Mommies, Daddies, Donors, Surrogates: Answering Tough Questions and Building Strong Families

Mommies, Daddies, Donors, Surrogates: Answering Tough Questions and Building Strong Families

by Diane Ehrensaft PhD
Mommies, Daddies, Donors, Surrogates: Answering Tough Questions and Building Strong Families

Mommies, Daddies, Donors, Surrogates: Answering Tough Questions and Building Strong Families

by Diane Ehrensaft PhD

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Overview

If you need help having a baby, reproductive technology can supply the answer. But it also raises a host of questions that won’t arise until after the child is born: What will you say to “Where did I come from?” when the answer includes a donor or surrogate? Will knowing the truth about how you conceived make your child love you less? Will having a baby with someone else strain your relationship with your spouse or partner? What will grandparents, family members, friends, and coworkers think? Dr. Diane Ehrensaft—a developmental and clinical psychologist who’s worked with families formed using assisted reproductive technology for more than 20 years—helps you anticipate the big questions and find solutions that are right for you and your loved ones. Dr. Ehrensaft offers information, support, and straightforward advice for coping with private worries, confronting public prejudices, and raising happy, healthy children. Single or married, straight or gay, anyone looking forward to the joys and challenges of building a family with the help of a donor or surrogate will discover a wealth of thought-provoking ideas and fresh insights in this sensitive, practical, and positive book.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781593851330
Publisher: Guilford Publications, Inc.
Publication date: 07/06/2005
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 305
Sales rank: 936,757
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Diane Ehrensaft, PhD, is a developmental and clinical psychologist in the San Francisco Bay Area and Director of Mental Health and founding member of the Child and Adolescent Gender Center, a partnership between the University of California San Francisco and community agencies. Dr. Ehrensaft’s research and writing focus on the areas of child development, gender, gender-nonconforming and transgender children and youth, parenting, parent–child relationships, LGBTQI families, and psychological issues for families using assisted reproductive technology. She has published several books and articles in these areas and lectures, serves as an expert witness, and makes media appearances nationally and internationally on these topics. Dr. Ehrensaft has a clinical practice in Oakland, California, where she sees adults, children, and adolescents.
 

Table of Contents

Preface
1. Beware Gifts Bearing Children
2. The Power to Create, the Fear of Creation
3. Procreation with the Proper Stranger
4. You're Mine . . . or Are You?
5. What's Love Got to Do with It?
6. Should I Tell?
7. When to Tell
8. The Birds and the Bees and the Nice Man or Woman
9. How Do the Children Fare?
10. When Clear Thinking Trumps Anxiety
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