The following reading materials are recommended for gestational carriers, intended parents, and children as well. They can be obtained at your local library, neighborhood bookstore or online from Amazon.com by clicking any of the book titles below.

Intended Parents/Gestational Carriers

Love and Infertility: Survival Strategies for Balancing Infertility, Marriage, and Life
by Kristen Magnacca - www.kristenmagnacca.com
Hardcover, 200 pgs. - LifeLine Press (2004)
ISBN: 0895260565

Girlfriend to Girlfriend: A Fertility Companion
by Kristen Magnacca - www.kristenmagnacca.com
Paperback, 180 pgs. - Authorhouse (2000)
ISBN: 1588202135

Choosing Assisted Reproduction: Social, Emotional & Ethical Considerations
by Susan Cooper, Ellen Sarasohn Glazer
Paperback, 400 pages - Perspectives Press (IN) (1999)
ISBN: 0944934226

Conceiving Luc: A Family Story
by Liza Freilicher, Jennifer Scheu, and Suzanne Wetanson
Hardcover, 320 pgs. - William Morrow & Company (1999)
ISBN: 0688159869

Experiencing Infertility: Stories to Inform and Inspire
by Ellen Sarasohn Glazer
Paperback, 269 pgs. - Jossey-Bass Inc Pub; Revised edition (1998)
ISBN: 0787943835

The Long-Awaited Stork: A Guide to Parenting After Infertility
by Ellen Sarasohn Glazer
Paperback, 349 pgs. - Jossey-Bass; 2nd Rev edition (1998)
ISBN: 0787940534

In Vitro Fertilization: The A.R.T. of Making Babies
by Geoffrey Sher, M.D., Virginia A. Marriage, RN, MN and Jean Stoess, MN
Paperback, 208 pgs. - Facts on File (1998)
ISBN: 0816038279

A Matter of Trust: The Guide to Gestational Surrogacy
by Gail Dutton
Paperback, 239 pgs. - Clouds Publishing (1997)
ISBN: 0965596605

Understanding Infertility
by Patricia Irwin Johnston
Paperback, 32 pgs. - Perspectives Press (1996)
ISBN: 0944934188

Taking Charge of Infertility
by Patricia Irwin Johnston
Hardcover, 270 pgs. - Perspectives Press (IN) (1994)
ISBN: 0944934072

Surrogacy Was the Way: Twenty Intended Mothers Tell Their Stories
By Zara Griswold
Paperback, 320 pgs. – Nightengale Press (2005)
ISBN: 1933449187

Surrogate Motherhood: Conception in the Heart
(Institutional Structures of Feeling)

by Helena Ragoné
Paperback, 232 pgs. - Westview Press (1994)
ISBN: 081331979X

Miracle Child: Genetic Mother, Surrogate Womb
by Cheryl Saban
Hardcover, 267 pgs. - New Horizon Press (1993)
ISBN: 0882821229

Between Strangers: Surrogate Mothers, Expectant Fathers, and Brave New Babies
by Lori B. Andrews
Hardcover, 288 pgs. - Harpercollins (1989)
ISBN: 0060160586

Surrogate Parenting
by Amy Zuckerman Overvold
Hardcover, 223 pgs. - Pharos Books (1988)
ISBN: 0886873282


Recipients/Egg Donors

Having Your Baby Through Egg Donation
by Ellen Sarasohn Glazer, Evelina Weidman Sterling
Hardcover, 384 pgs. - Perspectives Press (IN) (2005)
ISBN: 0944934323

Mommies, Daddies, Donors, Surrogates: Answering Tough Questions and Building Strong Families
By Diane Ehrensaft
Hardcover, 305 pgs. - The Guilford Press (2005).
ISBN: 1593851790

Experiences of Donor Conception: Parents, Offspring and Donors through the Years
By Caroline Lorbach
Paperback, 208 pgs. - Jessica Kingsley Publishers (2003)
ISBN: 184310122X

Helping the Stork: The Choices and Challenges of Donor Insemination
By Carol Vercollone, Heidi Moss, and Robert Moss
Paperback, 288 pgs. – Wiley (1997)
ISBN: 002861917X

Building Your Family Through Egg Donation: What You Will Want to Know About the Emotional Aspects and What to Tell Your Children (Pamphlet)
by Joyce S. Friedeman, Celeste H. Friedeman
Pamphlet, 37 pgs. – Jolance Press (1996).
ISBN: 0964595214


And Tango Makes Three
by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
Reading level: 4 to 8 years old
Hardcover, 32 pgs. - Simon & Schuster (2005)
ISBN: 0689878451

Before You Were Born: Our Wish for a Baby
By Janice Grimes
Reading level: Unknown
Hardcover, – X, Y, and Me Books (2004)
ISBN: 0975502883

All Families Are Different
By Sol Gordon
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback, 50 pgs. – Prometheus Books (2002)
ISBN: 1573927651

A Part Was Given and An Angel Was Born
by Rozanne Nathalie
Reading level: Baby-Preschool
Hardcover, 24 pgs. - Beaver's Pond Press (2002)
ISBN: 1931646783

From Out of My Body Your Soul Did Grow
by Rozanne Nathalie
Reading level: Baby-Preschool
Hardcover, 24 pgs. - Beaver's Pond Press (2002)
ISBN: 1931646775

Our Beautiful Work of A.R.T
by Rozanne Nathalie
Reading level: Baby-Preschool
Hardcover, 24 pgs. - Beaver's Pond Press (2002)
ISBN: 1931646767

Special Delivery
by Rozanne Nathalie
Reading level: Baby-Preschool
Hardcover, 24 pgs. - Beaver's Pond Press (2002)
ISBN: 1931646791

Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born
By Jamie Lee Curtis
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover, 40 pgs. - Joanna Cotler (1996)
ISBN: 006024528X

Love You Forever
By Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback, 32 pgs. – Firefly Books (1995)
ISBN: 0920668372

Let Me Explain: A Story About Donor Insemination
By Jane Schnitter, Joanne Bowring
Reading level: Unknown
Hardcover, 32 pgs. – Perspectives Press (1995)
ISBN: 0944934129

Beginnings: How Families Come to Be
By Virginia Kroll, Stacey Schuett
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover, - Albert Whitman & Company (1994)
ISBN: 0807506028

Mommy Did I Grow in Your Tummy?: Where Some Babies Come from
by Elaine R. Gordon, Ph.D.
Reading level: All Ages
Paperback, 28 pgs. - E. M. Greenberg Press, Incorporated (1992)
ISBN: 0963456105