Table 1 Success percentages of lesbians after D-IUI, fresh D-IVF and frozen/thawed D-IVF

D-IUI

Pregnancy per cycle

None

22.2 (10/45)^a

8.8 (19/217)

0.016^b

Ferrara et al. [30]

hMG

20.8 (5/24)

10.4 (14/134)

0.172^b

Ferrara et al. [30]

CC

7.2 (5/69)

5.4 (10/185)

0.560^b

Ferrara et al. [30]

None, CC or hMG

13.5 (26/192)

9.6 (83/864)

0.105^c

Ferrara et al. [38]

None, CC, FSH or CC+ FSH

20.5 (90/438)

14.8 (44/298)

0.046^c

Nordqvist et al. [29]

Ongoing pregnancy per woman after a mean number of 3 cycles

None, CC or gonadotropins

≈60 % (≈72/120)^d

≈55 % (≈72/131)^d

0.203^c

De Sutter et al. [33]

Pregnancy per woman after a mean number of ≈ 3 cycles^e

None, CC, FSH or CC+ FSH

61.6 (90/146)

44.0 (44/100)

0.006^c

Nordqvist et al. [29]

Live-birth per cycle

None, CC, FSH or CC+ FSH

16.0 (70/438)

12.8 (38/298)

0.224^c

Nordqvist et al. [29]

Live-birth per woman after a mean number of ≈ 3 cycles^e

None, CC, FSH or CC+ FSH

48.0 (70/146)

38.0 (38/100)

0.123^c

Nordqvist et al. [29]

Fresh D-IVF

Pregnancy per cycle

Not specified

34.6 (44/127)

45.2 (57/126)

0.085^c

Nordqvist et al. [29]

Pregnancy per woman after a mean number of ≈ 1.5 cycles^f

Not specified

47.8 (44/92)

68.7 (57/83)

0.005^c

Nordqvist et al. [29]

Live-birth per cycle

Not specified

27.6 (35/127)

33.3 (42/126)

0.318^c

Nordqvist et al. [29]

Live-birth per woman after a mean number of ≈ 1.5 cycles^f

Not specified

38.0 (35/92)

50.6 (42/83)

0.095^c

Nordqvist et al. [29]

Frozen/thawed D-IVF

Pregnancy per cycle

Not specified

31.6 (31/98)

31.7 (33/104)

0.988^c

Nordqvist et al. [29]

Pregnancy per woman after a mean number of ≈ 2 cycles^g

Not specified

63.3 (31/49)

64.7 (33/51)

0.881^c

Nordqvist et al. [29]

Live-birth per cycle

Not specified

24.5 (24/98)

23.1 (24/104)

0.814^c

Nordqvist et al. [29]

Live-birth per woman after a mean number of ≈ 2 cycles^g

Not specified

49.0 (24/49)

47.1 (24/51)

0.848^c

Nordqvist et al. [29]