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“The birds and the bees for the donor-conceived generation.” -Melanie McGee Bianchi/Editor/Bold Life Magazine

Hudson adores his Mommy and Mama. Mommy and Mama are architects, and while walking together to his first day of school, Hudson learns that they helped design one of the houses in the neighborhood.

Upon arriving at school, Hudson finds out that his neighbor has a new baby sister who was made with "a lot of love and a little bit of science."

Hudson begins to wonder about how he was made and rushes home after school to find out the answer.

Together, Hudson, Mommy and Mama explore what it means to be donor-conceived and how generosity and genetics combined to create a home built not just by an architects, but by love.

This book is for two-mom families who have conceived using their own egg + a sperm donor via IVF, IUI or ICI.

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A perfect companion to guide parents and children through joyous discussions of their unique genetic stories.”
-Dr. Hutton M. Kearney Hereditary Genomics / Mayo Clinic

“With gentleness, meatphor, lyricism and love, Sharon Leya explains the complex concept of donor conception, genetics and pregnancy so that a child can learn, appreciate, and love how they came to be. This is an important tale, gracefully told.” -Jeffrey Kluger, best-selling co-author of “Apollo 13” and the new novel “Holdout”

“The birds and the bees for the donor-conceived generation.” -Melanie McGee Bianchi/Editor/Bold Life Magazine

Maisie adores her Mommy and Mama. Mommy and Mama are architects, and while walking together to her first day of school, Maisie learns that they helped design one of the houses in the neighborhood.

Upon arriving at school, Maisie meets a boy with a new baby sister and learns that babies come from mommies and daddies.

Maisie begins to wonder about how she was made without a daddy and rushes home after school to find out the answer.

Together, Maisie, Mommy and Mama explore what it means to be donor-conceived and how generosity and genetics combined to create a home built not just by architects, but by love.

This book is for two-mom families who have conceived using an egg donor + a sperm donor via IVF.

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A perfect companion to guide parents and children through joyous discussions of their unique genetic stories.”
-Dr. Hutton M. Kearney Hereditary Genomics / Mayo Clinic

“With gentleness, meatphor, lyricism and love, Sharon Leya explains the complex concept of donor conception, genetics and pregnancy so that a child can learn, appreciate, and love how they came to be. This is an important tale, gracefully told.” -Jeffrey Kluger, best-selling co-author of “Apollo 13” and the new novel “Holdout”

“The birds and the bees for the donor-conceived generation.” -Melanie McGee Bianchi/Editor/Bold Life Magazine

Hudson adores his Mommy and Mama. Mommy and Mama are architects, and while walking together to his first day of school, Hudson learns that they helped design one of the houses in the neighborhood.

Upon arriving at school, Hudson meets a boy with a new baby sister and learns that babies come from mommies and daddies.

Hudson begins to wonder about how he was made without a daddy and rushes home after school to find out the answer.

Together, Hudson, Mommy and Mama explore what it means to be donor-conceived and how generosity and genetics combined to create a home built not just by an architects, but by love.

This book is for two-mom families who have conceived via embryo donation.

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A perfect companion to guide parents and children through joyous discussions of their unique genetic stories.”
-Dr. Hutton M. Kearney Hereditary Genomics / Mayo Clinic

“With gentleness, meatphor, lyricism and love, Sharon Leya explains the complex concept of donor conception, genetics and pregnancy so that a child can learn, appreciate, and love how they came to be. This is an important tale, gracefully told.” -Jeffrey Kluger, best-selling co-author of “Apollo 13”and the new novel “Holdout”

“The birds and the bees for the donor-conceived generation.” -Melanie McGee Bianchi/Editor/Bold Life Magazine

Hudson adores his Mommy and Mama. Mommy and Mama are architects, and while walking together to his first day of school, Hudson learns that they helped design one of the houses in the neighborhood.

Upon arriving at school, Hudson meets a boy with a new baby sister and learns that babies come from mommies and daddies.

Hudson begins to wonder about how he was made without a daddy and rushes home after school to find out the answer.

Together, Hudson, Mommy and Mama explore what it means to be donor-conceived and how generosity and genetics combined to create a home built not just by an architects, but by love.

This book is for two-mom families who have conceived using an egg donor + a sperm donor via IVF.

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A perfect companion to guide parents and children through joyous discussions of their unique genetic stories.”
-Dr. Hutton M. Kearney Hereditary Genomics / Mayo Clinic

“With gentleness, meatphor, lyricism and love, Sharon Leya explains the complex concept of donor conception, genetics and pregnancy so that a child can learn, appreciate, and love how they came to be. This is an important tale, gracefully told.” -Jeffrey Kluger, best-selling co-author of “Apollo 13” and the new novel “Holdout”

“The birds and the bees for the donor-conceived generation.” -Melanie McGee Bianchi/Editor/Bold Life Magazine

Remy adores her Mommy and Daddy. Mommy and Daddy are architects, and while walking together to her first day of school, Remy learns that they helped design one of the houses in the neighborhood.

Upon arriving at school, Remy sees her friend, Emmett, who announces he has a new baby sister who was made with "a lot of love and little bit of science."

Remy begins to wonder about how she was made and rushes home after school to find out the answer.

Together, Remy, Mommy and Daddy explore what it means to be donor-conceived and how generosity and genetics combined to create a home built not just by architects, but by love.

This book is for mom/dad families who have conceived using their own sperm + door egg via IVF, IUI or ICI.

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A perfect companion to guide parents and children through joyous discussions of their unique genetic stories.”
-Dr. Hutton M. Kearney Hereditary Genomics / Mayo Clinic

“With gentleness, meatphor, lyricism and love, Sharon Leya explains the complex concept of donor conception, genetics and pregnancy so that a child can learn, appreciate, and love how they came to be. This is an important tale, gracefully told.” -Jeffrey Kluger, best-selling co-author of “Apollo 13” and the new novel “Holdout”

"The birds and the bees for the donor-conceived generation." -Melanie McGee Bianchi/Editor/Bold Life Magazine

Liam's mommy is an architect, and while walking together on his first day of school, he learns that Mommy helped design one of the houses in the neighborhood. Upon arriving at school, Liam finds out that his neighbor has a new baby sister and that she was made with a "lot of love and a little bit of science." Liam begins to wonder about how he was made and rushes home after school to find out the answer. Together, Liam and Mommy explore what it means to be donor-conceived and how generosity and genetics combined to create a home built not just by an architect, but by love.

This book is for single moms by choice who have used their own egg + a sperm donor via to conceive via ICI

”A perfect companion to guide parents and children through joyous discussions of their unique genetic stories." -Dr. Hutton M. Kearney Hereditary Genomics / Mayo Clinic

"With gentleness, metaphor, lyricism and love, Sharon Leya explains the complex concept of donor conception, genetics and pregnancy so that a child can learn, appreciate, and love how they came to be. This is an important tale, gracefully told." -Jeffrey Kluger, best-selling co-author of "Apollo 13" and the new novel "Holdout"