Author Description

A story book written in age-appropriate, loving language and tells the story of how a child came to be via IVF using donor sperm. The book is written for 3-5 year old children. Using bears as characters, the illustrations depict the typical day in the life of a child interacting with their parent. The book describes a baby conceived for a single mother by choice using in vitro fertilization with the mother’s egg and donor sperm. The child is genetically related to the mother and the donor. This book does not use the words sperm or egg. The term donor is used. PLEASE The "Before You Were Born" books were created to help as many parents as possible. Therefore, the illustrations are the same from book to book. (Please see the online sample book available for instant preview at our company website X, Y, and Me. Though portions of the textual content are unique in every book, we strongly suggest viewing the sample book and its illustrations prior to purchasing one of our books.