Patients’ Stories
“Due padri per David-Two Fathers for David”
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…
Read More"Due padri per David-Two Fathers for David"
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…
Read More“New Zealand couple – Egg Donation”
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…
Read MoreThe big story: Two men and a baby
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…
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