In Search of Parenthood: Coping with Infertility and High-Tech Conception

This revised and updated edition provides an accessible discussion of how new reproductive technologies work and how well they work. Includes gripping personal and professional accounts from infertility specialists and would-be parents who have used in vitro fertilization, donor insemination, surrogacy, and other technologies. Would-be parents speak candidly about the difficult process—repeated office visits, frequent tests, and anxious waiting for results—and the staggering costs—in dollars, stress, and physical consequences.