| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 237 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
What are the pathways to parenthood?: The fertility workup -- Early fertility assistance: hormone stimulation and intrauterine insemination -- Assisted reproductive technology (ART) using your own eggs or sperm -- Using donor sperm -- Using donor eggs and embryos -- Using a surrogate -- Domestic and international adoptions -- Which options are available to you? The requirements for each pathway -- Considerations for nontraditional families. Balancing the risks and benefits for each pathway: Your influence on genetics and the fetal and infant environments -- Pregnancy and medical risks for mother and child -- Mental health risks for the child -- Emotional costs: what you might experience -- Time costs: how long before you become a parent? -- Hassle costs: travel, appointments, forms, and documents -- Financial costs: which options are affordable? -- Legal considerations |
| Summary |
Aims to guide prospective parents through the complicated mazes of assisted reproduction and adoption. This work describes fertility assistance, surrogacy, and adoption, clearly outlining the requirements of each strategy. It compares the medical, emotional, financial, and legal investments and risks involved with each of these options |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-231) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
|
English |
|
Print version record |
|
digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Human reproductive technology -- Popular works
|
|
Surrogate motherhood.
|
|
Infertility -- Popular works
|
|
Adoption.
|
|
Adoption
|
|
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Infertility.
|
|
Adoption
|
|
Human reproductive technology
|
|
Infertility
|
|
Surrogate motherhood
|
| Genre/Form |
Popular works
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| Author |
Clark, Rebecca A., 1958-
|
| LC no. |
2008023838 |
| ISBN |
9780801897283 |
|
0801897289 |
|
0801891116 |
|
9780801891113 |
|
