Preface: About This BookPart I: What Are the Pathways to Parenthood?1. The Fertility Workup2. Early Fertility Assistance: Hormone Stimulation and Intrauterine Insemination3. Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Using Your Own Eggs or Sperm4. Using Donor Sperm5. Using Donor Eggs and Embryos6. Using a Surrogate7. Domestic and International Adoptions8. Which Options Are Available to You? The Requirements for Each Pathway9. Considerations for Nontraditional FamiliesPart II: Balancing the Risks and Benefits for Each Pathway10. Your Influence on Genetics and the Fetal and Infant Environments11. Pregnancy and Medical Risks for Mother and Child12. Mental Health Risks for the Child13. Emotional Costs: What You Might Experience14. Time Costs: How Long before You Become a Parent?15. Hassle Costs: Travel, Appointments, Forms, and Documents16. Financial Costs: Which Options Are Affordable?17. Legal Considerations18. Final ThoughtsAcknowledgmentsAppendixesA. Summary of Your Influence on Genetic Background and Fetal and Infant EnvironmentsB. Environmental Influence, by Child's Age and Type of AdoptionC. Summary of Pregnancy and Medical RisksD. Summary of Mental Health RisksE. Summary of Emotional RisksF. Summary of Time from Start of Process to Conception (Fertility Assistance) or Becoming a Parent (Adoption)G. Summary of HasslesH. Summary of Financial CostsI. Summary of Legal ConsiderationsGlossarySelected ReferencesIndex