The Transition to Parenthood for Lesbian Couples
- 4 January 2006
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Journal of GLBT Family Studies
- Vol. 2 (1), 13-42
- https://doi.org/10.1300/j461v02n01_02
Abstract
While there is a slowly growing literature on lesbians with older children, the literature on the transition to parenthood for lesbian couples is scant. The current study examines aspects of the transition to parenthood experience for 29 lesbian couples. Specifically, this study explores aspects of couples' decision-making regarding alternative insemination (e.g., who would carry and bear the child, donor type), perceptions of social support across the transition to parenthood, and availability and use of legal safeguards (such as wills, powers of attorney, and coparent adoptions by nonbiological mothers). Future studies should explore how single lesbians manage the transition to parenthood. Research on lesbians and gay men who are pursuing parenthood through adoption is also needed.Keywords
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