“Making a human always takes the same three ingredients—an egg cell, a sperm cell, and a uterus. But just how the ingredients come together is a fascinating tale. With discoveries in science and medicine, we have insemination and IVF, along with sex, to bring babies into the world. Sometimes the ingredients that created us come from the same people who are raising us. Other times, we don’t share genetics with the people responsible for our care, such as when we are raised by stepparents, adoptive parents, or foster parents. This is also often true when donors and surrogates are involved” FamilyPregnancyAdoptionReproductionInfertilityIvfSurrogacyBlended FamiliesDonor ConceptionIui Book:Roads to Family: All the Ways We Come to Be Source: Roads to Family: All the Ways We Come to Be
“They wondered about IUI and IVF. If fertilization happens in a lab, is the child still created out of love? . . . They came to see that assisted reproduction is still an act of love, albeit a less conventional one than 'making love' to have a baby.” ReproductionInfertilityIvfIui Book:Roads to Family: All the Ways We Come to Be Source: Roads to Family: All the Ways We Come to Be