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    Baby Steps

    May 08, 2022 3 minutes
    By Kristin Canning

    If you’re part of a queer or lesbian couple and want to have a baby, you might think a lack of sperm would be the main difficulty in getting pregnant. The good news: there are ways around that, like intrauterine insemination (IUI) or in vitro fertilisation (IVF) with donor sperm. The bad news: queer couples conceiving in those ways are commonly advised to undergo fertility tests experts say they might not need.

    “A fertility clinic is often a first stop for questions about IUI for queer women, but research shows it can result in aggressive

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