Planning parenthood [[electronic resource] ] : strategies for success in fertility assistance, adoption, and surrogacy / / Rebecca A. Clark ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910456587103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009
• ISBN: 0-8018-9728-9; 0-8018-9112-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): ClarkRebecca A. <1958->
• Disciplina: 618.1/78
• Soggetti: Human reproductive technology; Surrogate motherhood; Infertility; Adoption; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-231) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Preface: About This Book""; ""PART I: What Are the Pathways to Parenthood?""; ""1. The Fertility Workup""; ""2. Early Fertility Assistance: Hormone Stimulation and Intrauterine Insemination""; ""3. Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Using Your Own Eggs or Sperm""; ""4. Using Donor Sperm""; ""5. Using Donor Eggs and Embryos""; ""6. Using a Surrogate""; ""7. Domestic and International Adoptions""; ""8. Which Options Are Available to You? The Requirements for Each Pathway""; ""9. Considerations for Nontraditional Families""; ""PART II: Balancing the Risks and Benefits for Each Pathway""""10. Your Influence on Genetics and the Fetal and Infant Environments""; ""11. Pregnancy and Medical Risks for Mother and Child""; ""12. Mental Health Risks for the Child""; ""13. Emotional Costs: What You Might Experience""; ""14. Time Costs: How Long before You Become a Parent?""; ""15. Hassle Costs: Travel, Appointments, Forms, and Documents""; ""16. Financial Costs: Which Options Are Affordable?""; ""17. Legal Considerations""; ""18. Final Thoughts""; ; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Appendixes""; ""A. Summary of Your Influence on Genetic Background and Fetal and Infant Environments""""B. Environmental Influence, by Childâ€?s Age and Type of Adoption""; ""C. Summary of Pregnancy and Medical Risks""; ""D. Summary of Mental Health Risks""; ""E. Summary of Emotional Risks""; ""F. Summary of Time from Start of Process to Conception (Fertility Assistance) or Becoming a Parent (Adoption)""; ""G. Summary of Hassles""; ""H. Summary of Financial Costs""; ""I. Summary of Legal Considerations""; ""Glossary""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""X""; ""Selected References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Z""