Confessions of the Other Mother Nonbiological Lesbian Moms Tell All!

Name: Confessions of the Other Mother Nonbiological Lesbian Moms Tell All!
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ISBN: 9780807079638

ISBN-10: 0807079634

ISBN-13: 9780807079638

Edition: 2006

Authors: Harlyn Aizley

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After author Harlyn Aizley gave birth to her daughter, she watched in unanticipated horror as her partner scooped up the baby and said, "I"m your new mommy!" While they both had worked to find the perfect sperm donor, Aizley had spent nine months carrying the baby and hours in labor, so how could her partner claim to be their child"s mommy? Many diapers later, Aizley began to appreciate the complexity of her partner"s new role as the other mother. Together, they searched for stories about families like their own, in which a woman has chosen to forgo her own birth experience so that she might support her partner in hers. They found very few. Now, in Confessions of the Other Mother, Aizley…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication date: 5/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



Introduction: Mommy Delirious




Birth, Babies, and Beyond


Watching



Trouble with Pink



High-Femme Dad



And You Are?



Confessions of a Lesbian Dad



Nonbreeder



Who's Your Daddy?



Betsy Loves Bobbies



Naked Brunch



From the Outposts of Lesbian Parenting



Parenting as a Subversive Activity



Life as Mama



Mr. Anonymous




Mucking with the Stuff: Two Nonbios Become Bio, and Two Bios Turn Non


TWJL



Mommy Times Two



Yours, Mine, and Ours



Two Ubermoms Are Better Than One




Arriving When the Show Already has Started: A Lesbian "Stepmom"


Family of the Heart



Contributors


Acknowledgments