The first book of its kind, The Essential Guide to Lesbian Conception, Pregnancy, and Birth is a step-by-step guide to the physical and emotional aspects of conception through delivery, providing easy-to-understand charts and illustrations, checklists, groundbreaking fertility information, and personal exercises geared specifically toward lesbians. Reflecting the unique experience of lesbian mothers, this is a comprehensive and indispensable book, practical and inspirational, and will serve as a literary midwife to the growing number of lesbian mothers.