Syndetics cover image
Image from Syndetics

Planning parenthood : strategies for success in fertility assistance, adoption, and surrogacy / Rebecca A. Clark ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.Description: xi, 237 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780801891113 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0801891116 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9780801891120 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0801891124 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RG133.5 .P618 2009
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.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book Speedway Adult Area Non-fiction 618.178 PLA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 35550431052466
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-231) and index.

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.

Powered by Koha