Index

Tine Ravn (Aarhus University, Denmark)

Lived Realities of Solo Motherhood, Donor Conception and Medically Assisted Reproduction

ISBN: 978-1-83909-116-2, eISBN: 978-1-83909-115-5

Publication date: 30 September 2021

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Ravn, T. (2021), "Index", Lived Realities of Solo Motherhood, Donor Conception and Medically Assisted Reproduction (Emerald Studies in Reproduction, Culture and Society), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 217-224. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83909-115-520211013

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INDEX

Acceptance, family in terms of
, 102–103

Age
, 21–23

Ageing of fertility
, 22

Agency, enacting
, 113

Alternative family
, 18

Analytical presentation/reporting of findings
, 196

Anonymity
, 196

Anonymous donor
, 165–167

Anonymous sperm donation
, 58

Anthropology
, 41

Artificial womb
, 36–37

Assisted conception
, 124–125

Assisted reproductive procedures
, 3

Assisted reproductive/reproduction technologies (ARTs). See also Medically assisted reproduction (MAR)
, 2, 7, 15–16, 27, 43, 45, 55, 198–200

bio-cultural impacts of
, 2

expansion of
, 5–7

Attachment
, 147

creation through pregnancy
, 137

Attitudes towards technological possibilities of assisted conception
, 124–125

Belonging, mother-child resemblance as basis for
, 139, 144, 148

Best choice narrative
, 180–181

Best interest of child
, 64–68

Bio-cultural impacts of ARTs
, 2

Biogenetics
, 127–128

processes
, 72

safeguarding mother-child relation through biogenetic link
, 148–149

Biographical discontinuity
, 91

Biographical narratives

Charlotte
, 79–82

on contemplating solo motherhood
, 78–89

interviews
, 10, 187–188

Mette
, 82–86

research
, 10

Sarah
, 86–89

Biological based kinship model
, 42–43

Biological contingency
, 44

Biological fact
, 39

Biological motherhood
, 1

Biological need
, 92–93

Biology
, 44, 147

Biopolitical perspectives
, 63–64

Biotechnological innovations
, 4

Birth mother
, 15–16

Blood ties
, 149–150

British Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority (HFEA)
, 106–107

Camilla’s relational map
, 156–157

Cecilie’s relational map
, 158–159

Child(ren)

best interest of
, 64–68

significance of
, 23–25

well-being in solo mother families
, 31–34

Choice mothers
, 3

Choreography
, 127–128

Circumstantially childless families
, 18

Clear-cut for-or-against approach
, 36–37

Co-parents
, 15–16

Collective identification
, 48–51

Confidentiality
, 196

Connectedness through pregnancy
, 137

Contemplating motherhood
, 39

Contemplating solo motherhood
, 29, 31, 78, 89

Contemporary biopolitics
, 63

Conventional nuclear family structure
, 18–19

Critical frame analysis
, 62

framing two main debates through
, 61–63

Critical kinship theory
, 35

Cross-border reproductive care (CBRC)
, 56–57, 199–200

Cryopreservation
, 199–200

Cryos International
, 10–11, 178

Cultural changes
, 23

Cultural transformations
, 21–25

Danish Health Data Authority
, 106–107

Danish policy landscape of MAR
, 57–58

Danish two-way donor model
, 165, 168, 184

Data collection
, 193–195

interview design
, 194–195

recruitment and sample strategy
, 193–194

sample
, 193

Decision making process
, 1, 94, 103–104

Distinctive Danish two-way donor system
, 5

Doing family
, 35, 46–47

new kinship studies and theories on
, 41–47

in practice
, 155–160

Donation
, 163

Donor
, 161, 166

choosing and relating to
, 163–170

conception
, 3–4, 137, 139, 164–165

disclosure
, 5, 164

donor-conceived families
, 1, 15–16

relations
, 162–163, 170, 175

selection and changing perceptions
, 168–170

siblings
, 173–175

Donor insemination (DI)
, 7

solo mother families
, 32

Ectopic pregnancy
, 107

Egg donation
, 58

Egg-donors
, 15–16, 162–163

Electively childless families
, 18

Embryo
, 199–200

adoption
, 131–132

donation
, 131–132, 199–200

Embryo transfer (ET)
, 199–200

Emotional

matters
, 196–197

maturity
, 92

rollercoaster
, 39–40

strain of undergoing fertility treatment
, 113

Empowering technologies
, 9

Endometriosis
, 199–200

Environment
, 127

Equality
, 68–69, 103

Ethical considerations
, 195–197

analytical presentation/reporting of findings
, 196

confidentiality and anonymity
, 196

sensitive and emotional matters
, 196–197

transparency and informed consent
, 195–196

Ethopolitics
, 63

Existential act
, 82–83

Expert interviews
, 197–198

Family
, 15–16, 19, 181, 184

claiming family in terms of acceptance, rights and benefits
, 102–103

constructing family and network relations
, 149–160

decline of
, 18–21

defining meaning of
, 149–150

demography
, 19–20

family-friendly policies
, 23

maintaining, rethinking or contesting existing family ideals
, 150–155

policies
, 21–23

practice approach
, 46–47, 155, 160

variation in sociocultural practices
, 20–21

Fatherhood
, 24

Female biological age
, 39

Feminist approaches
, 36–37

within feminist theory
, 37

Feminist science and technology studies (FSTS)
, 11

Feminist theoretical concepts
, 11, 13, 35

Fertility
, 21–23

Fertility postponement
, 21–22

Fertility treatment
, 1, 106, 112–113

narratives on undergoing
, 108–113

navigating ‘roller coaster’ process of
, 113–119

reworking boundaries of ‘natural’ processes
, 119–125

success rates and risks of treatment
, 106–107

treatment procedures, risks and success rates
, 105–107

Fertilization
, 199–200

Forming donor-conceived families
, 105

Anna
, 131–133

Christina
, 128–130

complex interplay of biogenetic and social ties
, 135–149

constructing family and network relations
, 149–160

creating attachment and connectedness through pregnancy
, 137

donor conception
, 137–139

five strategies to claim ‘own’ child
, 147–149

Marie Louise
, 133–135

mother-child resemblance as basis for identity and belonging
, 139–144

own child as part of being ‘real’ woman
, 144–147

three biographical narratives on ‘having own child’
, 128–135

Frame/framing
, 62

analysis
, 62–63

reflection
, 62

Frozen embryo replacement (FER)
, 106, 131

Frozen/thawed embryo transfer cycle (FET)
, 199–200

Gay father families
, 15–16

Gender
, 47–53

Butler on
, 51–53

gender-equality equilibrium
, 18

Genes
, 127

Geneticization

of society
, 44

thesis
, 45

Genetics
, 47–53

emphasizing
, 8–9

inheritance
, 164

links
, 164

Gestational mother
, 15–16

Governmentality
, 63

Ground-breaking ethnographic study
, 39–40

Health care rights
, 69–70

Heterorelationality
, 16–17

Heterosexual families
, 16–17

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act
, 25

Human Genome Project (HGP)
, 44, 48

Identity
, 47–53

Butler on performativity, gender and identity
, 51–53

identity-release sperm donation
, 30

individual and collective identification
, 48–51

mother-child resemblance as basis for
, 139, 144, 148

release donors
, 170–173

(Im)mutability
, 185–186

In fertility treatment with IVF
, 108–109

In vitro fertilization (IVF)
, 7, 15, 199–200

mother to child conceived through
, 111–112

Incomplete revolution framework
, 17–18

Independence and nurture
, 90–91

Individual identification
, 48–51

Individualization
, 17–19

Infertility
, 38, 199–200

Informed consent
, 195–196

Innovations
, 105

Integrative processes
, 178

Intelligible families
, 153

Interpretative policy analysis
, 198

Interview design
, 194–195

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)
, 20, 105–106, 199–200

Intrauterine insemination (IUI)
, 7, 199–200

IUI-D
, 106

pregnant through IUI-D
, 109–111

Kinship
, 15, 41–42, 105, 127–128, 162, 181, 184

boundaries management
, 159–160

making
, 35

practices
, 36

Known donor
, 165–167

Legal MAR framework
, 4–5

Lesbian mother families
, 15–16

Liberal Party (L)
, 64

Life biographies, revising

biographical narratives on contemplating solo motherhood
, 78–89

claiming family in terms of acceptance, rights and benefits
, 102–103

double yoke of responsibility
, 94–96

identifying as solo mother
, 100–102

independence and nurture
, 90–91

motivating decision
, 89–100

motivations and justifications for embarking upon solo motherhood
, 91–93

narrative of best choice
, 96–98

relating personal and social
, 103–104

younger solo mothers
, 99–100

Life courses
, 188

Life story narratives
, 82–83

Life-planning
, 39, 188

Love ties
, 149–150

Machine in motion
, 116–117

Material-semiotic actor
, 38–39

Materiality
, 39–40

Matrilineal ethos of Judaism
, 20–21

Medically assisted reproduction (MAR)
, 1–2, 7, 15, 36, 55–56, 105–106, 131–132, 181, 184, 199–200

best interest of child
, 64–68

Danish policy landscape of
, 57–58

decline of family
, 18–21

developments over decade
, 70–73

different issue frames at play in debates on access to
, 64–73

diverse MAR regulation and legislation
, 56–57

equality and reproductive rights
, 68–69

and formation of ‘new’ families
, 15–21

and formation of solo mother families
, 2–7

health care rights and self-payment
, 69–70

(non)-‘traditional’ nuclear family formation
, 16–18

policy trajectory from restrictive to permissive on access to
, 58–61

socio-demographic trends and cultural transformations
, 21–25

three lines of conflicting argumentation
, 64–70

Mette’s relational map
, 157–158

Modernist narrative of individuality
, 153

Modernization
, 17–18

Monsters theory
, 35

Mother to child conceived through IVF
, 111–112

Mother-child resemblance as basis for identity and belonging
, 139, 144, 148

Motherhood
, 1, 147

significance of
, 23–25

and womanhood
, 147–148

Motivating driving forces and life situations
, 27–29

Narratives
, 47–53

of best choice
, 96–98

cross-cutting themes
, 112–113

enacting agency
, 113

in fertility treatment with IVF
, 108–109

mother to child conceived through IVF
, 111–112

open-endedness of treatment
, 113

physical and emotional strain of undergoing fertility treatment
, 113

pregnant through IUI-D
, 109–111

processual ‘roller-coaster’ effects
, 113

and social identity theory
, 11, 13, 35

themes and life story plots
, 90–91

on undergoing fertility treatment
, 108–113

National Health Service (NHS)
, 26–27

Natural facts
, 42–43

Natural kin
, 16–17

Natural order of life

biopolitical perspectives
, 63–64

Danish policy landscape of MAR
, 57–58

different issue frames at play in debates on access to MAR
, 64–73

European context
, 56–57

framing two main debates through critical frame analysis
, 61–63

policy trajectory from restrictive to permissive on access to MAR
, 58–61

transformations in rationalities governing policy issue of access
, 73–75

Natural processes

attitudes towards technological possibilities of assisted conception
, 124–125

reworking boundaries of
, 119–125

(un)manageable bodies
, 122–124

Nature
, 2, 44

nature-culture process
, 11–13

Navigating ‘roller coaster’ process of fertility treatment
, 113–119

rollercoaster and ‘conveyer-belt life’
, 116–119

undergoing treatment as single woman
, 115–116

New family
, 36

formations
, 55–56

New home economics framework
, 17–18

New kinship studies and theories
, 41–47

doing family
, 46–47

emergence of new kinship studies
, 41–46

New normative images of reproductive technologies and procreation
, 70–73

Non-biogenetic relations
, 156–157

Non-identity release donors
, 170–173

Non-Jewish donor sperm
, 20–21

(Non)-‘traditional’ nuclear family formation
, 16–18

Nontraditional families
, 15–16

Normalization processes
, 4

Normative categories
, 16

Nuclear family model
, 15

Nurture
, 2, 44, 147

independence and
, 90–91

NVivo
, 195

Observation study
, 198

Ontological choreography
, 39–40, 182–183

Open donor
, 165–167

Open-endedness of treatment
, 113

Ovarian hyper stimulation (OHSS)
, 107

Own child

five strategies to claim ‘own’ child
, 147–149

highlighting interlinkage of biology, motherhood and attachment/nurture
, 147

mother-child resemblance as basis for identity and belonging
, 148

naturalizing interlinkage of motherhood and womanhood
, 147–148

as part of being ‘real’ woman
, 144–147

relating maternity to biogenetic ties and paternity to social ties
, 148

safeguarding mother-child relation through biogenetic link
, 148–149

Parenthood
, 23–24

Patient-technology interaction
, 40–41

Performance
, 52

Performative theory
, 48

Butler on
, 51–53

Persistent belief
, 140–141

Personal narratives
, 1

Physical strain of undergoing fertility treatment
, 113

Plasticity
, 127

PolyCystic Ovaries (PCO)
, 128–129

Post-constructivist approach
, 45

Post-familial family
, 18–19, 153

Post-structural approach
, 45

Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD)
, 56–57

Pregnancy

creating attachment and connectedness through
, 137

pregnant through IUI-D
, 109–111

Prize of Adoption, The
, 138

Problem-setting frames
, 62

Processual ‘roller-coaster’ effects
, 113

Productive theoretical interlinkages
, 53–54

Puzzling paradoxes
, 7–9

emphasizing genetics
, 8–9

empowering technologies
, 9

expansion of assisted reproduction
, 5–7

legal MAR framework
, 4–5

MAR and formation of solo mother families
, 2–7

Real-life practices
, 18

Recruitment
, 193–194

Reproductive/reproduction
, 35, 68

bioeconomy
, 37

rights
, 68–69

technologies
, 2, 10–11, 16, 36–37, 45, 55–56

Research design
, 187–188

biographical narrative interview study
, 187–188

division of participants in terms of fertility treatment
, 188

interview participants
, 189–192

Responsibility
, 92

Reworking boundaries of ‘natural’ processes
, 119–125

Rights, family in terms of
, 102–103

Safeguarding mother-child relation through biogenetic link
, 148–149

Sample
, 193

strategy
, 193–194

Science and technology studies (STS)
, 11, 36, 38

Second demographic transition (SDT)
, 17–18

Second-wave feminism
, 37–38

Secularization
, 17–18

Self-identify
, 101–102

Self-payment
, 69–70

Self-understanding
, 49

Sensitive matters
, 196–197

Sexual reproduction
, 7

Single mothers by choice (SMC)
, 3, 25–26, 100

as ‘new’ families
, 25–34

contemplating solo motherhood
, 29–31

motivating driving forces and life situations
, 27–29

socio-demographic characteristics
, 25–27

well-being of children in solo mother families
, 31–34

Single women
, 1

undergoing treatment as
, 115–116

Single-embryo transfer (SET)
, 107

Social identity theory
, 11–13

Social motherhood
, 1

Social organization principle
, 18–19

Social origins
, 127–128

Social-constructivist approaches
, 38

Socio-demographic

characteristics
, 25–27

trends
, 21–25

Sociocultural

factors
, 15

narratives
, 77

practices
, 20–21

transformations
, 1

Solo fathers
, 15–16

Solo motherhood
, 15, 35, 49, 77–78, 178, 181

biographical narratives on contemplating
, 78–89

contemplating
, 29–31

motivations and justifications for embarking upon
, 91–93

routes to solo motherhood and choice of donor
, 29–31

Solo mothers
, 1, 3, 11, 13, 15–16, 153–154

family
, 15, 55–56

identifying as
, 100–102

MAR and formation of solo mother families
, 2–7

Specificity
, 127

Sperm donors
, 15–16, 162–163

Storytelling
, 31

Strategic framing
, 62

Strategic naturalization
, 41, 132, 159–160, 183

Strategies for life

(im) mutability
, 185–186

medically assisted reproduction
, 181–184

solo motherhood
, 178–181

Stratified possibility
, 26–27

Stratified reproduction
, 37

Supplementary data sources and collection
, 197–198

expert interviews
, 197–198

interpretative policy analysis
, 198

observation study
, 198

Technological ambivalence
, 36–37

Technologization

of human reproduction
, 105–106

of reproduction
, 2

Theoretical concepts
, 11–13

Theorizing material-discursive processes
, 38–41

Theorizing reproductive technologies. See also Medically assisted reproduction (MAR)
, 36–41

Donna Haraway and Charis Thompson
, 38–41

identity
, 47–53

new kinship studies and theories on ‘doing family’
, 41–47

productive theoretical interlinkages
, 53–54

Theory
, 35

Traditional family
, 15–18

Traits
, 140–141

Transformations in rationalities governing policy issue of access
, 73–75

Transnational politics of reproduction
, 38

Transparency
, 195–196

Two-parent model
, 20

(Un)manageable bodies
, 122–124

Unsuccessful donor inseminations
, 83, 86

Welfare state system
, 22

Welfare system facilitation of reproductive practices
, 23

Well-being of children in solo mother families
, 31–34

Womanhood, motherhood and
, 147–148

Younger solo mothers
, 99–100