Parenting after Infertility

Not in Front of the Children... How to Talk to Your Child About Tough Family Matters by Lawrence Balter, Ph.D. and Peggy Jo Donahue (New York: Viking, 1993) A child psychologist and well known advice columnist talks to parents about how young children (from toddlers through early school-aged) learn and how they perceive difficult issues and "family secrets." Infertility and its alternatives are not addressed specifically, but general guidance provided here can be valuable.

The Long Awaited Stork: A Guide to Parenting after Infertility by Ellen Sarasohn Glazer (Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1990). One writer's view of how infertility issues may rise again for couples who pursue quasi or tradition adoption or give birth after struggling with infertility.

Raising Multiple Birth Children: A Parents' Survival Guide to Surviving the First Three Years of Twins and Supertwins by William and Sheila Laut and Kristin Benit (Worcester, MA: Chandler House Press, 1999) An invaluable practical guide to dealing with the uniquenesses of a multifetal pregnancy and parenting "supertwins."

Credits: Patricia Irwin Johnston, MS