Brette Sember

Introduction

Section 1: Assisted Reproduction

Chapter 1: Understanding and Evaluating Reproductive Technologies
Understanding Your Condition
What Technology Can Do for You
What Technology Cannot Do for You
Understanding Terminology
Finding Medical Professionals You Are Comfortable With
Success Rates
Your Right to ART
Initial Visit
Setting Limits
Privacy
Your Rights as an ART Patient
Weighing Technology vs. Adoption
Weighing the Use of Donors
Ethical Considerations
HIV and Assisted Reproduction
Dealing With Risks
Fertility Specialist Questionnaire

Chapter 2: Coping With ART
Deal With Emotions
Making Time for ART
Keeping Your Relationship Stable
Live Your Life

Chapter 3: Affording Fertility Treatments
Insurance
Thinking About Costs
Medical Spending Accounts
Financing Fertility
Taxes

Chapter 4: Fertility for Singles
Finding Medical Providers
Discrimination
Considerations

Chapter 5: Gay and Lesbian Assisted Reproduction
Finding Doctors and Clinics
Legal Parents
Discrimination

Chapter 6: Insemination
Laws
Types of Sperm Donors
Legal Parents
Future Considerations
Choosing a Sperm Bank Questionnaire

Chapter 7: Egg Donation
Finding a Donor
Donation Process
Cost
Agreement
State Laws
Legal Rights
Future Contact with the Donor
Ovarian Tissue Donation
Choosing a Clinic Questionnaire

Chapter 8: Embryo Donation
Finding a Donor
State Laws
Costs
Agreement
Issues
Privacy
Clinic Evaluation Questionnaire

Chapter 9: Surrogacy
Laws Concerning Surrogacy
The Legal Process of Surrogacy
California Procedure
Surrogacy Programs
Finding a Surrogate on Your Own
Surrogacy Agreements
Payment Issues
Insurance Coverage
Problems with Surrogacy
Other Steps to Protect Yourself
Choosing a Surrogacy Program Questionnaire

Chapter 10: Emerging Technologies
Nuclear Transfer
In Vitro Maturation
Cytoplasmic Transfer
Cloning

Chapter 11: Cryporeservation
Contract
Cost
Divorce
Death of a Parent

Chapter 12: Raising an ART Child
Explaining Things to Your Child
Coping with Other People
Medical Information
Helping Your Child Locate His or Her Donors or Surrogates

Chapter 13: Moving from Fertility to Adoption

Section II: Adoption

Chapter 14: Understanding Adoption
Legal Effects
Birth Parents' Rights and Roles
Extended Birth Family
Legal Process
Making the Decision to Adopt
Preparing for the Adoption Rollercoaster
Preparing for the Future

Chapter 15: Adoption Decisions
Open vs. Closed Adoption
Domestic vs. International Adoption
Agency vs. Private Adoption
Finding and Choosing an Agency
Finding and Choosing an Attorney
Facilitators
Affording Adoption
Agency Evaluation Questionnaire
Attorney Evaluation Questionnaire

Chapter 16: Adoption Procedures
Home Studies
Consent
No Consent Needed
Notice
Timing of Consent
Consent Procedures
Revocation
Adoption Court Procedures
Postplacement
Birth Certificates
Adoption Financial Credits
Family Leave
Insurance and Planning for the Future

Chapter 17: Second-Parent Adoption
Deciding to Adopt a Stepchild
Qualifications to Adopt
Notice or Consent
Preadoption Procedures
Second-Parent Adoption Process

Chapter 18: Domestic Agency Adoption
Public Agencies
Agency Liability
Private Agency Adoption
Interstate Issues
Ethnic Concerns

Chapter 19: International Adoptions
Choosing an Agency
Choosing a Country
Choosing a Child
Dealing with Paperwork
The Process
Dealing with Immigration
Citizenship
Readoption
Changes in Adoption Law
Forms Checklist for International Adoption
International Agency Questionnaire

Chapter 20: Parent-Initiated Adoption
Adopting Independently with an Agency
How to Find a Birth Mother
Facilitator
Advertising
Choosing a Birth Mother
Contact with Birth Mother
Payments
Counseling
Waiting for Your Child to Be Born
Paperwork
Adjustment Period
Choosing a Facilitator Questionnaire
Potential Birth Mother Questionnaire

Chapter 21: Considerations for Single-Parent Adoption
Bias Against Single Parents
Home Studies
Laws Governing Single-Parent Adoption
Protecting Your Family
Raising Your Child

Chapter 22: Gay and Lesbian Adoption
Single-Parent Adoption
Second-Parent Adoption
Couple Adoption
International Adoption
Finding Gay-Friendly Adoption Agencies
Raising an Adoptive Child

Chapter 23: Coping with Adoption
Dealing with Reactions to Adoption
Dealing with Others in Your Case
Dealing with the Waiting
Dealing with Doubts
Changing Your Mind
Taking Time Off for Your Adoption
Bonding with an Adopted Child
Dealing with Adoption Disappointments

Chapter 24: Raising an Adopted Child
Celebrating Your Adoption
Breastfeeding an Adopted Infant
Talking to Your Biological Children About Adoption
Raising Biological and Adopted Siblings
Talking to Your Child About His or Her Adoption
Keeping an Adoption a Secret
Cultural Heritage
Medical Issues
Postadoption Support
Finding Birth Parents

Epilogue
Glossary
Appendix A: Resources
Appendix B: Forms


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Technology Can Do for You What Technology Cannot Do for You Understanding Terminology Finding Medical Professionals You Are Comfortable With Success Rates Your Right to ART Initial Visit Setting Limits Privacy Your Rights as an ART Patient Weighing Technology vs. Adoption Weighing the Use of Donors Ethical Considerations HIV and Assisted Reproduction Dealing With Risks Fertility Specialist Questionnaire Chapter 2: Coping With ART Deal With Emotions Making Time for ART Keeping Your Relationship Stable Live Your Life Chapter 3: Affording Fertility Treatments Insurance Thinking About Costs Medical Spending Accounts Financing Fertility Taxes Chapter 4: Fertility for Singles Finding Medical Providers Discrimination Considerations Chapter 5: Gay and Lesbian Assisted Reproduction Finding Doctors and Clinics Legal Parents Discrimination Chapter 6: Insemination Laws Types of Sperm Donors Legal Parents Future Considerations Choosing a Sperm Bank Questionnaire Chapter 7: Egg Donation Finding a Donor Donation Process Cost Agreement State Laws Legal Rights Future Contact with the Donor Ovarian Tissue Donation Choosing a Clinic Questionnaire Chapter 8: Embryo Donation Finding a Donor State Laws Costs Agreement Issues Privacy Clinic Evaluation Questionnaire Chapter 9: Surrogacy Laws Concerning Surrogacy The Legal Process of Surrogacy California Procedure Surrogacy Programs Finding a Surrogate on Your Own Surrogacy Agreements Payment Issues Insurance Coverage Problems with Surrogacy Other Steps to Protect Yourself Choosing a Surrogacy Program Questionnaire Chapter 10: Emerging Technologies Nuclear Transfer In Vitro Maturation Cytoplasmic Transfer Cloning Chapter 11: Cryporeservation Contract Cost Divorce Death of a Parent Chapter 12: Raising an ART Child Explaining Things to Your Child Coping with Other People Medical Information Helping Your Child Locate His or Her Donors or Surrogates Chapter 13: Moving from Fertility to Adoption Section II: Adoption Chapter 14: Understanding Adoption Legal Effects Birth Parents' Rights and Roles Extended Birth Family Legal Process Making the Decision to Adopt Preparing for the Adoption Rollercoaster Preparing for the Future Chapter 15: Adoption Decisions Open vs. Closed Adoption Domestic vs. International Adoption Agency vs. Private Adoption Finding and Choosing an Agency Finding and Choosing an Attorney Facilitators Affording Adoption Agency Evaluation Questionnaire Attorney Evaluation Questionnaire Chapter 16: Adoption Procedures Home Studies Consent No Consent Needed Notice Timing of Consent Consent Procedures Revocation Adoption Court Procedures Postplacement Birth Certificates Adoption Financial Credits Family Leave Insurance and Planning for the Future Chapter 17: Second-Parent Adoption Deciding to Adopt a Stepchild Qualifications to Adopt Notice or Consent Preadoption Procedures Second-Parent Adoption Process Chapter 18: Domestic Agency Adoption Public Agencies Agency Liability Private Agency Adoption Interstate Issues Ethnic Concerns Chapter 19: International Adoptions Choosing an Agency Choosing a Country Choosing a Child Dealing with Paperwork The Process Dealing with Immigration Citizenship Readoption Changes in Adoption Law Forms Checklist for International Adoption International Agency Questionnaire Chapter 20: Parent-Initiated Adoption Adopting Independently with an Agency How to Find a Birth Mother Facilitator Advertising Choosing a Birth Mother Contact with Birth Mother Payments Counseling Waiting for Your Child to Be Born Paperwork Adjustment Period Choosing a Facilitator Questionnaire Potential Birth Mother Questionnaire Chapter 21: Considerations for Single-Parent Adoption Bias Against Single Parents Home Studies Laws Governing Single-Parent Adoption Protecting Your Family Raising Your Child Chapter 22: Gay and Lesbian Adoption Single-Parent Adoption Second-Parent Adoption Couple Adoption International Adoption Finding Gay-Friendly Adoption Agencies Raising an Adoptive Child Chapter 23: Coping with Adoption Dealing with Reactions to Adoption Dealing with Others in Your Case Dealing with the Waiting Dealing with Doubts Changing Your Mind Taking Time Off for Your Adoption Bonding with an Adopted Child Dealing with Adoption Disappointments Chapter 24: Raising an Adopted Child Celebrating Your Adoption Breastfeeding an Adopted Infant Talking to Your Biological Children About Adoption Raising Biological and Adopted Siblings Talking to Your Child About His or Her Adoption Keeping an Adoption a Secret Cultural Heritage Medical Issues Postadoption Support Finding Birth Parents Epilogue Glossary Appendix A: Resources Appendix B: Forms *Back to The Infertility Answer Book* page.**	Coming in 2008 The Complete Divorce Handbook (Sterling) The Complete Legal Guide to Senior Care, 2nd Edition The Complete Credit Repair Kit, 2nd Edition Coming in 2009 Managing Bad Apples (Adams Media) The Everything Kids Money Book (Adams Media)