In Her Own Sweet Time: Unexpected Adventures in Finding Love, Commitment, and Motherhood

At thirty-one, Rachel Lehmann-Haupt thought she had everything: the perfect boyfriend, an exciting career, and the promise of marriage and children. But one year later, the relationship ended and she found herself starting over and approaching the dividing line between a regular and a "high risk" pregnancy

Faced with the pressure of finding love on the edge of her fertility, Lehmann-Haupt traveled around the world to explore the many new choices available to women---egg freezing, single motherhood, and instant families---while grappling with her own ambitions, anxieties, and values. A witty and poignant account of balancing modern love with modern life, In Her Own Sweet Time is the story of a young woman who wants it all---a career, a family, the perfect partner---and her search to make it work.

"[Lehmann-Haupt] is a skilled, empathetic writer and an excellent researcher, alert to the absurdities and ethical ambiguities of her quest, and she has written a valuable guide."---Washington Post

"Ms. Lehmann-Haupt remind[s] women that sometimes baby makes two, not three, and that in either case, they won't be going it alone."---New York Times

"With in Her Own Sweet Time Rachel Lehmann-Haupt achieves something quite difficult: she confronts the issue of coming up against the biological clock and explores the field of fertility technology in a way that is readable, relatable, and engaging."---Naomi Wolf

Rachel Lehmann - Haupt's writing appears regularly in the New York Times, Newsweek, New York, Vogue, O, Self, Outside, and Wired, among other magazines. She lives in Manhattan.