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A Baby at Last! Zev Rosenwaks & Marc Goldstein, $19.99
The couple’s complete guide to getting pregnant — from cutting edge treatments to commonsense wisdom. |
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Before Your
Pregnancy: a 90-Day Guide for Couples on How to Prepare for a Healthy
Conception. Amy Ogle & Lisa Mazzullo, $29.95
Before Your Pregnancy helps prepare prospective parents to
conceive the healthiest baby possible. This unique handbook discusses
virtually every aspect of preconception that affects a healthy baby.
The hundreds of topics covered many for the first time in any book
include:
- Men's Health
- Women's Health
- Becoming an Informed Patient
- Nutrition
- Fitness
- Medications/Herbs
- Personal Readiness
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Conceptions
& Misconceptions: the Informed Consumer's Guide through the Maze
of In Vitro Fertilization and other Assisted Reproduction Techniques.
Arthur Wisot & David Meldrum, $27.95
Conceptions & Misconceptions guides the reader through the
vast amount of information available on fertility treatments. Clear,
concise and practical, this completely updated and revised edition
discusses everything from basic physiology, to choosing a doctor and
information on avoiding some of the pitfalls — including unethical
or misleading statistics and fraudulent claims. This edition also
includes a new chapter on complementary and alternative methods, including
acupuncture, traditional Chinese medicine, nutrition and the mind-body
connection. |
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Cooking
to Conceive: Fertility-Boosting Foods & Recipes to Help
You Get Pregnant. Kim Hahn, $29.95
In Cooking to Conceive, nutrient-rich recipes and expert
tips ensure that every snack, meal and sweet treat you eat packs
a delicious, fertility-boosting punch. |
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Embryo Culture: Making Babies in the Twenty-first Century.
Beth Kohl, $28.95
In this marvelously unconventional account
of her struggles to bear children, Kohl leads the reader on an up-close
tour of fertilization in America, and the ways in which science
and miracle, technology and faith, converge to create life in the
twenty-first century. Kohl’s spirited and rich exploration of “embryo
culture” will completely revise how we see modern motherhood. |
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The Essential Fertility Log: an Organizer and Record Keeper
to Help You Get Pregnant. Suzanne Schlosberg, $18.00
When it comes to getting pregnant, timing
and accuracy are everything. What a woman in charge of her fertility
really needs is one place to track everything. Spiral-bound for
easy and frequent use, The Essential Fertility Log has
three main sections: a daily journal with space to record ovulation/cycle
information, a monthly calendar that displays the big picture of
fertility and menstrual cycles, and a section for medication, treatment,
and test records. Fun facts and tips throughout also emphasize staying
fit and healthy through regular exercise, good nutrition, and stress
management, The Essential Fertility Log is a source of
daily encouragement as well as a tool for effective communication
and collaboration with her doctor. |
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Everything Conceivable: How Assisted Reproduction is Changing
Men, Women and the World. Liza Mundy, $34.95
“Skyrocketing infertility rates and the
accompanying explosion in reproductive technology are revolutionizing
the North American family and changing the way we think about parenthood,
childbirth, and life itself. In this riveting work of investigative
reporting, Liza Mundy, an award-winning journalist for The Washington
Post, captures the human narratives, as well as the science, behind
what is today a controversial, multibillion-dollar industry, and
examines how the huge social experiment that is assisted reproduction
is transforming our most basic relationships and even our destiny
as a species. Fascinating, commanding, keenly observed and reported,
rich in personal drama as well as in the science of evolution and
reproduction, Liza Mundy’s Everything Conceivable is a
groundbreaking consideration of the changes sweeping through our
culture and the world.” |
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The Fastest
Way to Get Pregnant Naturally. Christopher Williams, $18.95
The Fastest Way to Get Pregnant Naturally has been updated
to reflect the fast-changing science of fertility. Since the first
edition was published in 2001, there have been significant changes
in fertility research and recommendations to maximize the odds during
each cycle. A valuable and timely resource for couples ready to
start their families.
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The Fertility Diet. Jorge Chavarro & Walter
Willett, $20.95
It’s common knowledge that diet and exercise
have profound effects on your health. Current research also shows
that these same factors can affect your fertility and increase —
or decrease — your chances of becoming pregnant. The Fertility
Diet describes ten simple changes in diet, activity and lifestyle
that can have positive effects on your fertility as well as your
overall health. |
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Fertility
Foods: Optimize Ovulation and Conception through Food Choices.
Jeremy Groll & Lorie Groll, $22.00
Research has shown that there is a powerful link between insulin
resistance and fertility problems. Resistance to insulin increases
the body's insulin levels, hindering normal ovulation either by
limiting the maturation process of the released egg or by preventing
ovulation altogether. High insulin levels can also impede the fertilized
egg's ability to attach to the uterus, leading to implantation failure
and miscarriage. Women with insulin resistance problems are four
to five times as likely as other women to suffer miscarriages.
Fertility Foods offers an insulin-reducing diet based
on balancing protein and complex carbohydrate intake to create insulin
levels most conducive to ovulation, including nutritional charts,
food suggestions, and recipes. Also included is an exercise program
that enhances insulin metabolism and keys to developing emotional
support system.
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Fit for
Fertility: Overcoming Infertility and Preparing for Pregnancy.
Michael Dooley, $24.95
A unique, individually tailored programme for treating infertility
through conventional and complementary medicine, Fit for Fertility
is an individually tailored approach to treatment, combining
changes to lifestyle, good nutrition and complementary therapies.
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The Garden
of Fertility: a Guide to Charting Your Fertility Signals to Prevent
or Achieve Pregnancy Naturally and to Gauge Your Reproductive Health.
Katie Singer, $30.00
The Garden of Fertility is a practical, insightful guide
for women on learning to take care of their reproductive health
naturally. Includes information on:
- Fertility Awareness techniques
- Natural pregnancy prevention
- Increasing chances of conceiving without
drugs or hormones
- Gauging reproductive health
- Strengthening gynecological health
- Reproductive anatomy, hormonal changes
and much more…
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Helping the
Stork: the Choices and Challenges of Donor Insemination. Carol
Frost Vercollone, Heidi Moss & Robert Moss, $24.99
A reassuring, supportive and comprehensive guide for anyone considering
or going through donor insemination. |
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Hope
& Will Have a Baby: the Gift of Sperm Donation. Iréné
Celcer, illustrated by Horacio Gatto, $23.95
Follow an inquisitive little boy who learns of his
parents' quest to have children, and the success they ultimately
achieve in creating a family. Told in a language a child can understand,
read the tale of how mom and dad met, fell in love, and ultimately
built a family.
(Also available in editions on Egg Donation,
Embryo Donation and Surrogacy. $23.95 each)
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How to Get
Pregnant: the Classic Guide to Overcoming Infertility, Revised
2005. Sherman Silber, $37.95 A
completely revised new edition of a classic book on fertility —
from the basics of getting pregnant to the newest breakthroughs
in infertility treatments, How to Get Pregnant explains all
the latest research and developments on tests and treatment.
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How to Make Love to a Plastic Cup: a Guy’s Guide to the World of Infertility. Greg Wolfe, $15.99
The man’s guide to anything and everything in the infertility universe, How to Make Love to a Plastic Cup answers men’s most pressing questions about infertility treatments. |
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The Infertility
Cure: the Ancient Chinese Wellness Program for Getting Pregnant and
Having Healthy Babies. Randine Lewis, $23.95
Offering the reader a natural, holistic way to support efforts to
get pregnant, The Infertility Cure outlines simple guidelines
involving diet, herbs, lifestyle choices and acupuncture in order
to create a nurturing environment for conception. Whether used on
its own or to enhance the latest Western reproductive technology,
The Infertility Cure opens the door to new ideas about fertility
management. |
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IVF & Ever After: the Emotional Needs of Families. Nichola Bedos, $38.50
“A groundbreaking work, IVF and Ever After explores in-vitro fertilization, the impact the treatment has on families and relationships, and how to manage the stress it causes.
Author Nichola Bedos explains the critical skills needed to cope with the emotional highs and lows of IVF, the joys of achieving the miracle of life and the long-term challenges of establishing a healthy, functioning family.” |
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I Want a Baby,
He Doesn't: How Both Partners Can Make the Right Decision at the Right
Time. Donna Wade & Liberty Kovacs, $17.95
Donna J. Wade has been through the trials of wanting to have children
with a husband who didn't. With the help of co-author Liberty Kovacs,
a licensed marital therapist, I Want a Baby offers unbiased,
clinical advice and anecdotal wisdom to help you and your partner
reach the best possible resolution without damaging your relationship.
Whether a baby is in your future or not, I Want a Baby, He Doesn't
is designed to help you and your partner work out the issues and keep
your relationship intact. |
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Journeys:
Stories of Pregnancy after Loss. Amy Abbey, editor, $25.95
Full of stories of loss, struggle, hope and triumph,
Journeys: Stories of Pregnancy after Loss brings together
a number of parents who tell their stories of loss and the journey
to build a family.
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Miscarriage,
Medicine & Miracles. Bruce Young, $24.50
Providing up-to-date information on physical
and mental health, nutrition, and technology, Miscarriage, Medicine
& Miracles is a proactive tool and comforting resource—from
an expert with real-life reasons to give every woman hope for a
successful pregnancy. |
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Miscarriage:
Why it Happens and How Best to Reduce Your Risks. Henry Lerner,
$25.95
From the causes of miscarriage to tests and procedures now available
to help prevent repeated miscarriage, Dr. Henry Lerner brings together
the most current information and practical advice on recovering and
preparing to conceive again. |
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My So-Called
Family. Courtney Sheinmel, $18.99 (novel)
Leah Hoffman-Ross just moved to New York and she wants her new
friends to think she's a typical thirteen-year-old. But Leah has
a secret: She doesn't have a father; she has a donor. Before Leah
was born, her mother went to Lyon's Reproductive Services and picked
Donor 730. Now Leah has a stepfather and a little brother, and her
mom thinks that they should be all the family Leah needs. Despite
her attempts to fit in and be normal, Leah can't help but feel like
something is missing.
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100 Questions
& Answers about Cancer and Fertility. Kutluk Oktay, Lindsay
Nohr Beck & Joyce Dillon Reinecke, $33.95
A valuable resource for anyone struggling with the medical, physical
and emotional turmoil of cancer and fertility issues, this guide
offers both professional and personal perspectives.
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Plan to Get Pregnant: 10 Steps to Maximum Fertility.
Zita West, $17.00
Planning to get pregnant or having difficulty
conceiving? This ten-step guide gives research-based information
and guidance on everything for foods that boost fertility to IVF
options. |
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Taking
Charge of Your Fertility: the Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control,
Pregnancy Achievement and Reproductive Health, Revised, 10th Anniversary
Edition. Toni Weschler, $29.95
Taking Charge of Your Fertility has helped thousands of
women achieve pregnancy, avoid pregnancy naturally, or simply gain
better control of their health and lives. Toni Weschler thoroughly
explains the empowering Fertility Awareness Method (FAM),
which in only a couple of minutes a day allows you to:
- enjoy highly effective and scientifically
proven birth control without chemicals or devices
- maximize your chances of conception
before you see a doctor, or
- expedite your fertility treatment
by quickly identifying impediments to pregnancy achievement
- increase the likelihood of choosing
the gender of your baby
- gain control of your sexual and gynecological
health
This new 10th anniversary edition includes
the latest on fertility technology, and an updated resources section
as well as a trial CD-ROM of Taking Charge of Your Fertility
software. |
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The Tao of Fertility: a Healing Chinese Medicine Program to Prepare Body, Mind and Spirit for a New Life. Daoshing Ni, $18.95
The Tao of Fertility combines a practical plan for enhancing fertility through traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) with empowering Taoist principles that can carry you through pregnancy, childbirth, and beyond. |
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Understanding
Fertility and Infertility: the Sourcebook for Reproductive Problems,
Treatments and Issues. Carol Turkington & Michael Alper, $25.95
The science of fertility has
made tremendous strides in recent decades, making a comprehensive
guide like Understanding Fertility and Infertility a valuable
resource. This thorough, current and compassionate book is an indispensable
sourcebook for anyone trying to overcome infertility or trying to
get pregnant. |
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Unsung Lullabies:
Understanding and Coping with Infertility. Janet Jaffe, Martha
Ourieff Diamond & David Diamond, $21.95 "For
people experiencing infertility, wanting a baby is a craving unlike
any other. The intensity of their longing is matched only by the
complexity of the emotional maze they must navigate. With insight
and compassion, Drs. Janet Jaffe, Martha Diamond, and David Diamond
— specialists in the field of Reproductive Psychology who have each
experienced their own struggle with infertility — give couples the
tools to:
- Reduce their sense of helplessness
and isolation
- Identify their mates' coping styles
to erase unfair expectations
- Listen to their "unsung lullabies"
— their conscious and unconscious dreams about having a family
- To mourn the losses of infertility
and move on
Ground-breaking, wise, and compassionate,
Unsung Lullabies is a necessary companion for anyone coping
with infertility." |
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Waiting for Daisy: a Tale of Two Continents, Three Religions,
Five Fertility Doctors, an Oscar, an Atomic Bomb, a Romantic
Night and One Woman’s Quest to Become a Mother.
Peggy Orenstein, $29.95
“Waiting for Daisy is
about loss, love, anger and redemption. It’s about doing
all the things you swore you’d never do to get something
you hadn’t even been sure you wanted. It’s about
being a woman in a confusing, contradictory time. It’s
about testing the limits of a loving marriage. And it’s
about trying (and trying and trying) to have a baby … Waiting
for Daisy is an honest, wryly funny report from the front,
an intimate page-turner that illuminates the ambivalence, obsession,
and sacrifice that characterize so many modern women’s
lives.” |
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What to Expect Before You’re
Expecting: the Complete Preconception Plan. Heidi Murkoff, $15.95
A step-by-step guide to making a baby, including prepping for
conception, boosting your fertility, adjusting your lifestyle,
timing sex for baby success and more. |
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When You’re Not Expecting: an Infertility Survival Guide. Constance Hoenk Shapiro, $24.95
This comprehensive guide offers support in helping you to strengthen your relationship, recover from pregnancy loss, and rebalance your life while managing the emotional turmoil of fertility problems. Information on current treatment along with the wisdom and experiences of personal stories and creative solutions make this a compelling book for women, couples and caregivers. |
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Resources
for Families & Professionals
Preconception
& Prenatal Health
Before Your Pregnancy: a 90-Day Guide for Couples
on How to Prepare for a Healthy Conception. Amy Ogle & Lisa Mazullo,
$29.95
The Contraception Sourcebook. Elizabeth Connell,
$19.95
Fertility Foods: Optimize Ovulation and Conception
through Food Choices. Jeremy Groll & Lorie Groll, $22.00
The Garden of Fertility: a Guide to Charting
Your Fertility Signals to Prevent or Achieve Pregnancy Naturally and to
Gauge Your Reproductive Health. Katie Singer, $30.00
Nutrition and Pregnancy: a Complete Guide from
Preconception to Post-delivery. Judith Brown, $24.95
100 Questions & Answers about Cancer and
Fertility. Kutluk Oktay, Lindsay Nohr Beck & Joyce Dillon Reinecke,
$33.95
Rewinding Your Biological Clock: Motherhood
Late in Life. Richard Paulson & Judith Sachs, $23.95
Stay Fertile Longer: Planning Now for Pregnancy
When You’re Ready. Mary Kittel, $19.95
Thinking Pregnant: Conceiving Your New Life
with a Baby. Megan V. Steelman, $20.95
What to Expect Before You’re Expecting:
the Complete Preconception Plan. Heidi Murkoff, $15.95
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Getting
Pregnant
A Baby at Last! Zev Rosenwaks & Marc Goldstein, $19.99
Cooking to Conceive: Fertility-Boosting
Foods & Recipes to Help You Get Pregnant. Kim
Hahn, $29.95
A Cooperative Method of Natural Birth Control,
Revised Edition, Margaret Nofzinger, $8.95
Embryo Culture: Making Babies in the Twenty-first
Century. Beth Kohl, $28.95
Enhancing Fertility: a Couple’s Guide to Natural
Approaches. Chris Meletis & Liz Brown, $20.95
Enhancing Fertility Naturally: Holistic Therapies
for a Successful Pregnancy. Nicky Wesson, $23.95
The Essential Fertility Log: an Organizer and
Record Keeper to Help You Get Pregnant. Suzanne Schlosberg, $18.00
Everything Conceivable: How Assisted Reproduction
is Changing Men, Women and the World. Liza Mundy, $34.95
The Everything Getting Pregnant Book: Professional,
Reassuring Advice to help You Conceive. Robin Elise Weiss, $22.95
The Fastest Way to Get Pregnant Naturally.
Christopher Williams, $18.95
Fertility & Conception: the Complete Guide
to Getting Pregnant. Zita West, $23.00
The Fertility Diet. Jorge Chavarro & Walter
Willett, $20.95
Getting Pregnant the Natural Way: the 6-Step
Natural Fertility Program Integrating Nutrition, Herbal Therapy, Movement
Therapy, Massage and Mind-Body Techniques. D. S. Feingold & Deborah
Gordon, $23.50
How to Choose the Sex of Your Baby, Revised
Edition. Landrum Shettles & David Rorvik, $21.00
How to Get Pregnant: the Classic Guide to Overcoming
Infertility, Revised 2005. Sherman Silber, $37.95
I Want a Baby, He Doesn't: How Both Partners
Can Make the Right Decision at the Right Time. Donna Wade & Liberty
Kovacs, $17.95
Journeys: Stories of Pregnancy after
Loss. Amy Abbey, editor, $25.95
The Language of Fertility: a Revolutionary
Mind-Body Program for Conscious Conception. Niravi Payne, $19.50
Making a Baby: Everything You Ned to Know to
get Pregnant. Debra Fulghum Bruce & Samuel Thatcher, $21.00
Perfect Hormone Balance for Fertility: the
Ultimate Guide to Getting Pregnant. Robert Greene, $17.75
Plan to Get Pregnant: 10 Steps to Maximum Fertility.
Zita West, $17.00
Six Steps to Increased Fertility: an Integrated
Medical and Mind/Body Program to Promote Conception. Robert Barbieri, $19.50
Taking Charge of Your Fertility: the Definitive
Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement and Reproductive
Health,10th Anniversary Edition. Toni Weschler, $29.95
The Tao of Fertility: a Healing Chinese Medicine Program to Prepare Body, Mind and Spirit for a New Life. Daoshing Ni, $18.95
Trying Again: a Guide to Pregnancy after Miscarriage,
Stillbirth, and Infant Loss. Ann Douglas & John R. Sussman, $22.95
Waiting for Daisy: a Tale of Two Continents,
Three Religions, Five Fertility Doctors, an Oscar, an Atomic Bomb, a Romantic
Night and One Woman’s Quest to Become a Mother. Peggy Orenstein, $29.95
What Your Doctor May Not Tell You about Getting
Pregnant: Boost Your Fertility with the Best of Traditional and Alternative
Therapies. Raymond Chang, $18.99
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Infertility
Budgeting for Infertility: How to Bring Home
a Baby without Breaking the Bank. E. Weidman Sterling & A. Best-Boss,
$21.00
Conquering Infertility: the Mind/Body Guide
to Enhancing Fertility and Coping with Infertility. Alice Domar, $22.50
Coping with Infertility: Clinically Proven
Ways of Managing the Emotional Roller Coaster. Negar Jacobs & William
O'Donohue, $35.50
Enhancing Fertility Naturally: Holistic Therapies
for a Successful Pregnancy. Nicky Wesson, $23.95
Expecting Miracles: On the Path of Hope from
Infertility to Parenthood. Christos Zouves, $22.50
Experiencing Infertility: an Essential Resource.
Debby Peoples and Harriette Ferguson, $23.99
The Fertility Handbook: a Guide to Getting
Pregnant. C. Maud Doherty & Melanie Morrissey Clark, $22.95
Fit for Fertility: Overcoming Infertility and
Preparing for Pregnancy. Michael Dooley, $24.95
Getting Pregnant and Staying Pregnant: Overcoming
Infertility and Managing Your High-Risk Pregnancy. D. Raab, $24.95
Having a Baby … When the Old-Fashioned Way
Isn’t Working. Cindy Margolis, $16.50
How to Get Pregnant: the Classic Guide to Overcoming
Infertility, Revised 2005. Sherman Silber, $37.95
How to Make Love to a Plastic Cup: a Guy’s Guide to the World of Infertility. Greg Wolfe, $15.99
The Infertility Cure: the Ancient Chinese Wellness
Program for Getting Pregnant and Having Healthy Babies. Randine Lewis,
$23.95
The Infertility Survival Guide: Everything
You Need to Know to Cope with the Challenges While Maintaining Your Sanity,
Dignity and Relationships. Judith C. Daniluk, $23.95
The Infertility Survival Handbook: Everything
You Never Thought You’d Need to Know. Elizabeth Swire Falker, $21.00
A Little Pregnant: Our Memoir of Fertility,
Infertility and a Marriage. Linda Carbone & Ed Decker, $19.50
Miscarriage, Medicine & Miracles. Bruce
Young, $24.50
Miscarriage: Why It Happens and How Best to
Reduce your Risks. Henry Lerner, $25.95
Natural Solutions to Infertility: How to Increase
Your Chances of Conceiving and Preventing Miscarriage. M.Glenville, $25.95
Understanding Fertility and Infertility: the
Sourcebook for Reproductive Problems, Treatments and Issues. Carol Turkington
& Michael Alper, $25.95
Unsung Lullabies: Understanding and Coping
with Infertility. Janet Jaffe, Martha Ourieff Diamond & David Diamond,
$21.95
When Nature's Not Enough: Personal Journeys
through In Vitro Fertilization. Diana Olick, $19.95
When You’re Not Expecting: an Infertility Survival Guide. Constance Hoenk Shapiro, $24.95
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Reproductive
Technology, History & Ethics
Babies by Design: the Ethics of Genetic Choice.
Ronald Green, $29.50
Conceptions & Misconceptions: the Informed
Consumer’s Guide through the Maze of In Vitro Fertilization and Other
Assisted Reproduction Technologies. Arthur Wisot & David Meldrum,
$27.95
The Couple’s Guide to In Vitro Fertilization:
Everything You Need to Know to Maximize your Chances of Success. Liza
Charlesworth, $23.95
Experiences of Donor Conception: Parents, Offspring
and Donors through the Years. Caroline Lorbach, $29.95
Having Your Baby by Donor Insemination. Elizabeth
Noble, $25.95
Helping the Stork: the Choices and Challenges
of Donor Insemination. Carol Frost Vercollone et al, $24.99
*Hope & Will Have a Baby: the Gift of Sperm
Donation. Iréné Celcer, illustrated by Horacio Gatto, $23.95
(also available in editions on Egg Donation, Embryo Donation and Surrogacy.
$23.95 each)
In Vitro Fertilization. Geoffrey Sher et al,
$22.50
IVF & Ever After: the Emotional Needs of Families. Nichola Bedos, $38.50
*Let Me Explain: a Story About Donor
Insemination. Jane Schnitter, $18.95
Making Babies, Making Families: What Matters
Most in an Age of Reproductive Technologies, Surrogacy, Adoption and Same-Sex
and Unwed Parents. Mary Lyndon Shanley, $29.95
My So-Called Family. Courtney Sheinmel, $18.99
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