| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xiii, 224 pages ; 22 cm |
| Note |
"A Perigee book." |
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Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-209) and index. |
| Summary |
Using personal anecdotes from her own struggle to have children, supermodel Cindy Margolis outlines the possible treatments for female infertility and other options, including surrogacy, egg and sperm donation, and adoption. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Welcome to the Reproductively Challenged Club 1 -- Part 1 Get Thee to a Specialist -- 1 Our Story 13 -- 2 High-Tech Journey Begins 25 -- 3 Here's a Playboy-Go Make Me Some Sperm! Or Let's Get Clinical 51 -- 4 If at First You Don't Succeed: Our Adventures in IVF Land 67 -- 5 How Much Is That Baby in the Window? Figuring Out Costs, Insurance, and What Is and Isn't Covered 87 -- Part 2 Other Options for Growing a Family: Surrogacy, Gestational Surrogacy, Third-Party Donors, and Adoption -- 6 She's Having My Baby: Choosing Surrogacy 107 -- 7 Going Shopping: Egg and Sperm Donation 141 -- 8 Beyond Biology: Creating Your Family Through Adoption 165 -- Part 3 Where Do You Go from Here? -- 9 A Guy's Perspective 183 -- 10 Hang In There! 195. |
| Subject |
Margolis, Cindy.
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Infertility, Female -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
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Fertilization in vitro, Human -- United States -- Popular works.
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Human reproductive technology -- United States -- Popular works.
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Margolis, Cindy. (OCoLC)fst01679398
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Fertilization in vitro, Human. (OCoLC)fst00923199
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Human reproductive technology. (OCoLC)fst00963260
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Infertility, Female -- Patients.
(OCoLC)fst00972400
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Popular works. (OCoLC)fst01423846
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Kanable, Kathy.
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Ben-Ozer, Snunit.
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| ISBN |
9780399533853 |
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0399533850 |
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