Planning Parenthood
Strategies for Success in Fertility Assistance, Adoption, and Surrogacy
Published on 27. July 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-8018-9112-0 (ISBN)
Description
Planning to become a parent is a profound experience, at times agonizing, hopeful, stressful, and joyous. Not everyone is able to become pregnant, however. When the journey to parenthood proves challenging, Planning Parenthood will guide prospective parents through the complicated mazes of assisted reproduction and adoption. Specialist authors first describe fertility assistance, surrogacy, and adoption, clearly outlining the requirements of each strategy. They compare the medical, emotional, financial, and legal investments and risks involved with each of these options. Then they introduce the issues that people will need to consider when deciding which path to parenthood is best for them. Along the way these experts offer encouragement for changing course under any number of circumstances. Supporting the detailed information in this book are personal stories of the often long, winding, and emotional road to parenthood-from in vitro fertilization to egg donation to surrogacy to adoption. Armed with professional knowledge and inspired by the experiences of others who have gone before them, prospective parents will be informed and reassured by this unique resource.
Reviews / Votes
An informative guide... this panoramic view of the many routes to parenthood is both practical and encouraging. Publishers Weekly 2009 Personal stories of parents' experiences blend with insights to make for a powerful presentation of options. Midwest Book Review 2009 A comprehensive book... a much-needed resource in the infertility literature. PsycCRITIQUES 2010More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Baltimore, MD
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
8 s/w Zeichnungen
8 Line drawings, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
318 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8018-9112-0 (9780801891120)
DOI
10.56021/9780801891113
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Rebecca A. Clark | Gloria Richard-Davis | Jill Hayes
Planning Parenthood
Strategies for Success in Fertility Assistance, Adoption, and Surrogacy
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07/2009
Johns Hopkins University Press
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Rebecca A. Clark | Gloria Richard-Davis | Jill Hayes
Planning Parenthood
Strategies for Success in Fertility Assistance, Adoption, and Surrogacy
E-Book
07/2009
Johns Hopkins University Press
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Persons
Rebecca A. Clark, M.D., Ph.D., is a professor of medicine at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center and coauthor, with Dr. Hayes, of A Woman's Guide to Living with HIV Infection, also published by Johns Hopkins. Gloria Richard-Davis, M.D., FACOG, is chair and professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Meharry Medical College, associate director of the Center for Women's Health Research, and a board certified reproductive endocrinology and infertility specialist. Jill Hayes, Ph.D., is a clinical neuropsychologist in private practice and an adjunct associate professor of clinical psychiatry at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center. Michelle Murphy, J.D., is in private practice. Katherine Pucheu Theall, Ph.D., is an assistant professor at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center's School of Public Health.
Content
Preface: About This Book
Part I: What Are the Pathways to Parenthood?
1. The Fertility Workup
2. Early Fertility Assistance: Hormone Stimulation and Intrauterine Insemination
3. Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Using Your Own Eggs or Sperm
4. Using Donor Sperm
5. Using Donor Eggs and Embryos
6. Using a Surrogate
7. Domestic and International Adoptions
8. Which Options Are Available to You? The Requirements for Each Pathway
9. Considerations for Nontraditional Families
Part II: Balancing the Risks and Benefits for Each Pathway
10. Your Influence on Genetics and the Fetal and Infant Environments
11. Pregnancy and Medical Risks for Mother and Child
12. Mental Health Risks for the Child
13. Emotional Costs: What You Might Experience
14. Time Costs: How Long before You Become a Parent?
15. Hassle Costs: Travel, Appointments, Forms, and Documents
16. Financial Costs: Which Options Are Affordable?
17. Legal Considerations
18. Final Thoughts
Acknowledgments
Appendixes
A. Summary of Your Influence on Genetic Background and Fetal and Infant Environments
B. Environmental Influence, by Child's Age and Type of Adoption
C. Summary of Pregnancy and Medical Risks
D. Summary of Mental Health Risks
E. Summary of Emotional Risks
F. Summary of Time from Start of Process to Conception (Fertility Assistance) or Becoming a Parent (Adoption)
G. Summary of Hassles
H. Summary of Financial Costs
I. Summary of Legal Considerations
Glossary
Selected References
Index
Part I: What Are the Pathways to Parenthood?
1. The Fertility Workup
2. Early Fertility Assistance: Hormone Stimulation and Intrauterine Insemination
3. Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Using Your Own Eggs or Sperm
4. Using Donor Sperm
5. Using Donor Eggs and Embryos
6. Using a Surrogate
7. Domestic and International Adoptions
8. Which Options Are Available to You? The Requirements for Each Pathway
9. Considerations for Nontraditional Families
Part II: Balancing the Risks and Benefits for Each Pathway
10. Your Influence on Genetics and the Fetal and Infant Environments
11. Pregnancy and Medical Risks for Mother and Child
12. Mental Health Risks for the Child
13. Emotional Costs: What You Might Experience
14. Time Costs: How Long before You Become a Parent?
15. Hassle Costs: Travel, Appointments, Forms, and Documents
16. Financial Costs: Which Options Are Affordable?
17. Legal Considerations
18. Final Thoughts
Acknowledgments
Appendixes
A. Summary of Your Influence on Genetic Background and Fetal and Infant Environments
B. Environmental Influence, by Child's Age and Type of Adoption
C. Summary of Pregnancy and Medical Risks
D. Summary of Mental Health Risks
E. Summary of Emotional Risks
F. Summary of Time from Start of Process to Conception (Fertility Assistance) or Becoming a Parent (Adoption)
G. Summary of Hassles
H. Summary of Financial Costs
I. Summary of Legal Considerations
Glossary
Selected References
Index
"I am thirty-nine years old and have been through seven IVF cycles. I got pregnant with four of the cycles, but I miscarried them all. It wasn't clear if I could ever carry my own child.
"I was emotionally burned out from the pregnancy losses. My husband didn't want to try again. So, I began to think about our other options. It was a painful emotional journey to think about using a surrogate. I began to see family members and friends as potential carriers. It was driving me insane.
"But selecting a surrogate wasn't so easy. I looked at package after package and video after video trying to select just the right person. I finally chose our surrogate candidate.
"My husband and I are busy professionals so it was hard to set aside a week when both of us could fly across the country for our IVF cycle. We flew back home and waited anxiously for the pregnancy test. It was positive! Our surrogate went for her first ultrasound and then called with the news was that we were pregnant with twins. I screamed with joy.
"We flew to California for the birth and became the proud parents of twin girls. Our lives were forever changed. There is a special place in heaven for our surrogate and all the women who reach beyond themselves and selflessly give to others."-from Planning Parenthood
"I was emotionally burned out from the pregnancy losses. My husband didn't want to try again. So, I began to think about our other options. It was a painful emotional journey to think about using a surrogate. I began to see family members and friends as potential carriers. It was driving me insane.
"But selecting a surrogate wasn't so easy. I looked at package after package and video after video trying to select just the right person. I finally chose our surrogate candidate.
"My husband and I are busy professionals so it was hard to set aside a week when both of us could fly across the country for our IVF cycle. We flew back home and waited anxiously for the pregnancy test. It was positive! Our surrogate went for her first ultrasound and then called with the news was that we were pregnant with twins. I screamed with joy.
"We flew to California for the birth and became the proud parents of twin girls. Our lives were forever changed. There is a special place in heaven for our surrogate and all the women who reach beyond themselves and selflessly give to others."-from Planning Parenthood