Received July 10, 2010
Accepted September 20, 2010

Objective: The Assisted Reproduction Techniques (ART) represent increasing demands for the project of having a child, causing changes and consequences not only in the field of medicine, but also in social ties. This study focused the changes and the effects of these techniques on the paternal role. Man has no “exclusivity” in the ART processes that put on stage the medical specialist, a key component to the whole treatment. Material and methods: Contextualizing the concepts in the psychoanalytic treatment setting, 12 recorded interviews produced this analysis. All men were in the beginning of the IVF cycle. Results: anatomical reality of the one who creates the child is not the key element for the construction of its subjectivity; the possibility of sacrificing the uniqueness of being a father during treatment; the support of social ties during treatment comes through “trust” in the patient’s doctor and/or institution; the importance of the doctor‘s speeches, considering the uniqueness of the subject under treatment.