Baby making for everybody : family building and fertility for LGBTQ+ and solo parents

Baby making for everybody Family building and fertility for LGBTQ+ and solo parents

Ray Rachlin

Book - 2023

"In Baby Making for Everybody, queer millennial midwives Ray Rachlin and Marea Goodman use their professional expertise to demystify the dizzying process of pursuing parenthood as queer and solo people, offering concrete, gender-affirming advice on topics like tracking fertility, choosing a sperm donor, legal considerations, IVF, IUI, adoption, navigating gender and pregnancy, and more. The result is a much-needed how-to guide for every aspect of the complicated, messy, and glorious process of building a family as an LGBTQ+ or solo parent. Combining practical information with personal narratives and first person community wisdom, this book provides prospective parents with the information they need to grow their families outside of a t...raditional heterosexual nuclear family model"--

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Subjects
Human reproductive technology > Popular works.
Pregnancy > Popular works.
Human reproduction > Popular works.
Sexual minority parents.
Same-sex parents.
Sexual minorities' families.
Human reproduction.
Human reproductive technology.
Pregnancy.
Informational works.
Popular works.
Genres
Informational works
Popular works
Published
New York : Balance 2023.
Language
English
Main Author
Ray Rachlin (author)
Other Authors
Marea Goodman (author)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
xvii, 328 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9781538725863
  • Introduction: Who We Are and Why We Midwife
  • Chapter 1. Why Do You Want to Be a Parent, Anyway?
  • Chapter 2. Sperm, Eggs, and Uteruses-Where to Get 'Em When You Need 'Em
  • Chapter 3. Timing Is Everything: How to Figure Out Your Fertility
  • Chapter 4. Getting Pregnant: From Turkey Baster to Test Tube and Everything in Between
  • Chapter 5. Trans People Have Babies, Too
  • Chapter 6. Fostering and Adoption: Raising Children Without Baby Making
  • Chapter 7. You're Pregnant! Now What?
  • Chapter 8. Miscarriage and Infertility: When Things Don't Go as Planned
  • Chapter 9. Protecting Our Families: Legal Considerations and Building Community Resilience
  • Conclusion: Saying Goodbye (for Now)
  • Acknowledgments
  • Appendix: Let Us Midwife You: Resources for Family Formation
  • Notes
  • Index
Review by Library Journal Review

Written by two licensed midwives specializing in queer and nontraditional family building and parenting, this book aims to connect LGBTQIA+ families and provide resources. The book covers topics such as as sperm and egg donors, surrogacy, fertility, insemination, fostering, and adoption. Both authors share their own struggles as well. Readers are encouraged to explore and ask questions about the reasons they may want to be parents in the first place. Journaling prompts and self-reflection questions are included to help readers who've experienced trauma. Tips on how to parent in times of climate change, racism, and other crises are also provided. Additionally, there's advice for readers wondering how to choose a doctor, pick a donor, and track fertility. Multiple resources are included in the appendix. For example, there's a sample letter to ask for sperm/egg donors, a sample contract for those donating, a template to track the journey to pregnancy, and suggestions for further reading. VERDICT Informative and comprehensive, this book ranks as a must for readers in need of more resources on this topic.

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