Successful In Vitro Fertilization in a Cisgender Female Carrier Using Oocytes Retrieved From a Transgender Man Maintained on Testosterone

• Published in: AACE clinical case reports Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 19 - 21
• Main Authors: Greenwald, Phoebe, Dubois, Bethany, Lekovich, Jovana, Pang, John Henry, Safer, Joshua
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.01.2022; American Association of Clinical Endocrinology; Elsevier
• Subjects: assisted reproduction; Case Report; Endocrinology and Metabolism; IVF; testosterone; IVF; assisted reproduction; testosterone; HT; COS; transgender; in vitro fertilization; controlled ovarian stimulation; hormone therapy; COS, controlled ovarian stimulation; IVF, in vitro fertilization; HT, hormone therapy

Health care providers routinely discontinue testosterone in transgender men undergoing oocyte retrieval. To date, there is little literature to support such discontinuation. The sudden drop in testosterone levels can be distressing for transgender men. The objective of this report was to describe a...