Diverse pathways to parenthood : from narratives to practice /: from narratives to practice. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Damien Riggs.
• Authors: Riggs, Damien W
• Contents: 1. Introduction: Reproducing our selves through stories Section I: Imaginations 2. Planning for a possible future: Transgender people and fertility preservation 3. Dreams of motherhood: Women in heterosexual couples planning for a first child 4. Animal companions as kin: The significance of animals to women of diverse sexualities Section II: Interruptions 5. Assisting reproduction: Heterosexual women’s experiences with infertility and fertility-related challenges 6. A profound grief: Heterosexual women’s experiences of pregnancy loss 7. Disenfranchised grief: Foster parent experiences of an unplanned placement termination Section III: Conceptions 8. Donor conception: Creating new possibilities? 9. Baby desired, travel required: Negotiating international commercial surrogacy arrangements 10. Conception narratives: Journeys to family for adoptive and foster parents Section IV: Reproductions 11. Wearing the pants?: Men’s accounts of becoming fathers 12. An act of resistance: Lesbian women becoming parents 13. Generations: Parent views on becoming grandparents 14. Conclusion: From stories to practice
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 306.874; Parenthood; Parenthood -- Psychological aspects; Human reproduction
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780128162903
• Related ISBNs: 9780128160237
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