A Midwife’s Perspective

This episode is a reminder of the power of identity-informed care and how transformative it can be to feel seen and supported.

Marea Goodman

PregnantTogether

Episode 208

Family Building Without Barriers: Maggie’s Reciprocal IVF Journey

Maggie discovered that her employer, Santander Bank, offered inclusive fertility benefits through Progyny and that they had something rare: options.

Maggie Garnsey

Progyny Member

Episode 184

Building Your Family; The Complete Guide to Donor Conception

Medically choosing a donor, you want to think about family history. You are not getting that person — you're getting their paternal and maternal generations.

Dr. Mark Leondires

Illume Fertility and Gay Parents to Be

Episode 172

A Mic for the LGBTQIA+ Community: The Queer Family Podcast

For the most part, the LGBTQIA+ community is an afterthought for fertility care – but we’re the main supporters and we need it in order to make our families.

Jaimie Kelton

The Queer Family Podcast

Episode 169

Transformative Benefits: An Inside Look at an Amazonian’s Family Building Journey

It’s hard to say thank you a thousand times and still not feel like that’s enough. Through Amazon’s benefits with Progyny, we were able to grow our family.

Stephanie Kalili

Progyny Member

Episode 134