Making babies : personal IVF stories / Theresa Miller.
Material type: TextPublication details: Carlton North, Vic. : Scribe Publications Pty Ltd, 2007.Description: viii, 198 pages ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781921215469 (pbk.)
- 1921215461 (pbk.)
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Non-Fiction | Davis (Central) Library Non-Fiction | Non-Fiction | 616.692 MIL | 1 | Available | T00460286 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Around 15 per cent of couples in various Western countries suffer from infertility. Every year thousands try IVF and other assisted-reproduction techniques, but only about a third go home with a baby in their arms. IVF now accounts for 3 per cent of all births in Australia, and the numbers are similar in other developed countries. Making Babies tells the stories behind the statistics, inside the world of egg harvesting, blatocyst transferral, and hormone injections. Here are fourteen personal memoirs of IVF survivors- many are inspiring, some are heartbreaking, and others are miraculous. From single mothers, to long-term heterosexual and gay couples, Making Babies presents an array of experiences from those who have been touched by the incredible possibilities that are opened up by assisted-reproductive technology.
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Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Acknowledgements (p. vii)
- Introduction (p. 1)
- Chapter 1 Touched by an Angel (p. 7)
- Chapter 2 Ugly Brown Eggs (p. 31)
- Chapter 3 Sometimes It Takes Three to Make a Baby (p. 48)
- Chapter 4 Too Little, Too Late (p. 64)
- Chapter 5 Towards the Light (p. 75)
- Chapter 6 Desperately Seeking Daddy (p. 87)
- Chapter 7 Defying Mother Nature (p. 100)
- Chapter 8 Sister Versus Sister (p. 113)
- Chapter 9 Double Life (p. 123)
- Chapter 10 From Serbia with Love (p. 135)
- Chapter 11 The Gift of Giving (p. 143)
- Chapter 12 Test-Tube Grown-up (p. 154)
- Chapter 13 Father Pride (p. 160)
- Chapter 14 Single-Minded (p. 173)
- Glossary (p. 187)