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Author Rachlin, Ray, author.

Title Baby making for everybody : family building and fertility for LGBTQ+ and solo parents / Ray Rachlin, LM, CPM, Marea Goodman, LM, CPM.

Publication Info. New York : Balance, 2023.

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Location Call No. Status
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  618.3008 RACHLIN    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - New Materials  618.3008 RAC    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - NEW Adult Nonfiction  618.3008 RAC    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  618.3008 RAC    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  618.2 RACHLIN    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - New Books  NEW 618.3008 RACHLIN    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xvii, 328 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page [303]-315) and index.
Contents Introduction: who we are and why we midwife -- Why do you want to be a parent, anyway? -- Sperm, eggs, and uteruses -- where to get 'em when you need 'em -- Timing is everything: how to figure out your fertility -- Getting pregnant: from turkey baster to test tube and everything in between -- Trans people have babies, too -- Fostering and adoption: raising children without babymaking -- You're pregnant! Now what? -- Miscarriage and infertility: when things don't go as planned -- Protecting our families -- legal considerations and building community resilience -- Conclusion: saying goodbye (for now)
Summary "In Baby Making for Everybody, queer millennial midwives Ray Rachlin and Marea Goodman use their professional expertise to demystify the dizzying process of pursuing parenthood as queer and solo people, offering concrete, gender-affirming advice on topics like tracking fertility, choosing a sperm donor, legal considerations, IVF, IUI, adoption, navigating gender and pregnancy, and more. The result is a much-needed how-to guide for every aspect of the complicated, messy, and glorious process of building a family as an LGBTQ+ or solo parent. Combining practical information with personal narratives and first person community wisdom, this book provides prospective parents with the information they need to grow their families outside of a traditional heterosexual nuclear family model"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Human reproductive technology -- Popular works.
Pregnancy -- Popular works.
Human reproduction -- Popular works.
Sexual minority parents.
Same-sex parents.
Sexual minorities' families.
Human reproduction. (OCoLC)fst00963221
Human reproductive technology. (OCoLC)fst00963260
Pregnancy. (OCoLC)fst01075102
Same-sex parents. (OCoLC)fst01762355
Sexual minorities' families. (OCoLC)fst01895358
Sexual minority parents. (OCoLC)fst01739464
Genre/Form Informational works.
Popular works. (OCoLC)fst01423846
Added Author Goodman, Marea, author.
ISBN 9781538725863 (trade paperback)
153872586X (trade paperback)
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