Author: Heather Huhman
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781523504329
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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An indispensable, comprehensive, and accessible reference book, NAVIGATING INFERTILITY provides people the tools they need to be their own best advocates as they navigate their fertility journey. Author Heather Huhman guides readers through every stage—from knowing when to seek medical advice to parenting after infertility, and everything in between. There's the medical nitty gritty: getting a diagnosis (or not); selecting a fertility clinic that's right for you; understanding IUI and IVF and genetic testing; a comprehensive list of medications and their side effects, and much more. There are emotional high and lows: staying hopeful while managing grief and depression, maintaining and strengthening your relationship, and navigating religious and ethical concerns. And then there is the practical and often complicated questions around affording treatments, dealing with your workplace (including the military), and everything you need to know about insurance and fertility treatments. NAVIGATING INFERTILITY breaks down complicated clinical information and expert medical advice from top specialists in the field. The book includes first-person stories and hard-won advice from women who have been down this long and often painful road (Huhman included) and offers a clear-eyed look at the emotional and psychological landmines that come with the journey. The result is a book that inspires as much as it educates and is a much-needed source of support and inspiration for readers hungry for understanding and hope.

Author: Lucy van de Wiel
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1479803626
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 378

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Welcomed as liberation and dismissed as exploitation, egg freezing (oocyte cryopreservation) has rapidly become one of the most widely-discussed and influential new reproductive technologies of this century. In Freezing Fertility, Lucy van de Wiel takes us inside the world of fertility preservation—with its egg freezing parties, contested age limits, proactive anticipations and equity investments—and shows how the popularization of egg freezing has profound consequences for the way in which female fertility and reproductive aging are understood, commercialized and politicized. Beyond an individual reproductive choice for people who may want to have children later in life, Freezing Fertility explores how the rise of egg freezing also reveals broader cultural, political and economic negotiations about reproductive politics, gender inequities, age normativities and the financialization of healthcare. Van de Wiel investigates these issues by analyzing a wide range of sources—varying from sparkly online platforms to heart-breaking court cases and intimate autobiographical accounts—that are emblematic of each stage of the egg freezing procedure. By following the egg’s journey, Freezing Fertility examines how contemporary egg freezing practices both reflect broader social, regulatory and economic power asymmetries and repoliticize fertility and aging in ways that affect the public at large. In doing so, the book explores how the possibility of egg freezing shifts our relation to the beginning and end of life.

Author: Dianne Zalitis
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1483689719
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 64

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For women dealing with infertility there are countless examples of how you used your faith, practicality, insight and gift of caring to overcome huge challenges, with grace and dignity. And readers can take away useful strategies to employ in their own struggles. But the real beauty in this story is in the overriding sense of hope you instil in every word of your journey, to reach peace, understanding and a purpose for your humanity and your womanhood. I will recommend to my friends and family. Wendy Bowker, Registered Nurse, writer, mother If you have struggled to find a way to live a fulfilled life with infertility and childlessness, then you have picked the right book at the right time. Here's why... In The Infertility Question Dianne Zalitis provides the reader with many useful strategies, easy to employ in their own struggles, which have proven successful in her journey to discover a purpose to her life without children. So, are you ready to find the answers to your infertility questions? Are you ready to discover your meaning in your childlessness? Are you ready to lead a life of purpose with infertility and childlessness? The Infertility Question unlocks the hope and the hidden future within your life. Full of self-discovery and learning's Dianne's book is inspirational and full of insights and practical strategies. Discover... How to take the pain out of infertility A safe process for accepting and grieving the children you will never have How to enjoy being around the pregnant and the fertile Strategies to regain control in your life, and to even out the emotional roller-coaster You are not alone and the safe places for you Answers to your most heartfelt question why am I not a mother? What to say and how to say it take control of the "do you have children" conversations The pathway to finding meaning in your childless life The key to relationship survival throughout your infertility journey And that's just for starters! The power to change your life is inside you right now and Dianne Zalitis shows you the way I can relate so well to what Dianne went through! When you read the book, you realise that you are not alone! And that it is ok to be different. And that if you can't have children, the world does not stop and that there are other ways to fulfil your life and be happy. Isabel Agostinho

Author: Leah Campbell
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN: 9781483911335
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 440

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“First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes a baby in the baby carriage.”That's how the story goes, right? We all grow up hearing the same fairy tales, and imagining the same futures. But what happens when the future you have always pictured for yourself, is ripped away before you ever even get the chance to pursue it?Single Infertile Female tells the story of a girl, still young and looking for love, who is hit with a medical diagnosis that threatens to destroy the future she always believed she would have. Faced with a choice between now or never, she has to decide if love and marriage should always have to come first. And if they don't, can you still keep looking for them, even while actively pursuing that baby in the baby carriage?

Author: Ashley Wells
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781461171317
Category : Infertility
Languages : en
Pages : 86

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At the age of twenty-two, Ashley learned that she would not be able to conceive or sustain the life of a child within her body, outside of divine intervention. The next months, and years, were a difficult time. She struggled to find her way, and struggled to trust God in the midst of difficulty. However, in His faithfulness, God brought Ashley through infertility and now her faith is stronger than ever. Are you struggling with a diagnosis of infertility? Are you questioning God's plans for your life? Through Ashley's own personal experience, she offers hope through her words. Hope in the midst of infertility. Hope in your future. Hope in something more.

Author: Kathe Wunnenberg
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0310256658
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 290

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My story is different from yours, but the pages of our lives share a common theme. Silent suffering. The longing for a child. Think of my book as your companion of hope, a ray of sunshine, to shine truth, encouragement, and perspective on your situation. ---Kathe Wunnenberg Infertility is a deeply private pain that is often misunderstood by those who have not experienced its seasons of longing and loss. Whether you recently tried to have a child or have struggled for years to conceive, Longing for a Child is a compassionate companion full of hope, healing, and practical help. Offering biblical perspectives and moving stories of others who have struggled with infertility, sixty heartfelt devotions connect you securely to God during this time of waiting, heartbreak, and questioning. Each devotion contains a Scripture, short thematic story, prayer, reflective questions, and a space for journaling. Meditations for special occasions, such as Mother's Day, are also included. An encouraging devotional companion that can be used by individuals, couples, or groups, Longing for a Child speaks directly to the heart, meeting you wherever you are on your journey through infertility.

Author: Marcia Claire Inhorn
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520231085
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 360

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These essays examine the global impact of infertility as a major reproductive health issue, one that has profoundly affected the lives of countless women and men. The contributors address a range of topics including how the deeply gendered nature of infertility sets the blame on women's shoulders.

Author: Lois Flowers
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
ISBN: 9780736911801
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 228

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From her own experience, Flowers understands the struggle and anguish infertile readers go through, and she gently points out some strategies that will help bring true peace and joy in the midst of the disappointment.

Author: Shanna H. Swan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982113677
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 304

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An award-winning scientist, in this urgent, thought-provoking and meticulously researched book, shows how chemicals in the modern environment are changing--and endangering--human sexuality and fertility on the grandest scale.

Author: Amanda Hope Haley
Publisher: HarperChristian Resources
ISBN: 1401679765
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 161

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The problem of infertility has reached epidemic levels in our society. It is projected that 40 percent of women currently 25 and younger will have difficulty conceiving a child or reaching a live birth. Amanda Hope Haley had married David, the man of her dreams, and earned a master’s degree from Harvard. She and David purchased their first home and settled down to start a family. All her hopes and dreams were coming true according to plan—until the family didn’t happen. After spending seven years begging God for a child, Amanda discovered that God gives only one hope: Jesus. Amanda having a baby wasn’t to be her happy ending. Finding wholeness by hoping only in God was her happy ending! Using Amanda’s personal stories, and the stories of other women who have struggled to have children, Barren Among the Fruitful surrounds those women struggling with infertility or miscarriage with a sense of community while providing honest facts. It leads women from confusion to understanding. Each chapter is titled with a well-meaning, but sometimes thoughtless comment Amanda was offered during her seven-year struggle with infertility. Features include: Personal stories from women who have struggled with infertility or miscarriage An honest look at the problem of infertility Questions for individual thought or group discussion