IVF Journey

Books for SMC and Children’s Books about donors

The books recommended to me by fertility psychologist and genetic counselors:

  1. Single Mothers By Choice, Jane Mattes: A Guidebook for Single Women Who Are Considering or Have Chosen Motherhood (ISBN: 978-0-8129-2246-2)
  2. An Excellent Choice, Emma Brockes: Panic and Joy on My Solo Path to Motherhood (ISBN: 978-1-5942-0663-4)
  3. Adopting on Your Own, Lee Varon. The Complete Guide to Adopting as a Single Parent.

Children’s Books:

  1. Lilly’s Blueprints, A Double Donor Conception Story, for Single Moms by Choice Families
  2. How Monkey Bears are Made, Heather Genik. A story about egg donation and the journey to become a family (Different Ways Families Are Made).
  3. The Pea that was Me, Kimberly Kluger-Bell. An Egg donation story.
  4. The Very Special Ducklings, Wava Crisan, Stella Schutze. A very simple story about egg donation.
  5. I Dreamed of You, Lori Metz. The story of an egg donor baby.

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