Resources Ann's Blog: http://motherhoodisitforme.blogspot.com/ Books Deciding Dell, Diana L., and Erem, Susan. Do I Want To Be a Mom? A Women’s Guide to the Decision of a Lifetime. New York: Contemporary Books McGraw-Hill, 2004. Engel, Beverly. The Parenthood Decision: Discovering Whether You Are Ready and Willing to Become a Parent. New York: Main Street Book, Doubleday, 1998. Wade, Donna, with Kovacs, Liberty, Ph.D. I Want a Baby, He Doesn’t: How Both Partners Can Make the Right Decision at the Right Time. Avon, Massachusetts: Adams Media, 2005. Walker, Rebecca. Baby Love: Choosing Motherhood After a Lifetime of Ambivalence. New York: Riverhead Books, the Penguin Group, 2007. Ziman Tobin, Phyllis O., with Aria, Barbara. Motherhood Optional: A Psychological Journey. New Jersey: Jason Aronson, 1998. Redefining Motherhood Douglas, Susan J., and Michaels, Meredith W. The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How It Has Undermined All Women. New York: Free Press, Simon and Schuster, Inc., 2005. Crittenden, Ann. The Price of Motherhood: Why the Most Important Job In the World Is Still the Least Valued. New York: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2001. Ireland, Mardy S. Reconceiving Women: Separating Motherhood From Female Identity. New York: The Guilford Press, 1993. Maschka, Kristen. This Is Not How I Thought It Would Be: Remodeling Motherhood To Get the Lives We Want Today. New York: Berkeley Books, Penguin Group, 2009. Maushart, Susan. The Mask of Motherhood: How Becoming a Mother Changes Everything and Why We Pretend It Doesn’t. New York: The New Press, 1999. Single Motherhood Hertz, Rosanna. Single by Chance, Mothers by Choice: How Women Are Choosing Parenthood Without Marriage and Changing the American Family. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. Mattes, Jane, C.S.W. Single Mothers by Choice: A Guidebook For Single Women Who Are Considering or Have Chosen Motherhood. New York: Times Books, Random House, 1994. Morrissette, Mikki. Choosing Single Motherhood: The Thinking Woman’s Guide. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008. Childless / Childfree Lafayette, Leslie. Why Don’t You Have Kids? Living a Full Life Without Parenthood. New York: Kensington Publishing Corporation, 1995. Scott, Laura S. Two Is Enough: A Couple’s Guide To Living Childless By Choice. Berkeley: Seal Press, Perseus Books Group, 2009. Walker, Ellen L., Ph.D. Complete Without Kids: An Insider’s Guide to Childfree Living By Choice or By Chance. Austin, Texas: Greenleaf Book Group Press, 2011. Other Good Books Bender, Karen E., and de Gramont, Nina, editors. Choice: True Stories of Birth, Contraception, Infertility, Adoption, Single Parenthood, and Abortion. San Francisco: MacAdam Cage, 2007. Borysenko, Joan, Ph.D. A Women’s Book of Life: The Biology, Psychology, and Spirituality of the Feminine Life Cycle. New York: Riverhead Books, 1996. Leibovich, Lori, editor. Maybe Baby: 28 Writers Tell the Truth About Skepticism, Infertility, Baby Lust, Childlessness, Ambivalence, and How They Made the Biggest Decision of Their Lives. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2006. Linton, Bruce, Ph.D. Finding Time for Fatherhood: Men’s Concerns as Parents. Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Hills Books, 2000. Payne, Niravi and Richardson, Lee. The Language of Fertility: A Revolutionary Mind-Body Program for Conscious Conception. New York: Harmony Books, 1997 Toevs, Kim, and Brill, Stephanie. The Essential Guide to Lesbian Conception, Pregnancy, and Birth. Los Angeles: Alyson Publications, 2002. Websites that support Parents & Children, Childfree Living, Queer Families: HandInHandParenting.org Articles: Motherhood-Is it for me? Ready for a family? Article: Is Parenthood for you?
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