Resource List

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General Resources

Fairfax Cryobank Support Center
Fairfax Family Forums: Offers discussion forums for infertile couples, single women, and same-sex couples. There are also general topics anyone can view. Private forums are available for those with children by specific donors.`
Donor Conception Network

Donor Insemination/ Assisted Reproduction

Everything You Want to Know About Sperm Donation Podcast: Radio interview by Creating a Family and our genetic counselor, Suzanne Seitz, and our Director of Client Service.
How to Get Pregnant with the New Technology by Sherman Shilber
Building a Family with the Assistance of Donor Insemination by Ken Daniels
Helping the Stork: The Choices and Challenges of Donor Insemination by Carol Frost Vercollone
Having Your Baby by Donor Insemination: A Complete Resource Guide by Elizabeth Noble
Getting Pregnant When You Thought You Couldn’t by Helane S. Rosenberg and Yakov Epstein
Conceptions and Misconceptions: The Informed Consumer’s Guide Through the Maze of in Vitro Fertilization & Assisted Reproduction Techniques by Arthur L. Wiscot and David R. Meldrum
Assisted Reproduction: The Complete Guide to Having a Baby with the Help of a Third Party by Thersa Erikson and Maryann Lathus
Choosing Assisted Reproduction: Social, Emotional & Ethical Considerations
Buying Dad: One Woman’s Search for the Perfect Sperm Donor by Harlyn Aizley
Behind Closed Doors: Moving Beyond Secrecy and Shame by Kirk Maxey
Cryo Kid: Drawing a New Map by Corinne Copnick
How Long Can You Wait to Have a Baby? by Jeanne Twenge
Where Did I Come From?’ Donor Eggs, Sperm and a Surrogate by Anndee Hochman
Waiting for Daisy: A Tale of Two Continents, Three Religions, Five Infertility Doctors, an Oscar, an Atomic Bomb, a Romantic Night, and One Woman’s Quest to Become a Mother by Peggy Orenstein
Having Your Baby Through Egg Donation by Ellen Sarasohn Glazer
Mommies, Daddies, Donors, Surrogates: Answering Tough Questions and Building Strong Families by Diane Ehrensaft
Surrogacy and Embryo, Sperm, & Egg Donation: What Were You Thinking?: Considering IVF & Third-Party Reproduction by Theresa M. Erickson

For Parents with Donor Conceived Children

Nan’s Donut Dilemma by Mary E. Ryan
Hope and Will Have a Baby Series by Irene Celcer
The Pea That Was Me: a Single Mom’s Sperm Donation Story by Kimberly Kluger-Bell Other publications from this author are here: https://www.booksfordonorkids.com/
Before You Were Born: Our Wish for a Baby by Janice Grimes
Why Don’t I Have a Daddy? by George Ann Clay
Just the Baby for Me by Barbara Sue Levin
Let Me Explain: A Story About Donor Insemination by Jane T. Schnitter
Daddy, Was Mommy’s Tummy Big? and Mommy, Was Your Tummy Big? by Carolina Nadel
Talking and Telling Series by Donor Conception Network
Mommy, Did I Grow in Your Tummy?: Where Many Babies Come From by Elaine R. Gordon
How Babies and Families Are Made: There is More Than One Way by Patricia Schaffer
Experiences with Donor Conception; Parents, Offspring, and Donors Through the Years by Caroline Lorbach
A Tiny Itsy Bitsy Gift of Life: An Egg Donor Story by Carmen Martinez Jover
The Pea That Was Me: An Egg-Donation Story by Kimberly Kluger-Bell
Phoebe’s Family: A Story About Egg Donation by Linda Stamm and Joan Clipp
Our Story: A Story for Young Children About Their Conception Through Egg Donation by Donor Conception Network
One More Giraffe by Kim Noble and Stephanie Gibson
Sometimes It Takes Three to Make a Baby by Kate Bourne
Butterflies and Magical Wings by Amy Margolis
Parents Via Egg Donation (www.pved.org)

Fertility and Infertility Resources

The Male Biological Clock by Harry Fisch
The Infertility Book: A Comprehensive Medical and Emotional Guide by Carla Harkness
Gift of a Child: A Guide to Donor Insemination by Robert Snowden and Elizabeth Snowden
The Couple’s Guide to Fertility by Gary S. Berger
Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler
Resolving Infertility by RESOLVE and Diane Aronson and Suzanne Levert
Making Babies: A Proven 3-Month Program for Maximum Fertility by Sami David
In Search of Parenthood: Coping with Infertility and High-Tech Conception by Judith Lasker
Hopeful Heart, Peaceful Mind: Managing Infertility by Carol Fulwiler Jones
Healing the Infertile Family: Strengthening Your Relationship in the Search for Parenthood by Gaylene Becker
Laughing is Conceivable by Lori Shandle-Fox
Canadien Fertility and Andrology Society (www.cfas.ca)
Kindara – a phone application
Wanting Another Child: Coping with Secondary Infertility by Harriet Fishman Simons
Reproductive Facts
American Society for Reproductive Medicine
Resolve
The Long-Awaited Stork: A Guide to Parenting after Infertility by Ellen Sarasohn Glazer
The Belated Baby: A Guide to Parenting after Infertility by Jill Browning and Kelly James-Enger

Same-Sex Couples Resources

The Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy for Lesbians by Rachel Pepper
The New Essential Guide to Lesbian Conception, Pregnancy and Birth by Stephine Brill
A Donor Insemination Guide: Written By and For Lesbian Women by Marie Mohler and Lacy Frazer
King and King by Linda de Haan
Asha’s Mums by Rosamund Elwin
Holly’s Secret by Nancy Garden
Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman
Mommy, Mama and Me by Leslea Newman
Family Options for Queer Couples: Article written by our Director, Dr. Michelle Ottey for TAGG Magazine (Washington, DC Metro Area)
Rainbow Babies, an online resource for becoming a parent in the gay and lesbian community.
National Gay and Lesbian Medical Association

Single Parent Resources

When Baby Makes Two: Single Mothers by Chance or by Choice by Jene Stoneisfer
Single Mothers by Choice: A Guidebook for Single Women Who Are Considering or Have Chosen Motherhood by Jane Mattes
Choosing Single Motherhood: The Thinking Woman’s Guide by Mikki Morissette
Single by Chance, Mothers by Choice: How Women are Choosing Parenthood without Marriage and Creating the New American Family by Rosanna Hertz
Choice Moms
Single Mothers by Choice
Creating A Family
Unsung Heros: Single Mothers and the American Dream by Ruth Sidel – 2006
Ruth Sidel’s book is an important attempt to dispel the pervasive negative stereotypes of the single mother by presenting personal stories that defy these preconceived images.
Single Mothers in International Context: Mothers Or Workers? by Simon Duncan, Rosalind Edwards – 1997
This collection explores the variations in the status of single mothers, focusing on the dominant discourses around single motherhood, state policies towards single mothers, the structure of the labor market at national and local levels, and neighborhood supports and constraints.
Going Solo: Single Mothers by Choice by Jean Renvoize – 1985
Do I Have a Daddy?: A Story about a Single-Parent Child by Jeanne Warren Lindsay – 1999
Addressing single-parent families, this book helps kids (4-8yr old) with absent, deceased, and unknown dads talk about and deal with this often difficult situation.

Pregnancy After Cancer

Cancer Combat: Cancer Survivors Share Their Guerrilla Tactics to Help You Win the Fight of Your Life by Dean King, Jessica King and Jonathon Pearlroth
Podcast: Creating a Family – Preserving Your Fertility When Diagnosed with Cancer
A diagnosis of cancer is devastating on so many different levels. Often patients are so overwhelmed that the last thing they think about is getting on with their life once treatment is past. This includes taking action now to preserve their option to have children after cancer. Host Dawn Davenport talks with Dr. Michelle Ottey, Laboratory Director for Fairfax Cryobank, who works with male cancer patients; Dr. Stephen Lincoln, Medical Director of the Fertility Preservation Center for Cancer Patients at the Genetics and IVF Institute; and Lauren Haring, Director, and Co-Founder of the Fertility Preservation Center for Cancer Patients at GIVF.