Borneskog Catrin, Lampic Claudia, Sydsjö Gunilla, Bladh Marie, Svanberg Agneta Skoog
Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, S-751 85, Uppsala, Sweden.
Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, S-141 83, Huddinge, Sweden.
BMC Womens Health. 2014 Dec 12;14:154. doi: 10.1186/s12905-014-0154-1.
More and more lesbian couples are planning parenthood through donor insemination and IVF and the number of planned lesbian families is growing in Sweden and other western countries. Research has shown that lesbian couples report as much overall satisfaction in their relationships as do heterosexual couples. However, although parenthood is highly desired, many parents are unaware of the demands of parenthood and the strain on their relationship that the arrival of the baby might bring. The aim of this study was to compare lesbian and heterosexual couples' perceptions of relationship satisfaction at a three-year follow up after assisted reproduction.
The present study is a part of the Swedish study on gamete donation, a prospective longitudinal cohort study. The present study constitutes a three-year follow up assessment of lesbian and heterosexual couples after assisted reproduction. Participants requesting assisted reproduction at all fertility clinics performing gamete donation in Sweden, were recruited consecutively during 2005-2008. A total of 114 lesbian women (57 treated women and 57 partners) and 126 heterosexual women and men (63 women and 63 men) participated. Participants responded to the ENRICH inventory at two time points during 2005-2011; at the commencement of treatment (time point 1) and about three years after treatment termination (time point 3). To evaluate the bivariate relationships between the groups (heterosexual and lesbian) and socio-demographic factors Pearson's Chi- square test was used. Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was used for testing of normality, Mann-Whitney U- test to examine differences in ENRICH between the groups and paired samples t-test to examine scores over time.
Lesbian couples reported higher relationship satisfaction than heterosexual couples, however the heterosexual couples satisfaction with relationship quality was not low. Both lesbian and heterosexual couples would be classified accordingly to ENRICH-typology as vitalized or harmonious couples.
At a follow-up after assisted reproduction with donated sperm, lesbian couples reported stable relationships and a high satisfaction with their relationships, even when treatment was unsuccessful.
越来越多的女同性恋伴侣正计划通过供体授精和体外受精来生育子女，在瑞典和其他西方国家，计划组建女同性恋家庭的数量正在增加。研究表明，女同性恋伴侣对其关系的总体满意度与异性恋伴侣相当。然而，尽管生育子女的愿望非常强烈，但许多父母并未意识到为人父母的要求以及婴儿的到来可能给他们的关系带来的压力。本研究的目的是在辅助生殖三年后，比较女同性恋伴侣和异性恋伴侣对关系满意度的认知。
本研究是瑞典配子捐赠研究的一部分，这是一项前瞻性纵向队列研究。本研究构成了对辅助生殖后女同性恋伴侣和异性恋伴侣的三年随访评估。在2005年至2008年期间，连续招募了在瑞典所有进行配子捐赠的生育诊所寻求辅助生殖的参与者。共有114名女同性恋女性（57名接受治疗的女性和57名伴侣）以及126名异性恋女性和男性（63名女性和63名男性）参与。参与者在2005年至2011年期间的两个时间点对ENRICH量表做出回应；在治疗开始时（时间点1）以及治疗结束约三年后（时间点3）。为了评估两组（异性恋和女同性恋）与社会人口学因素之间的双变量关系，使用了Pearson卡方检验。使用Kolmogorov-Smirnov检验来检验正态性，使用Mann-Whitney U检验来检查两组之间ENRICH量表的差异，并使用配对样本t检验来检查随时间的得分。
女同性恋伴侣报告的关系满意度高于异性恋伴侣，然而异性恋伴侣对关系质量的满意度也不低。根据ENRICH类型学，女同性恋伴侣和异性恋伴侣都会被归类为充满活力或和谐的伴侣。
在使用捐赠精子进行辅助生殖后的随访中，女同性恋伴侣报告关系稳定且对其关系高度满意，即使治疗未成功。
