The Essential Guide to Lesbian Conception, Pregnancy, and Birth

by Kim Toevs, Stephanie A. Brill

The first book of its kind , The Essential Guide to Lesbian Conception, Pregnancy, and Birth delivers on the promise of its title. It is a step-by-step guide to the physical and emotional aspects of conception through delivery, providing easy-to-understand charts and illustrations, checklists, groundbreaking fertility information, and personal exercises geared specifically toward lesbians. Reflecting the unique experience of lesbian mothers in a manner never before addressed , The Essential Guide to Lesbian Conception, Pregnancy, and Birth is both practical, providing lesbians with everything they need to know to become mothers, and inspirational, addressing the social issues surrounding lesbian pregnancy in an empowering manner. Comprehensive and indispensable, this book will serve as a literary midwife to the growing number of lesbian mothers. Resource guides to fertility centers and informaton Resource guides to legal and medical information Sample medical and legal forms and contracts Fertility charts Nutritional charts Glossary Marketing o Awareness campaigns to fertility clinics and midwiveries o Awareness campaigns to gay and lesbian community centers and health clinics o National The Advocate, Out, Alternative Family Magazine Stephanie Brill and Kim Toevs run and serve as midwives for Maia Midwifery, and they are faculty instructors for the Midwifery Institute of California. Members of the California Association of Midwives, and the Midwives Alliance of North America, they make their home in Berkeley, California.

Genres: Sexuality, Parenting, Nonfiction

300 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2002

Reviews

[D · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice comprehensive guide for F/F couples. As with all reference books, you can skip around to find what is applicable to your personal situation. All readers will certainly notice something in this book that they may have otherwise overlooked in their research. With my partner's permission and long term commitment, I will submit to IVF this year. Yeah, just so very, very ready for this. 2017 will be quite an exciting year for us:)

[Zoe Brillante · Rating 5 out of 5]

this book is amazingly well put together. covers all angles of the process of lesbian baby making. yaaaay! i am really impressed by how comprehensive it is in covering everything from the physical to the psycho-social side of things. highly recommend to grls pining for a bub.

[Karla · Rating 4 out of 5]

Its full of information so far, but a little overwhelming.