Artificial
Insemination
by
Wilfred Finegold
USA, 1976 |
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| This is the
second edition of this book, the first being published
in 1964. This book is in our collection for it’s
historical value. It covers the history of ‘D.I.’
and the prevailing attitudes of doctors in the
U.S.A. at the time. Some people may laugh at this
book, others may be disgusted by the views it
expresses. |
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Building Your Family Through Egg
Donation
by Joyce
Sutkamp Friedman. |
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| What you will
want to know about the emotional aspects, bonding
and disclosure issues. |
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Choosing
Assisted Reproduction
by
Susan L.Cooper and Ellen S. Glazer
USA, 1998 |
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| From
the back cover: “Addressing each of the
available and assisted technologies and all
of the potential participants in them, (the
authors) examine the complex and interrelated
medical, psychosocial, and ethical issues involved
in family building through the assisted reproductive
technologies.” |
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Choosing
to be open about donor conception:the experiences
of parents
by
Sharon Pettle & Jan Burn |
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| This
short book reports the conversations of 52 parents
with children ranging from babies to teenagers
- mums and dads, single parents and lesbian couples
- who took part in a series of small groups to
talk about their experiences and feelings about
being open with their children, family and friends
about donor conception. Topics
covered include:
• influences on the
decision to be open
• thoughts about secrets
• telling family and friends
• handling professionals
• dealing with remarks about resemblance
• stages in telling children
• thinking about schools and the longer
term
• reflecting on the whole experience
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| » Book
review written by DCSG member from QLD
"This booklet
grew out of discussions between parents
about what it is like to be parents
in a family that chooses to be open
about its donor conception origins.
The families were formed through either
donor insemination or egg donation.
There are no donor embryo families represented.
The test is heavily supported by quotations
which speak of the issues and feelings
surrounding openness. A brief statement
after each quotation is very helpful
in establishing the context of the speaker.
This may be a small
booklet but it is jam-packed with information.
It revolves generally around the decision
to be open and, then, around putting
the decision into practice with both
the world at large (family, friends,
teachers etc.) and within the family
unit. There is particular thought given
to issues which effect single parents
and lesbian couples.
In the section on
openness with children, parents acknowledge
that this is not a “one off”
event but a long process and looks at
ways to begin the process. It includes
parents talking about their children’s
reactions at various life stages including
the teenage years.
The booklet concludes
with thoughts about the future and general
reflections on the whole experience.
There is also a useful section with
suggestions for further reading which
includes books for children. There is
a lot of information in this booklet
but it is delivered in a concise and
clear way. Wherever you are on your
journey there is something to think
about or relate to."
Thank
you |
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Counseling
Donor Offspring
by
Judith Bancroft
Australia, 2003 |
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| This
thesis was presented as part of the requirements
for a Degree of Master of Counseling of the
University of Notre Dame.
An exploration of issues
and implications for the Profession |
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Families
Following Assisted Conception
by
Alexina M McWhinnie
UK, 1991 |
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| What
do we tell our Child?
The book looks at the questions
of secrecy, openness in families who have children
following the new assisted conception techniques
should we tell our child? What sort of questions
will our child ask? It’s approach is to
offer to the reader the experiences and views
of those who have already had to deal with these
issues.
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Families
from Assisted Conception
by
Dr Alexina McWhinnie
UK, 1991 |
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| How
they fared? 6 families tell their story...
In conversations with
Dr Alexina McWhinnie:
- An IVF family with one
child
- A family with IVF triplets
- A family from donor insemination
- A DI adult and her quest
for her donor father
- A DI adult and the legacy
of childhood secrets
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Family
Secrets
by John
Bradshaw
USA, 1995 |
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| “What
you don’t know CAN hurt you”. A
book that looks at the secrets within families
such as illness, abuse, alcoholism, does include
adoption and a mention of D.I.
How telling and not telling affect our children,
our relationships and our lives.
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Family
Secrets:how telling and not telling Affect our
children, our relationships and our Lives
by Harriet Webster
USA, 1991 |
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| How
keeping secrets in families can affect people.
Covers such subjects as adoption, alcoholism,
affairs and illness.
From the back cover: “Through
down-to-earth and true-life secrets, Harriet
gives us a bird's-eye view of the damage that
is done when we keep family secrets... Just
as importantly, she lets us in on the biggest
secret of all: in sharing our shames and sorrows
we grow in love and understanding.” |
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Having
Your Baby by Donor Insemination
by
Elizabeth Noble
USA, 1987 |
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| Written by
a woman who has had a D.I. child by a “known”
donor. An exceptionally in depth book, very
thought provoking. Has sections on coming to
terms with male infertility, donors ethical
questions, secrecy. It has quite a few references
to Australia.
From the back cover: "...Elizabeth Noble
has written a startling analysis of the practical,
legal, and ethical problems infertile couples
face in becoming parents through third-party
conception. Noble addresses these problems by
examining the technological advances that are
being made in the field of “assisted conception”
and discussing the lessons of adoption reform
as well as her own family's experience with
donor insemination." |
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Helping
the Stork
by Carol
Vercollone and H & R Moss |
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From the back
cover: “The resource book for all the
information parents need to know about the choices
and challenges of donor insemination.
Each year DI offers a pathway to parenthood
for the hundreds of thousands who turn to family-building
alternatives. Although DI is considered as often
as adoption, couples facing male infertility,
as well as single women and lesbian couples
have had few places to turn for information
about this method which has been shrouded in
secrecy.” |
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Is
Donor Egg for you ?
Steve
Litt with Sylvia Reuben Litt |
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| Donor egg brings
new hope to women over 40 and women with ovarian
or genetics problems. |
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Lethal Secrets:The psychology
of donor Insemination -
Problems and solutions
by Annette Baran & Reuben Pannor
USA, 1993 |
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| The consequences
and unsolved problems of D.I. quotes from parents,
children and experts. (2 copies).
From the back cover: "We feel that donor
insemination can be a positive method of dealing
with problems of infertility. In the world of
alternative means of conception, donor insemination
is the parent procedure, the most available,
successful, and egalitarian. Breaking the bonds
of silence and ending secrecy is necessary,
we believe, to address the inherent psychological
problems". |
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Parents
by Proxy
by Georges
Valensin MD
United Kingdom, 1960 |
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| Although
published in 1960, this book still raises some
interesting issues and from an historical perspective.
Artificial insemination is a subject that has
too long suffered from the taboos and prejudices
of present day society. It has been the cause
of a bitter controversy, wages for the most
part by the uninformed, which has prevented
its use and benefit from being properly understood.
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The
Artificial Family
by
R.Snowden and G.D.Mitchell
UK, 1983 |
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| From
the back cover :“Having a baby by artificial
insemination is a very difficult subject, surrounded
as it is by controversy, moral and legal argument
and the natural social differences which can
arise.” |
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The
Gift of a Child: A Guide to Donor Insemination
by Robert Snowden
and Elizabeth Snowden
United Kingdom, 1984 |
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| A book specifically
about D.I. talks about male infertility, the prevalence
of it, causes, research. Discusses childlessness.
Goes through the whole D.I. process (as it is
in England). Has a chapter on donors, who are
they, how are they checked, how often are they
used. Chapter on being a D.I. parent. Chapter
on secrecy, also one on D.I. children, do we tell
our children? How do they react? |
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Truth
and the Child: Ten Years On
by
Eric Blyth, Marilyn Crawshaw and Jennifer Speirs
UK, 1988 |
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| From
the back cover:“[This book] focuses attention
on the needs of those personally involved in
assisted conception services:individuals born
as a result of treatment, donors and their children,
recipients and prospective parents .” |
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