TY - BOOK AU - Steiner,Leslie Morgan TI - The baby chase: how surrogacy is transforming the American family SN - 125000294X AV - HQ755.8 .S7226 2013 U1 - 306.87 23 PY - 2013/// CY - New York PB - St. Martin's Press KW - Infertility, Female KW - United States KW - Surrogate mothers KW - Families N1 - Includes bibliographical references; 1; What's the Big Deal About Not Having Babies, Anyway? --; 2; Baby Making Becomes Big Business --; 3; One Vasectomy, Two Vaginas --; 4; Heartbreak, Miracles, and Money --; 5; Operation Birth in India N2 - "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 ER -