Patients’ Stories

This documentary was filmed by David’s two fathers who received their bundle of joy thanks to Dr. Smotrich, La Jolla IVF and a great egg donor and gestational surrogate. The two gentlemen travelled all the way from Italy to undergo the egg donor/surrogate cycle at La Jolla IVF as it is illegal in Italy. Subsequent…

This documentary was filmed by David’s two fathers who received their bundle of joy thanks to Dr. Smotrich, La Jolla IVF and a great egg donor and gestational surrogate. The two gentlemen travelled all the way from Italy to undergo the egg donor/surrogate cycle at La Jolla IVF as it is illegal in Italy. Subsequent…

With a New Zealand ban on buying donor eggs, one couple a week is heading overseas to create a family….. this documentary highlights the lengths people will go to in order to procreate and achieve their elusive dream of creating a family. Dr. Smotrich says he treats several couples a month from New Zealand at…

An Irish man and his Spanish husband who live in north county Dublin are expecting their first child by a surrogate mother based in California. Patrick and Alvaro came all the way from Ireland to La Jolla IVF to have a baby with the help of an egg donor and surrogate, because Dr. Smotrich is particularly…