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==Fertility preservation for people who were [[assigned female at birth]]== | ==Fertility preservation for people who were [[assigned female at birth]]== | ||
[[Masculinizing hormone therapy]] decreases ovulation and stops menstrual bleeding. However, people on masculinizing HRT may still become pregnant.<ref>{{cite journal | author = Krempasky C, Harris M, Abern L, Grimstad F | year = 2020 | title = Contraception across the transmasculine spectrum | url = https://www.ajog.org/article/S0002-9378(19)30955-X/fulltext | journal = The American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology| volume = 222 | issue = 2| pages = 134–143 | doi = 10.1016/j.ajog.2019.07.043 | pmid = 31394072 }}</ref> | [[Masculinizing hormone therapy]] decreases ovulation and stops menstrual bleeding. However, people on masculinizing HRT may still become pregnant.<ref>{{cite journal | author = Krempasky C, Harris M, Abern L, Grimstad F | year = 2020 | title = Contraception across the transmasculine spectrum | url = https://www.ajog.org/article/S0002-9378(19)30955-X/fulltext | journal = The American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology| volume = 222 | issue = 2| pages = 134–143 | doi = 10.1016/j.ajog.2019.07.043 | pmid = 31394072 }}</ref> | ||
In patients who have at least begun puberty and who still have their ovaries, oocytes (egg cells) can be cryopreserved for use at a later time. This process can take two or three weeks and requires a doctor to give the patient synthetic hormones which induce oocyte production.<ref name="Smith2019" /> | |||
==Fertility preservation for people who were [[assigned male at birth]]== | ==Fertility preservation for people who were [[assigned male at birth]]== | ||
In patients who have at least begun puberty and who still have their testicles, sperm can be cryopreserved for use at a later time. The sperm can be collected manually or can be extracted by a doctor. The process only takes a day.<ref name="Smith2019" /> | |||
==Cost== | |||
[[Health insurance|Insurance]] companies generally consider fertility preservation as "not medically necessary", and thus do not cover these procedures, even when covering other transition-related healthcare.<ref name="Smith2019" /> | |||
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