Misconception : social class and infertility in America / Ann V. Bell.

Includes bibliographies and index.

"That's what I'm supposed to be" : why women want to mother -- "I'm good at the job" : how women achieve "good" motherhood -- "Getting pregnant's a piece of cake" : trying to mother -- "Socioeconomically it would be much more difficult" : the lived experience of infertility -- "Whatever gets me to the end point" : resolving infertility -- "So what can you do?" : Coping with infertility -- Conclusion : (re)conceiving infertility.

Despite the fact that, statistically, women of low socioeconomic status (SES) experience greater difficulty conceiving children, infertility is generally understood to be a wealthy, white woman's issue. In Misconception, Ann V. Bell overturns such historically ingrained notions of infertility by examining the experiences of poor women and women of color. These women, so the stereotype would have it, are simply too fertile. The fertility of affluent and of poor women is perceived differently, and these perceptions have political and social consequences, as social policies have entrenched these.

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