Title: She looks just like you : a memoir of (nonbiological lesbian) motherhood /
Authors: Miller, Amie Klempnauer, 1965-
Publisher: Beacon Press,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Miller, Amie Klempnauer,; Miller, Amie Klempnauer,; Nonbiological mothers United States Biography.; Lesbian mothers United States Biography.; Gender identity United States
Abstract: After ten years of talking about children, two years of trying (and failing) to conceive, and one shot of donor sperm for her partner, Amie Miller was about to become a mother. Or something like that. Over the next nine months, as her partner became the biological mom-to-be, Miller became ... what? Mommy's little helper? A faux dad? As a midwestern, station wagon-driving, stay-at-home mom and as a nonbiological lesbian mother Miller both defines and defies the norm. Like new parents everywhere, she wrestled with the anxieties and challenges of first-time parenthood-including neurotic convictions that her child was chronically ill and the muddled confusion of sleeplessness. But unlike most mothers, she experienced pregnancy and birth only vicariously. Unlike biological parents, she had to stand before a judge to adopt her own daughter. And unlike most straight parents, she wondered how to respond when strangers gushed, "I bet Daddy's proud," or "She has your eyes."
Contents: Babymaking -- No waiting, womb two -- Segues -- Mise en garde -- Shock and awe -- Mommy and me -- Words -- First floor, Maslow's -- Flight -- Shards -- For better or for worse -- Anniversary.