Nina Davenport always wanted a family. She was especially close to her mother and knew that being one to a child of her own would bring her ultimate fulfillment. But there was one hang-up: the right man. So, still single at the age of forty-one, she decides not only to become a mother on her own but also to capture the entire process on film. A New York modern family emerges as she asks her gay friend, Eric, to be the sperm donor, and her best friend, Amy, to be her birthing partner. With humor and heart she moves through the triumphs and devastations of this transformative road to parenthood. The highs and lows, joys and challenges, are met with equal candor. Along the way she embarks on a new relationship and, devastatingly, loses her mother. First Comes Love, peppered with thoughts and advice from family members and friends, is a thoughtful meditation on love, loss, and baby making.  ST