The New Essential Guide to Lesbian Conception, Pregnancy, and Birth | 
| Author: Stephanie Brill
Creator: Preston Sacks
Publisher: Alyson Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 92491
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 528
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 1.2
ISBN: 1555839401
Dewey Decimal Number: 618.2086643
EAN: 9781555839406
ASIN: 1555839401
Publication Date: July 1, 2006
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Product Description
The New Essential Guide to Lesbian Conception, Pregnancy, and Birth has been thoroughly updated ensuring that this book remains the best source for women embarking on this most important step. Authors Stephanie Brill, the co-founder of the nationally renowned Maia Midwifery and Preconception Services, draws upon her years of expertise in working with lesbians, single women, and all the many faces of alternative families. Brill covers the latest information in insemination and fertility technology and presents the most up-to-date information on developments in all areas of conception and pregnancy, including: - New fertility drugs and protocols in fertility clinics that have become standard since publication of the first edition
- How to time for self-insemination based on age considerations
- The special needs of butch women and women who are transitioning from female to male
- Expanded coverage of safe-sex practices during pregnancy
The wealth of information included in this indispensable volume makes The New Essential Guide to Lesbian Conception, Pregnancy, and Birth the definitive resource on childbirth for the new American family. Stephanie Brill is co-founder of Maia Midwifery and Preconception Services in Berkeley, CA, which has achieved national recognition by helping thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered individuals with every aspect of creating a family. Brill is also the author of The Queer Parent's Primer and serves as the director of Maia.
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AMAZING BOOK!! May 28, 2007
This book is fantastic - gives you all the details from when babies are just a mear thought, to when the real little munchkin is in your arms... All the details you don't normal hear about when speaking with doctors etc. This is a womans real life account of her own experiences and what she went through - it's so easy to read you feel as if you are sitting there with a friend chatting for hours.
Well worth the purchase - it provides you with contacts/groups/places to go all listed at the back - it would be great if I could find a book like this for a lesbian mother to be in Australia. AMAZING BOOK!!! THANK YOU!!
Alternative Conception May 21, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Any woman, lesbian or straight, who wants to conceive will benefit from reading this book. You'll find out about alternative treatments to help you conceive.
 This book is a very thorough source if you're a lesbian or single woman trying to concieve March 27, 2007
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
I bought this book partially because the Rachel Pepper book was not available immediately and I'm very pleased that this is the book I ended up with!
Coming from her experience as the head of Maia Midwifery in Northern California, Stephanie Brill covers not only the anatomy and physiology of what you need to know, but also the emotional aspects of trying to get pregnant. This book covers many topics - options of ways to track your fertility, increase your fertility, the pros and cons of known donors versus frozen sperm, even the logistics of inseminating, whether at home or at a clinic.
The only reason I have given this book 4 stars out of 5 has to do with the fact that this book covers a lot of alternative health treatments which may be difficult for people who are more aligned with Western medicine and do not believe in herbal treatments, acupuncture, and the like.
Best of luck to any woman who gets this book and is trying to conceive!
Excellent Resource February 26, 2007
This guide is a very thorough collection of information for lesbians contemplating starting a family. Even though the references included are US specific, the information was still relevant to me as an Australian, and gave me a sense of where to go for further information. I especially loved the information on non-birth parent feelings and anxieties etc. I would highly recommend it.
excellent book December 22, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
i had been trying to get pregnant for a year. i bought this book, read it cover to cover and was pregnant within 2 months. i swear by this book. i honestly don't think i'd be pregnant if i hadn't bought this book. it's not just for lesbians, either. i bought it for my straight friends, who are also trying to get pregnant.
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