Making Multiple Babies Anticipatory Regimes of Assisted Reproduction

• Main Author: Wu, Chia-Ling (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Berghahn Books 2023
• Series: Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality
• Subjects: Reproductive medicine; Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; Health Sciences; Anthropology
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Human beings have been producing more twins, triplets, and quadruplets than ever before, due to the expansion of medically assisted conception. This book analyzes the anticipatory regimes of making multiple babies. With archival documents, participant observation, in-depth interviews, and registry d...