The Essential Guide to Lesbian Conception, Pregnancy, and Birth

The first book of its kind, The Essential Guide to Lesbian Conception, Pregnancy, and Birth is a step-by-step guide to the physical and emotional aspects of conception through delivery, providing easy-to-understand charts and illustrations, checklists, groundbreaking fertility information, and personal exercises geared specifically toward lesbians. Reflecting the unique experience of lesbian mothers, this is a comprehensive and indispensable book, practical and inspirational, and will serve as a literary midwife to the growing number of lesbian mothers.

Stephanie Brill is cofounder of Maia Midwifery and Preconception Services in Berkeley, Calif. Maia has achieved national recognition by helping thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered individuals create family. In addition, she is a former faculty instructor for the Midwifery Institute of California as well as a member of the California Association of Midwives and the Midwives' Alliance of North America. A lesbian mother of three, she is also the author of the acclaimed book The Queer Parent's Primer: A Lesbian and Gay Families' Guide to Navigating the Straight World.

Kim Toevs also cofounded Maia Midwifery and Preconception Services. She is a member of the California Association of Midwives and the Midwives' Alliance of North America. A former faculty member at the Midwifery Institute of California, Toevs is now pursuing her master of public health degree in community health education. She lives with her family in Oakland, Calif.