If at First You Don’t Conceive: A Complete Guide to Infertility from One of the Nation’s Leading Clinics
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More than 7.3 million women in the United States are unable to have children because of infertility challenges, according to the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Women and men diagnosed with infertility often feel overwhelmed and panicked; they are eager for accessible information and medically sound guidance. In this breakthrough book, Dr. Schoolcraft, one of the most renowned fertility specialists, offers hope to prospective parents by explaining what they need to know, including: • choosing the right physician and clinic• finding proven treatments for each condition• dealing with the emotional challenges of infertility• understanding the financial aspects of treatmentThe Complete Guide to Overcoming Infertility offers the latest information in the key areas of fertility drugs, insemination, in vitro fertilization, male infertility treatments, fertility options for cancer patients, and much more. It saves millions of hopeful parents from suffering and confusion by
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If at First You Don’t Conceive: A Complete Guide to Infertility from One of the Nation’s Leading Clinics
I have read A LOT of books about infertility during my 5 year/13 procedure fight that resulted in my beautiful son. I wish this book had been available to me in the beginning of my fight, although I read it with interest and found myself learning stuff long after I thought I had heard it all.
The book covers the basics on through the more high tech including the diagnostic tests and procedures such as IUIs, IVFs, donor sperm, donor eggs, gestational surrogates, egg freezing, and genetic testing. There was a chapter devoted to alternative medicine (heavily influenced by Randine Lewis whose book I have also read.) The part of the book that I really appreciated was Chapter 17: The Emotional Challenges of Infertility. I am very happy that a medical doctor “gets” and seriously acknowledges the emotional suffering that infertility inflicts.
Most infertility veterans have heard of Dr. Schoolcraft and The Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicing. I always thought of it as THE place that, if you could afford it, was a woman’s best chance of getting pregnant and this book confirms it for me talking about tests even I hadn’t heard about. The book is packed with a lot of science/medical talk but it is readable due to the personal stories in each chapter. If I had one critisism it would be that the personal stories often find the problem and then are quickly resolved with a pregnancy after one procedure. Dr. Schoolcraft seems to acknowledge this by adding a personal story in Chapter 19 titled A Patient’s Story that truly describes how long of a battle infertility can be. The patient, named Michelle, offers her own opinions and they are WONDERFUL – do not skip this chapter, it is excellent!
Overall I highly recommend this book!
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