New Books for Adults and Children About Surrogacy by Dr. Bergman
Kim Bergman, PhD, a licensed psychologist and co-owner and senior partner of Growing Generations, has written the definitive primer on assisted reproduction: Your Future Family: The Essential Guide to Assisted Reproduction (Everything You Need to Know about Surrogacy, Egg Donation, and Sperm Donation). It provides a foundational knowledge of third-party reproduction and includes essential facts as well as a list of resources to help intended parents along the way.
Your Future Family provides a roadmap for navigating the journey of building a family through assisted reproduction. It outlines the very first steps intended parents should take, the options available to them at each turn, and includes essential advice and tips to help set them up for success. Filled with open and honest personal anecdotes from Bergman’s own life, as well as the lives of her clients, this book brings the human element of creating a family this way to life.
It’s no wonder that in the few short weeks after the book was released, it garnered praise from celebrities such as Andy Cohen, Ryan Murphy, and Dustin Lance Black. Excerpts from her book have been featured in The Advocate and feature articles written in People Magazine and L.A. Parent as well as on the Mombian website.
Bergman has also written the recently released children’s book called You Began as a Wish released in October 2019. This book helps parents beautifully and simply explain how their children were brought into the world.
If you are considering third-party reproduction and need information and guidance, we encourage you to pick up either of Dr. Bergman’s books and read them for yourself or to your child. If you have any questions on becoming a parent through surrogacy or egg donation, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Posted by Dr. Kim Bergman in Surrogacy Resources for Intended Parents on 08/11/19
Kim Bergman, PhD, a licensed psychologist of 26 years, has specialized in the area of gay and lesbian parenting, parenting by choice and third party assisted reproduction for over two decades. Dr. Bergman has created a comprehensive psychological screening, support and monitoring process for Intended Parents, Surrogates and Donors. She is the co-owner of Fertility Counseling Services and Growing Generations and is a member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the American Psychological Association, the Los Angeles County Psychological Association, the Lesbian and Gay Psychotherapy Association, and the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association. She is on the national Emeritus board of the Family Equality Council. Dr. Bergman writes, teaches and speaks extensively on parenting by choice. Along with co-authors, she published “Gay Men Who Become Fathers via Surrogacy: The Transition to Parenthood” (Journal of GLBT Family Studies, April 2010). Dr. Bergman’s is the author of the upcoming book, Your Future Family: The Essential Guide to Assisted Reproduction (Conari Press 2019). Dr. Bergman created her own family using third party assisted reproduction and she lives with her wife of 35 years. Her two daughters are in college.