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of alternative therapies, the amount of money spent on treatment, the use of
counseling services (see Throsby, 2004), and adoption.
8. While male infertility has received some attention (e.g., Imeson & McMurray,
1996; Lee, 1996; Mason, 1993; Webb & Daniluk, 1999), the male experience
of fertility treatment, particularly where male factor infertility is not implicated,
has received very little research attention (although, see Meerabeau, 1991;
Throsby & Gill, 2004).
9. For example, intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), where a single sperm
is injected into an egg.
10. The edited collection by Layne (1999) argues that this kind of reconfi guration
becomes possible precisely from the “fringes” of motherhood.
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