I Can't Wait to Meet You

"Inside this book we meet, Grace and her husband, Charlie. They want to have a baby but try as they might it just is not happening for them. They travel to the doctor where they undergo Vito fertilization and are very happy when they find out they are going to have a baby. Author, Claudia Santorelli-Bates writes this book from her own experience of having a child through the help of IVF. This is a hardcover book, very well made, with exceptional illustrations. Our author takes the reader through the process of what happens when someone is trying to conceive using IVF. The story is told in a very tasteful, joyous, colorful way, and it has a beautiful ending. However for parents of an IVF child it will definitely show them how deeply they were wanted and greatly loved even before they entered this world. That knowledge alone is a true gem for any child to know and cling to all of their lives. Please do not misunderstand me, I liked this book. I think it is beautifully written, creatively illustrated and definitely has something to say, and that is the point. It is a story with a mission of love that may not be for everyone, but will definitely touch the hearts of those it is set forth to reach."

— Shirley Priscilla Johnson

"Claudia Santorelli-Bates has managed to produce that book most people who are either preparing to start a family or who have children who are ready to learn the facts of 'becoming' have been waiting for. In a very genteel manner, accompanied by some excellent illustrations by Caleb Sawyer, she essentially explains how babies come about. Santorelli-Bates has found a manner by which she can easily explain and illustrate the fertilization of an egg by a sperm and how that product implants in the uterus to grow and mature into a baby. Without question this is one of the more sensitive and healthy while lighthearted books on how did we get here. By placing the story in the in vitro fertilization category it just becomes more understandable – and engenders the feeling of just how much children are wanted and loved. This is a beautifully presented, much needed book that should find a very wide audience!"

— Grady Harp