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Baby Chase - The Comic book story of a couple's quest to have a baby
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This is a free online comic book which tells the story of how a couple used IVF to complete their family |
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Making Babies
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Making Babies is a thorough and comprehensive compilation of up-to-date scientific research, blended with a wealth of informative, practical knowledge, and is packed full of relevant self-help information that has something to suit everyone. This book has been combined to offer you a 'warts and all' overview of both the medical approach to reproductive dysfunctions and the effective benefits that holistic, natural medicines and conventional, orthodox medicine can have on influencing your reproductive health, general wellbeing and gender selection. Making Babies is an easy-to-read guide that covers in-depth descriptions of all the major medical and complementary therapies from acupuncture, diet, clinical nutrition, herbal medicine, homeopathy, medically assisted technology, surgical procedures, IVF, prescription medications and much more. This book is essential reading that will assist in preparing and educating you on the various causal factors, medical conditions and all the very latest in treatment protocols. Some of the topics covered include: endometriosis; miscarriage prevention; PCOS; PMS; fibroids; menstrual dysfunction; hormone imbalances; male reproductive disorders; pregnancy support; and fertility boosting techniques. Learn of new and traditional methods that are available today that can improve both you and your partner's pre- and post-conception health care and optimise fertility success. Making Babies is an invaluable guide that can assist you to resolve your reproductive problems and help you to manage your way through the complexities of the infertility maze. Jason Jackson runs a successful Natural Medicine practice from Brisbane, Australia. He has lectured and consulted extensively on numerous health topics throughout Australia and overseas. Mr Jackson specialises in reproductive health and infertility and is recognised as one of Australia's leading Naturopaths in this area and is an authority in the field of Clinical Nutrition and Herbal Medicine. Jason has appeared widely in the media and his encyclopaedic knowledge of Alternative and Complementary Medicines has been greatly sought after. The phenomenal success of Jason Jackson's Natural Fertility Programmes has not only helped thousands of couples all over Australia but has reached clients from around the world. |
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The Infertility Comic Book
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Free online book, which teaches infertile couples all about infertility, in an entertaining comic book format ! Read the book at http://www.drmalpani.com/comicbook/book.html |
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Everything Conceivable: How Assisted Reproduction Is Changing Our World
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A revolution is taking place and it's being driven by the most fundamental of all human urges—the desire to reproduce. This revolution is the subject of Mundy's utterly fascinating book on assisted reproduction. The breadth and thoroughness of Mundy's investigation makes it nearly impossible to come away without having your opinions challenged if not changed altogether. Mundy, a feature writer for the Washington Post, combines a science reporter's objectivity with a mother's understanding, and she delivers her emotionally charged and often scientifically complex material in clear, bright and eminently readable prose. Mundy's research starts with the facts: 80 million people worldwide suffer from infertility; 500,000 frozen embryos exist in America alone; and fertility drugs are a $3-billion a year business. From there she interviews mothers, fathers, infertility doctors, surrogate mothers, egg donors, sperm donors and adult children conceived through surrogacy and in vitro fertilization. The picture that emerges is one of a social experiment so new and untested—legally, medically, ethically and socially—that it behooves us all to be as informed as possible. There couldn't be a better starting point than this book. |
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The Complete Book of International Adoption
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Davenport, an attorney, has firsthand experience with international adoption; she's the mother of four children, one of whom was adopted from Korea. An attorney and avid researcher, Davenport leaves no stone unturned as she guides parents through the adoption process, covering such subjects as choosing between domestic and international adoption, deciding on a country, locating an agency, determining adoption costs and wading through the often overwhelming amount of paperwork. She also delves into emotional issues, including how to know when you're ready to adopt, anxieties about the health of the baby, worries about becoming a parent and telling other children and/or friends and relatives. Though upbeat, the author doesn't sugarcoat the experience, exploring the risks of adoption (i.e., developmental delays, attachment issues and other potential problems) as well as the rewards. Interspersed are poignant accounts from parents who have adopted. A comprehensive resource guide is included, as well as an invaluable chapter on what to bring and expect when traveling to pick up one's child. Davenport has aced the complex preliminary footwork; parents considering or in the process will find this to be an essential companion on their adoption journey. You will find: ? An easy-to-understand analysis of the differences between domestic and international adoption ? Advice on choosing a country, including 25 important factors to consider, such as the waiting times involved and the estimated costs for each of the top placing countries, with charts for easy comparison ? A detailed discussion of the potential health issues based on the latest research and interviews with doctors who specialize in international adoption ? Worksheets and a suggested system for preparing and organizing the extensive paperwork involved ? Parenting tips to enhance attachment and suggestions for addressing the issues that come up in raising an internationally adopted child ? Real parents? stories and advice at every stage of the process ? Plus all of the information you need to select your agency, plan financially, prepare for the home study, travel sensibly, evaluate your child?s health and integrate your new family More than just provide the facts, The Complete Book of International Adoption also helps parents manage the emotional rollercoaster that comes with the territory. Sensitive, wise, and often witty, this book is a must-have for any parent considering building their family through adoption. |
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One in a Million: The Real Story of Ivf And the Fight to Forge a Family
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The first investigative look into the medical miracle that has also become an unregulated, lucrative industry, by a journalist who has experienced first-hand both its wonders and its dangers Increasingly doctors are telling women and couples that in vitro fertilization is their best chance to have a baby. The procedure is advancing so quickly, it is replacing most other treatments for infertility. Since the first baby was born a generation ago, there are now more than one million IVF children in the world. Still, at least twice that many families have had their hearts and bank accounts broken in the attempt for their own one in a million. IVF, after all, remains an experiment, and an imperfect one at that. It has never had any significant public funding for research and is instead supported by patients, human lab rats, who are willing to give almost anything and to go through almost anything for a child. Sherry Sontag entered this world of raw emotion, medicine and commerce in an effort to win a baby of her own. To understand this field that so often blends art, science and science fiction, she interviews the scientists and doctors who have created IVF, and those that continue to push it. She also talks to the people whose experiences, good and bad, are often airbrushed out of the statistics. One in a Million will answer the questions every IVF patient inevitably asks: "How did I get here?" "How should I go about this?" and "Is it worth it?" |
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IVF: The Wayward Stork--What to Expect, Who to Expect It From, and Surviving It All?
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We understand how difficult it is to see this book and need it. Every needle phobic, financially draining, hormone raged aspect of it. We get it and we?re here to help you though it. From two strong women who have endured numerous miscarriages, faced their fear of invasive tests and injections, and coped with the great possibility of cycle failure comes a must-have resource for anyone dealing with infertility. Authors Sarah Tursi, M.S.W. and Lea McCarthy will help you navigate this emotional journey with your sanity still intact. Discover how to alleviate the mystery and fear that is often associated with in vitro fertilization (IVF). Learn the tricks necessary to cope with treatment, overcome apprehension associated with needles and tests, and engage your support network to provide a compassionate environment. By incorporating medically accurate information presented in laymen?s terms, Tursi and McCarthy share their expertise regarding the plethora of IVF topics, including: ? Emotional survival ? IVF cycle expectations ? Tests, injections, and procedures ? Understanding your IVF treatment The down-to-earth and witty advice in IVF: The Wayward Stork also stresses the importance of the doctor-patient relationship. Become empowered to be an active participant in your care; after all, no one will be as invested in your care and a successful outcome as you. |
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Nurturing Yourself Through IVF
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In vitro fertilization (IVF) offers considerable hope for couples facing infertility. It also presents distinct challenges, leaving many women feeling tired, alone and powerless. Nurturing Yourself Through IVF offers a warm, encouraging approach to this difficult subject. Author Lynn Daley supports the notion that the more women are able to improve their experience through IVF, the better their chances of success. Daley draws on the principles of the mind-body connection and the practical advice of more than one hundred women going through IVF. She offers simple, helpful ways for women to make the most of an IVF cycle. |
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Unsung Lullabies : Understanding and Coping with Infertility
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This empathetic self-help book argues that when couples find out that they can't have a baby, they're inflicted with an "unacknowledged trauma that leaves them feeling not only frustrated and angry, but sad, frightened, confused, guilty, overwhelmed and out of control." Having found little support for their own struggles with infertility trauma, Jaffe and the Diamonds (all clinical psychologists) co-founded The Center for Reproductive Psychology in San Diego, Calif. Here they sympathetically cover the core psychological issues of the matter, including the initial shock and denial, the persistent feelings of not being "healthy" or "normal," the relationship problems, the loss of sexual privacy, the grief and the belief that you're not really an adult until you have a child. Using their own and their patients' experiences, the authors offer many approaches to these problems: journaling, talking about infertility with your partner, practicing rituals to validate the losses, incorporating structure into your daily life and seeking out support groups and therapy. But the most important step, they say, is to recognize infertility for the trauma that it is. "Your losses are real," they explain. "Infertility does not merely represent a recent failed pregnancy, but a whole lifetime of dreams, hopes and plans that have gone horribly awry." One in ten adults of reproductive age is affected by infertility. For them, and for the friends and professionals who want to help them, this book provides compassionate insight into infertility's often unacknowledged ramifications. |
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My Beginnings: A Very Special Story
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A Children's book with CD-ROM to help parents tell their children about their conception as a result of IVF. The package is designed so that 8 different treatment options can be covered by a simple change of one page. Full instructions are included to change the story from IVF to IVF with donor eggs sperm or embryos, DI, AIH, ICSI and Frozen Embeyos. The book is designed for parents to tell their child/children at a very early age (3-6). The author provides a servuce to customize the story to suit the parents - changes in text, addition of photographs - output as PDF file. The CD-Rom is more suitable for parents undergoing treatment, or the older child who wishes to explore the miracle of their Assisted Conception. The author has been an independent fertility counsellor since 1982. |
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Experiences of Donor Conception: parents, offspring & donors through the years
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| Drawing on the experiences of parents, offspring and donors and including her own and her family?s story, Caroline Lorbach explores the process of donor conception. Her thought-provoking and informative book provides practical suggestions as well as in-depth consideration of the emotional and ethical issues involved. Lorbach takes the reader step-by-step through the process of deciding to use donor conception, choosing a donor, and discussing the decision with others - and considers the perspective of the donor alongside those of parents and offspring. Tackling difficult subjects such as disclosure and offspring?s access to information about the donor.CONTENTS: 1.Introduction 2. Male Infertility 3. Female Infertility 4. Making the Decision to Use Donor Conception 5. Choosing a Donor 6. Donors 7. Telling Others 8. Treatment, Pregnancy and Birth 9. To Tell or Not to Tell the Offspring 10. Telling 11. After the Telling 12. Discussions with Donor Offspring 13. Thoughts and Experiences of donor Offspring. |
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In Vitro Fertilization: The A.r.t. Of Making Babies Assisted Reproductive Technology
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This clearly written technical handbook guides couples who are trying to conceive in determining whether they are eligible for in vitro fertilization (IVF) and in selecting the program that will help them achieve the best results. It describes in detail the anatomy and physiology of conception and the steps required for realizing it in the IVF procedure. In addition to providing accurate information, the practitioner authors address emotional, financial, physical, and moral-religious issues involved in the decision to conceive with medical assistance. Despite its experimental reputation and persistent high cost, IVF is an appropriate option for many of the estimated 3.3 million infertile couples in the U.S. today, so this specialized manual speaks to a rather large audience of potential users. |
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When Nature's Not Enough : Personal Journeys through In Vitro Fertilization
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More than two million married couples in the United States are diagnosed with infertility. For many of them, in vitro fertilization is their only chance to have a biological child. In this ground-breaking book, men and women speak of the choice to use IVF to conceive. Journalist Diana Olick eloquently and honestly narrates her own experiences with IVF and conducts in-depth interviews with other couples to get the story from every angle, exploring such questions as: What are the emotional and social effects of the science?Can I find a doctor that I like? Does it matter?What does a "success rate" really mean?How difficult is the drug regimen? How many fertilized embryos should we put back in? . What if it doesn't work? Is it worse to try and fail? . WHEN NATURE'S NOT ENOUGH is not a medical resource, but the first book to chronicle the emotional journeys of couples who undergo IVF. Olick offers no easy answers, but her candor--and that of the couples featured in the book--make this text indespensible.About the AuthorDIANA M. OLICK has been a broadcast journalist for over a decade, first with CBS News and now as Capitol Hill Correspondent for CNBC. She lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband and their twins, who were conceived through in vitro fertilization. She decided to write this book after her OB/GYN "fired" her and her husband after their failed attempts to get pregnant. |
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The Couple's Guide to In Vitro Fertilization: Everything You Need to Know to Maximize Your Changes of Success
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A wise and compassionate guide to getting successfully through one of the most expensive and stressful fertility treatments.<br><br>Despite the fact that it is an expensive, complex, emotionally draining, and often last-ditch fertility treatment, there are now over 250,000 couples who consider in vitro fertilization (IVF) every year; more than 125,000 couples decide to undergo it. While dry, clinical information is available, there is a gaping need for sisterly advice from someone who's been through the process herself.<br><br>From evaluating care and preparing for the complicated process to understanding egg retrieval and embryo transfer; from tips on taking medications and coping with hormonal surges to dealing with the emotional aspects of the grueling IVF process, Liza Charlesworth's The Couple's Guide to In Vitro Fertilization offers knowing, sensitive counsel. Full of hard-won personal wisdom and the most up-to-date medical information explained in layman's terms, this invaluable guide is sure to become recommended reading for couples trying to conceive and their families alike. |
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When Empty Arms Become a Heavy Burden : Encouragement for Couples Facing Infertility
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There's good news for couples who have been diagnosed as infertile; more than half of them will eventually conceive a child. One in six Americans of childbearing age experiences infertility problems-typically causing stress, sexual difficulties, marital discord, and a disturbing uncertainty about the future.This book focuses on building an attitude of hope and optimism. |
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The Infertility Diet : Get Pregnant and Prevent Miscarriage
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Eat your way to pregnancy! The Infertility Diet is a nutritional approach to fertility enhancement and miscarriage prevention. Endorsed by infertility doctors across the country, this book is based on over 500 medical studies linking fertility and nutrition, and is a groundbreaker in the field. The essential diet for anyone trying to have a baby. A caring gift for all potential parents. The Infertility Diet: Get Pregnant and Prevent Miscarriage supplies specific nutritional advice for couples with problems including sperm count, motility, morphology and clumping; miscarriage; candida albicans; cervical fluid; endometriosis; estrogen/progesterone balance; hypothyroidism; luteal phase defects; ovulation; PCO; elevated prolactin levels; and prostaglandin. Learn what foods to eat--and what foods to avoid--to get pregnant and carry your baby to term. |
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Expecting Miracles: On the Path of Hope from Infertility to Parenthood
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An encouraging exploration of reproductive medicine for the 6 million Americans struggling with infertility By the time a couple walks through the door at Pacific Fertility Center and meets Dr. Christo Zouves, they have probably been through the fertility medicine mill; they've consulted with other fertility specialists and been told they just can't have children. With his unique combination of hope, compassion, and cutting-edge technology, Dr. Zouves changes that for many of his patients. Twelve weeks later, after rounds of in vitro fertilization (IVF), intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), testicular extraction of sperm (TESE), ovum donation cycles with known and anonymous donors and gestational surrogacy, he sends couples back to their ob/gyn, often expecting one or more children. Expecting Miracles provides a moving, in-depth look at the options, the decisions, the unexpected twists, turns, and disappointments that these couples experience as they work with Dr. Zouves. As he shares his own story and those of the patients, egg donors, and surrogates he has known, Dr. Zouves gives readers a rare view of the human side of reproductive medicine and all that goes into helping infertile couples realize their dreams of parenthood. |
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Inconceivable: Winning the Fertility Game
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One in six couples in America will experience reproductive problems. Julia Indichova and her husband were part of that statistic. According to several fertility specialists Julia's high FSH (follicle stimulating hormone) level was an indication that her body was no longer producing fertilizable eggs. Her only chance of conceiving, they said, was in-vitro-fertilization with a donor egg. After a futile quest for a more hopeful prognosis, Julia searched through a variety of holistic alternatives and finally decided upon a personal healing regimen. She followed it as single-mindedly , as one would follow a doctor's prescription of antibiotics. Her daughter Adira was conceived naturally, eight months later, and was born on April 29, 1994. |
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Resolving Infertility
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Dealing with infertility is, at best, a frustrating experience. At work, it's confusing, emotional grueling, and expensive. But it doesn't have to be. Resolving Infertility, from the country's foremost infertility organization, is an invaluable roadmap to navigating the vast landscape of infertility options. Its special interactive design offers simple tools to facilate your decision making, from "Decision Tress" to "Questions to Ask" to sections sharing firsthand accounts from people coping with infertility. You'll also learn,in clear, compassionate language, the latest information on:* Choosing your medical team* Cutting-edge medical treatments* The myriad emotional issues surrounding infertility and its treatment* Alternative family-building options, such as adoption, surrogacy, and donor pregnancy * Planning your finances and knowing your legal options * Making the decision to live child-free * and much more |
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Getting Pregnant & Staying Pregnant : Overcoming Infertility and Managing Your High-Risk Pregnancy
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Text includes the latest information on fertility tests, treatments ranging from improved in-vitro fertilization to updated drug combinations and dosages, genetic testing, screening for hereditary abnormalities, using the Internet, and more. |
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