Shares the experiences of other lesbian women who have successfully conceived using donor insemination. Reveals everything the doctors don't tell you about the practical details and emotional aspects of this intimate process.

A little girl explains how she was conceived through artificial insemination and that although she has genes from her mother and a donor, her dad is her only father.

Helping the Stork The sourcebook for all the information parents-to-be need to know about the choices and challenges of donor insemination Each year donor insemination (DI) offers a pathway to parenthood for the hundreds of thousands who turn to family-building alternatives. Although DI is considered as often as adoption, couples facing male infertility, as well as single women and lesbian couples, have had few places to turn for information about this method, which has been shrouded in secrecy. In Helping the Stork, parents-to-be, as well as friends and family, doctors, and counselors, can explore the choices and challenges raised by this alternative to overcoming childlessness. This comprehensive handbook moves through each step of the process: reaching a solid decision about whether donor insemination is the best choice for a family's future; handling the difficult issue of privacy; selecting a donor and getting started; and learning to thrive as a family meeting DI's added challenges. Full of wisdom from medical and mental health experts, Helping the Stork is also enriched with stories from many families who share their insights and experiences. This book is a reassuring, supportive, and helpful guide that no one considering or going through the process of donor insemination should be without. Visit us online at http://www.mcp.com/mgr

Provides clear guidelines on the advantages, disadvantages and limitations of the use of donor insemination to treat infertility.

Donor insemination or DI is the oldest and most widely practised form of assisted conception but, until relatively recently, it had been assessed largely from a medical perspective. This 1998 book brings together an international group of social scientists to discuss the social, cultural, political and practical dimensions to DI, relating it to the wider debates about fertility treatment and the place of assisted conception in contemporary society. The contributors consider the experience of DI from the viewpoint of all the various parties involved, including the recipients of the treatment, the sperm providers, the clinicians, the people conceived and policy-makers working in the area. The assumptions informing the practices around DI and the reactions to it are critically examined, with reference to developments worldwide, cross-national issues, the language of DI, gender, sexuality, ethnicity and identity.

This book has been written for parents who have used donor insemination to build their families and also for those considering whether the donor insemination option is the right option for them. The parents who share their stories in this book tell of the range of thoughts and feelings that they experienced from the time they discovered they needed help to build their families. They discuss the issues they faced concerning the decision to be open and honest with their children and how they talked with them. Here Ken Daniels combines parents' expectations with his and others' research and thinking. The result is a book that will contribute to the health and well-being of families that have been built with the assistance of donor insemination.

Sperm Donor Offspring: Identity and Other Experiences explores the psychological experience of sperm donor descendants, in order to examine the impact and implications of reproductive technologies.