Challenging conceptions : pregnancy and parenting beyond the traditional family / Lisa Saffron.

Challenging conceptions : planning a family by self-insemination

London : Cassell, 1994.

220 pages : black and white illustrations ; 23 cm

This item was donated as part of The Women's Health Library archive held by Wellcome Collection, reference SA/WHL https://wellcomecollection.org/works/fjg4s86y

"Challenging Conceptions is a powerful and inspiring book about the experience of lesbian couples and single women creating their own families independently of a social father. In an authoratative and accessible manner, Saffron sets of the the medical, social, political and legal realities of independent motherhood, including a step by step guide to self-insemination. She provides the reader with essential advice and information on seeking and screening donors, getting pregnant, and on what to do when self-insemination isn't working. Through a series of interviews, the author charts the personal experiences of a wide range of mothers, co-parents, children and donors and we learn from their unique perspectives the happiness and fulfilment which their 'alternative' families have brought to their lives."--From cover.

Copy 1. Donor: This item was originally held in the Women's Health Library. It was donated to Wellcome in 2016 by the Feminist Library, which acted as temporary custodian following the closure of Women's Health in 2006.

Copy 1. Former Women's Health Library shelfmark: Ov

Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-210) and index.