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Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Why cracking the code of human conception took centuries of wild theories, misogynist blunders, and ludicrous mistakes. Throughout most of human history, babies were surprises. People knew the basics: men and women had sex, and sometimes babies followed. But beyond that the origins of life were a colossal mystery. The Seeds of Life is the remarkable and rollicking story of how a series of blundering geniuses and brilliant amateurs struggled for two...
Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The essential guide to understanding fertility and improving your pregnancy chances.The journey to fertility can be daunting and filled with obstacles. In The Expert Guide to Fertility, OB-GYNs Joseph S. Sanfilippo, MD, MBA, and Aarti Kumar, MD, offer the information you need in your journey to achieve pregnancy. They provide an overview of the human reproductive system, describe issues that may impede conception, and explain various medical, surgical,...
Author
Series
Bloomsbury sigma volume 73
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Brings the science of biological anthropology to bear on understanding how our evolutionary history has shaped a phenomenon everyone has experienced – childhood. Tracking deep into our evolutionary history, anthropological science has begun to unravel one particular feature that sets us apart from the many, many animals that came before us – our uniquely long childhoods. Growing Up Human looks at how we have diverged from...
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Series
Publisher
MIT Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"In contemporary Western society, people are more often called upon to justify the choice not to have children than they are to supply reasons for having them. In this book, Christine Overall maintains that the burden of proof should be reversed: that the choice to have children calls for more careful justification and reasoning than the choice not to. Arguing that the choice to have children is not just a prudential or pragmatic decision but one...
Author
Publisher
Wheat Penny Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Embark on an enchanting journey through the wonders of the earliest moments of life with 'You're A Good Swimmer,' a captivating picture book that transcends traditional narratives about conception. Filled with vibrant and timeless imagery, this book is a celebration of the miraculous journey each person takes towards their first breath."--
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Young readers can find out exactly what is needed to grow a baby, from introducing the basic building blocks of life such as sperm and eggs, to explaining the different ways that these building blocks can be put together to create a family. Working closely with a leading national LGBT organisation, this inclusive guide to Making a Baby covers sex, sperm and egg donation, IUI, IVF, surrogacy and adoption, as well as explaining how a baby grows in the...
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Eco-anxiety. Climate guilt. Pre-traumatic stress disorder. Solastalgia. The study of environmental emotions and related mental health impacts is a rapidly growing field, but most researchers overlook a closely related concern: reproductive anxiety. Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question is the first comprehensive study of how environmental emotions influence whether, when, and why people today decide to become parents-or not. Jade S. Sasser argues...
Author
Publisher
Regnery Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The political philosopher Ryan T. Anderson, bestselling author of When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment, teams up with the pro-life journalist Alexandra DeSanctis to expose the catastrophic failure--social, political, legal, and personal--of legalized abortion. Now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade and returned abortion law to the democratic process, a powerful new book reframes the coming debate: Our fifty-year...
Author
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Explains conception and reproduction in a picturebook format.
"What Makes a Baby is a book for every kind of family and every kind of kid. It is a 21st century children's picture book about where babies come from that reflects the reality of our modern time by being inclusive of all kinds of kids, adults, and families, however they came to be. Geared to readers from pre-school to 8 years old, it teaches curious kids about conception, gestation, and...
Author
Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"This informative compendium goes beyond the basics of sexual reproduction to examine the diversity of family creation. Using interviews with individuals and families, Rachel Ginocchio breaks down in-vitro fertilization, surrogacy, adoption, and more"--
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"In 2017, author Shanna Swan and her team of researchers completed a major study. They found that over the past four decades, sperm levels among men in Western countries have dropped by more than 50 percent. They came to this conclusion after examining 185 studies involving close to 45,000 healthy men. The result sent shockwaves around the globe-but the story didn't end there. It turns out our sexual development is changing in broader ways, for both...
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
We have descriptors for many periods of life―adolescence, menopause, mid-life crisis, quarter-life crisis―but there is a period of profound change that many women face, often in their late twenties to early forties, that does not yet have a name. Nell Frizzell is calling this period of flux “the panic years,” and it is often characterized by a preoccupation with one major question: should I have a baby? And from there―do I want a baby? With...
Author
Publisher
Sasquatch Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"This book will cover fertility and conception for the whole LGBTQ spectrum"--
The only evidence-based, up-to-date fertility guide for queer people from an experienced health care provider, this is also the first to be transgender inclusive and body-positive. Here, queer prospective parents will find sound advice for navigating complex medical, social and financial decisions. Trusted fertility midwife Kristin Kali walks you through the baby-making...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Merle Hoffman has been at the forefront of the reproductive freedom movement since the 1970s. Three years before the Supreme Court legalized abortion through Roe v. Wade, she helped to establish one of the United States' first abortion centers in Flushing, Queens, and later went on to found Choices, one of the nation's largest and most comprehensive women's medical facilities. For the last five decades, Hoffman has been a steadfast warrior and fierce...
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