The baby chase : how surrogacy is transforming the American family /
Steiner, Leslie Morgan,
The baby chase : how surrogacy is transforming the American family / Leslie Morgan Steiner. - First edition. - vii, 289 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
What's the Big Deal About Not Having Babies, Anyway? -- Baby Making Becomes Big Business -- One Vasectomy, Two Vaginas -- Heartbreak, Miracles, and Money -- Operation Birth in India. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
"In The Baby Chase, acclaimed writer Leslie Morgan Steiner weaves the stories together-- of a nurse, a firefighter, and the Indian gestational carrier who made their baby dreams come true. Moving, page-turning, and meticulously researched, this deeply complex human journey is paired with an examination of the issues--religious, legal, medical and emotional--that shapes surrogacy as a solution both exciting and imperfect. Steiner revels in the joy that ultimately infuses one couple's lives when--against the odds--their intense, almost irrational desire to bear a child meets with success"--Provided by publisher.
125000294X 9781250002945
2013025204
Infertility, Female--United States
Surrogate mothers.
Families
HQ755.8 / .S7226 2013
306.87
The baby chase : how surrogacy is transforming the American family / Leslie Morgan Steiner. - First edition. - vii, 289 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
What's the Big Deal About Not Having Babies, Anyway? -- Baby Making Becomes Big Business -- One Vasectomy, Two Vaginas -- Heartbreak, Miracles, and Money -- Operation Birth in India. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
"In The Baby Chase, acclaimed writer Leslie Morgan Steiner weaves the stories together-- of a nurse, a firefighter, and the Indian gestational carrier who made their baby dreams come true. Moving, page-turning, and meticulously researched, this deeply complex human journey is paired with an examination of the issues--religious, legal, medical and emotional--that shapes surrogacy as a solution both exciting and imperfect. Steiner revels in the joy that ultimately infuses one couple's lives when--against the odds--their intense, almost irrational desire to bear a child meets with success"--Provided by publisher.
125000294X 9781250002945
2013025204
Infertility, Female--United States
Surrogate mothers.
Families
HQ755.8 / .S7226 2013
306.87