Having a Baby... When the Old-Fashioned Way Isn't Working : Hope and Help for Everyone Facing Infertility

by Margolis, Cindy; Kanable, Kathy; Ben-Ozer, Snunit

• ISBN13: 9780399533853
• ISBN10: 0399533850
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-01-02
• Publisher: Perigee Trade

Summary

Finding out you can't have a baby the "old-fashioned way" can be such a huge blow. Bewildering, frightening, depressing, and did I mention stressful? After you read this book, infertility-the Big Secret-will be a secret no more. For some of you it will be a long road; others will be lucky enough to (or make certain choices that will) shorten it by months or years. But you will make your baby dreams come true. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Cindy Margolis is a popular Internet and TV personalilty. In 2005, she was chosen to be the national spokesperson for RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their three children.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Foreword	p. xi
Introduction: Welcome to the Reproductively Challenged Club	p. 1
Get Thee to a Specialist
Our Story	p. 13
The High-Tech Journey Begins	p. 25
Here's a Playboy-Go Make Me Some Sperm! Or Let's Get Clinical	p. 51
If at First You Don't Succeed: Our Adventures in IVF Land	p. 67
How Much Is That Baby in the Window? Figuring Out Costs, Insurance, and What Is and Isn't Covered	p. 87
Other Options for Growing a Family: Surrogacy, Gestational Surrogacy, Third-Party Donors, and Adoption
She's Having My Baby: Choosing Surrogacy	p. 107
Going Shopping: Egg and Sperm Donation	p. 141
Beyond Biology: Creating Your Family Through Adoption	p. 165
Where Do You Go from Here?
A Guy's Perspective	p. 183
Hang In There!	p. 195
Glossary	p. 201
Resources	p. 205
Index	p. 211
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