“Lori Metz brings her compassionate love and grounded wisdom to help families come to greater acceptance, understanding and celebration of their journey with egg-donation. This book is a gift that parents and their children will appreciate and treasure!” —Dr. Miriam Pineles, DACM, L.AC. “A reproductive tissue donor (egg, sperm or embryo) is an important partner in family building for hundreds of thousands of families. They say that DNA does not make a family - LOVE does. That resonates with many of us who have adopted aunties, uncles, cousins etc into their tribe, who have strained or non-existent relationships with “blood relatives”, who have blended families of any kind. Biology is not destiny! “Who we are” is shaped by our environment, by our education and upbringing. Being a parent is NOT defined by genetics. I Dreamed of You is a comforting ritual for anyone on a family building (through reproductive tissue donation or otherwise) journey.” —Carol Lunn Curchoe, PhD, Reproductive Physiologist & Founder, ART Compass www.artcompass.io “This book is a wonderful tribute to the love between parent and child and the journey many parents embark on to meet their babies.” —Dr. Meivys Garcia, Reproductive Endocrinologist & Fertility Specialist
I Dreamed of You
the story of an egg donor baby
by Lori Metz, lcsw, ccm, bc-tmh Illustrations By: Cayla Samano
I Dreamed of You
the story of an egg donor baby
by Lori Metz, lcsw, ccm, bc-tmh Illustrations By: Cayla Samano
Published Sep 05, 2020
43 Pages
Genre: JUVENILE NONFICTION / Family / New Baby
Book Details
I Dreamed of You tells a story of how the parent and child came to be together. Lori Metz is a licensed clinical social worker, certified in case management and broad certified in telemental health. She has had the privilege of working with individuals, couples & groups and hosts a podcast called LIFE, love, insight, fertility, experiences. I Dreamed of You was written in response to experiences encounter by many of those Lori has worked with, as they attempt to find balance and comfort in their egg donor journeys. I Dreamed of You is a way to open up this important and impactful conversation. It allows the mother to embrace all of the love, caring, nurturing, and desire she gave to the child from contemplation to birth and beyond. It takes so much love to tell the story of how the child came to be, and this..... is a love story.
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