In 1997 media attention focused not only on the birth of a child conceived with donor eggs by a 63-year-old mother but also on the birth of septuplets conceived as a result of fertility-enhancing treatments. The first part of the book explains the alphabet of treatments - IVF, GIFT, ZIFT, and ICSI, with a minimum of technical language, also covering pregnancy after ART and pregnancy loss. The second part looks in detail at third-party parenting options - sperm donation, ovum donation, surrogacy, gestational care, and embryo donation. The authors provide guidelines and suggestions for openness with children born as a result of ART, strongly urging truth concerning genetic origins. A list of resource organizations and references completes this informative and well-written book. Essential for anyone considering ART.