Before You Were Born...Our Wish For A Baby (The Story of IVF Using Donor Sperm) [Paperback]

Janice Grimes (Author)

Book Description

A story book written in age-appropriate, loving language and tells the story of how a child came to be via IVF and donor sperm. The book is written for 3-5 year olds. Using bears as characters, the illustrations depict the typical day in the life of a child interacting with their parent. The story describes a child conceived by in vitro fertilization using donor sperm. The story does not contain the words "sperm" or "egg". The term "donor" is used. This book is written for heterosexual couples and uses the words "Mommy and Daddy".

Product Details

• Paperback: 18 pages
• Publisher: X, Y, and Me (2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0975502875
• ISBN-13: 978-0975502877
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,481,710 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Wasn't impressed., June 20, 2009

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B. Jablonski (Scottsdale, AZ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Before You Were Born...Our Wish for a Baby (In Vitro Fertilization) (Paperback)

The book cover is thin, flimsy, and one corner was bent when I received it. The illustrations are cute but the content was "so so" and the term "test tube babies" really isn't used anymore. I wouldn't recommend this book. I just wasn't that impressed.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Introduces the topic to an IVF-conceived child, May 17, 2007

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Sue Stuever Battel (Michigan, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Before You Were Born: Our Wish for a Baby (Hardcover)

This short book features a young bear who was conceived by IVF. The bear (drawn as probably a boy, but somewhat neutral) asked his parents to "tell me the story about your wish for a baby." The book is the parents' response -- that they tried and tried for a baby, they were very sad, then went to a special doctor who took a special cell from Mommy and one from Daddy. The book says Mommy was given some medicine and that the cells were combined in a lab dish. The baby grew inside Mommy. For our family, this was an introduction to the concept of IVF to our daughter. It doesn't use any biological terms (sperm or ova), so it's pretty general and leaves the door open for the child to ask questions.