Parents, Offspring and Donors through the Years
Caroline Lorbach
Available from DCSG direct, price is $40.00 plus $5.00 postage anywhere in Australia, please enquire to DCSG direct for postage overseas. Please click here for our printable order form.
Or, from the publisher:
Jessica Kingsley Publishers January 2003
240pp ISBN 1 84310 122 X
Drawing on the experiences of parents, offspring and donors and including her own and her family’s story, Caroline Lorbach explores the process of donor conception from finding out about an infertility problem, to considering whether – and how – to tell the children about their conception, and how those children feel as the adult offspring of a donor. Her thought-provoking and informative book provides practical suggestions as well as in-depth consideration of the emotional and ethical issues involved. Lorbach takes the reader step-by-step through the process of deciding to use donor conception, choosing a donor, and discussing the decision with others - and considers the perspective of the donor alongside those of parents and offspring.
Tackling difficult subjects such as disclosure and offspring’s access to information about the donor, this important book is a much-needed resource for health, counselling and social work professionals as well as for the couples and families themselves.
Caroline Lorbach is the parent of three children conceived using donated sperm. She is the consumer advocate for the Donor Conception Support Group of Australia and is strongly involved in lobbying governments for the rights of people born through donor conception to have access to information about donors.
CONTENTS:
1.Introduction
2. Male Infertility
3. Female Infertility
4. Making the Decision to Use Donor Conception
5. Choosing a Donor
6. Donors
7. Telling Others
8. Treatment, Pregnancy and Birth
9. To Tell or Not to Tell the Offspring
10. Telling
11. After the Telling
12. Discussions with Donor Offspring
13. Thoughts and Experiences of donor Offspring.
Available through most bookshops (probably have to order) or through mail order at www.footprint.com.au.
Flyers will come out with the next newsletter and will include all details (hopefully there will also be a discount for DCSG members).
Remember all profits from the book are going to the DCSG! |
