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9781572485310

The Infertility Answer Book

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    9781572485310

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    1572485310

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-10-01
  • Publisher: Sphinx Pub
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Summary

Your guide to building a family through adoption.

Table of Contents

Introduction xiii
SECTION I: ASSISTED REPRODUCTION
Understanding & Evaluating Reproductive Technologies
3(14)
Understanding Your Condition
What Technology Can Do for You
What Technology Cannot Do for You
Understanding Terminology
Finding Medical Professionals You are Comfortable With Success Rates
Your Right to ART
Initial Visit
Setting Limits
Privacy
Your Rights as an Art Patient
Weighing Technology vs. Adoption
Weighing the Use of Donors
Ethical Considerations
HIV and Assisted Reproduction
Dealing with Risks
Fertility Specialist Questionnaire
Coping with Art
17(4)
Deal with Emotions
Making Time for Art
Keeping Your Relationship Stable
Live Your Life
Affording Fertility Treatments
21(8)
Insurance
Thinking About Costs
Medical Spending Accounts
Financing Fertility
Taxes
Fertility for Singles
29(2)
Finding Medical Providers
Discrimination
Considerations
Gay and Lesbian Assisted Reproduction
31(4)
Finding Doctors and Clinics
Legal Parents
Discrimination
Insemination
35(12)
Laws
Types of Sperm Donors
Legal Parents
Future Considerations
Choosing a Sperm Bank Questionnaire
Egg Donation
47(8)
Finding a Donor
Donation Process
Cost
Agreement
State Laws
Legal Rights
Future Contact with the Donor
Ovarian Tissue Donation
Choosing a Clinic Questionnaire
Embryo Donation
55(10)
Finding a Donor
State Laws
Costs
Agreement
Issues
Privacy
Clinic Evaluation Questionnaire
Surrogacy
65(12)
Laws Concerning Surrogacy
The Legal Process of Surrogacy
California Procedure
Surrogacy Programs
Finding a Surrogate on Your Own
Surrogacy Agreements
Payment Issues
Insurance Coverage
Problems with Surrogacy
Other Steps to Protect Yourself
Choosing a Surrogacy Program Questionnaire
Emerging Technologies
77(6)
Nuclear Transfer
In Vitro Maturation
Cytoplasmic Transfer
Cloning
Cryopreservation
83(4)
Contract
Cost
Divorce
Death of a Parent
Raising an ART Child
87(4)
Explaining Things to Your Child
Coping with Other People
Medical Information
Helping Your Child Locate His or Her Donors or Surrogates
Moving from Fertility to Adoption
91(4)
SECTION II: ADOPTION
Understanding Adoption
95(8)
Legal Effects
Birth Parents' Rights and Roles
Extended Birth Family
Legal Process
Making the Decision to Adopt
Preparing for the Adoption Rollercoaster
Preparing for the Future
Adoption Decisions
103(16)
Open vs. Closed Adoption
Domestic vs. International Adoption
Agency vs. Private Adoption
Finding and Choosing an Agency
Finding and Choosing an Attorney
Facilitators
Affording Adoption
Agency Evaluation Questionnaire
Attorney Evaluation Questionnaire
Adoption Procedures
119(20)
Home Studies
Consent
No Consent Needed
Notice
Timing of Consent
Consent Procedures
Revocation
Adoption Court Procedures
Postplacement
Birth Certificates
Adoption Financial Credits
Family Leave
Insurance and Planning for the Future
Second-Parent Adoption
139(6)
Deciding to Adopt a Stepchild
Qualifications to Adopt
Notice or Consent
Preadoption Procedures
Second-Parent Adoption Process
Domestic Agency Adoption
145(16)
Public Agencies
Agency Liability
Private Agency Adoption
Interstate Issues
Ethnic Concerns
International Adoption
161(12)
Choosing an Agency
Choosing a Country
Choosing a Child
Dealing with Paperwork
The Process
Dealing with Immigration
Citizenship
Readoption
Changes in Adoption Law
Forms Checklist for International Adoption
International Agency Questionnaire
Parent-Initiated Adoption
173(14)
Adopting Independently with an Agency
How to Find a Birth Mother
Facilitator
Advertising
Choosing a Birth Mother
Contact with Birth Mother
Payments
Counseling
Waiting for Your Child to be Born
Paperwork
Adjustment Period
Choosing a Facilitator Questionnaire
Potential Birth Mother Questionnaire
Single-Parent Adoption
187(4)
Considerations for Single-Parent Adoption
Bias Against Single Parents
Home Studies
Laws Governing Single-Parent Adoption
Protecting Your Family
Raising Your Child
Gay and Lesbian Adoption
191(6)
Single-Parent Adoption
Second-Parent Adoption
Couple Adoption
International Adoption
Finding Gay-Friendly Adoption Agencies
Raising an Adoptive Child
Coping with Adoption
197(6)
Dealing with Reactions to Adoption
Dealing with Others Involved in Your Case
Dealing with the Waiting
Dealing with Doubts
Changing Your Mind
Taking Time Off for Your Adoption
Bonding with an Adopted Child
Dealing with Adoption Disappointments
Raising an Adopted Child
203(8)
Celebrating Your Adoption
Breastfeeding an Adopted Infant
Talking to Your Biological Children about Adoption
Raising Biological and Adopted Siblings
Talking to Your Child about His or Her Adoption
Keeping an Adoption a Secret
Cultural Heritage
Medical Issues
Postadoption Support
Finding Birth Parents
Epilogue 211(2)
Glossary 213(8)
Appendix A: Resources 221(12)
Appendix B: Forms 233(28)
Index 261(16)
About the Author 277

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