Download or read book Love and Infertility written by Kristen Magnacca and published by Regnery Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Positive Conceptions, Kristen Magnacca offers her firsthand experience of infertility--the heartbreak, depression and miscommunication--and how she and her husband, Mark finally devised the much needed life-saving strategy that led them to achieving pregnancy.
Download or read book Single Infertile Female written by Leah Campbell and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “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?
Download or read book Infertility written by Sandra R. Leiblum and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Infertility: Psychological Issues and Counseling Strategies is a valuable reference for mental health professionals who treat individuals and couples grappling with the psychological and emotional strains of infertility and its treatment. Drawing upon their professional experiences as well as the current literature in the field, leading practitioners consider the differences in how women and men react to a diagnosis of infertility and describe strategies for helping individuals deal with the anxieties, feelings of inadequacy, and low self-esteem that can follow such a diagnosis. These experts examine the effects of infertility on love, sex, and other facets of a relationship and detail methods for helping couples resolve conflicts about infertility. They explore the latest findings on pregnancy-related stress and its possible somatic effects, and they describe effective stress management techniques. They offer practical guidelines for helping patients to cope with failed fertility treatments and manage the grief of a miscarriage. And they examine a wide range of clinical issues surrounding alternative routes to parenting, including adoption.
Download or read book Do you Love someone who is Infertile written by Shari Stewart and published by Expectant Heart. This book was released on 2009-10 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you Love someone who is Infertile? is a guidebook for the husband, sister, friend, or parent who can't fix a loved one¿s infertility and may feel helpless. What you do, when she is facing the greatest crisis of their life, can either lessen her pain, or add to her grief¿but in either case, the relationships will be changed profoundly. This book invites the reader into her world and gives specific and practical guidance: what to say, what to do, and what to never say. One of the most consistent statements made by infertile women about friends and family is, ¿they just don¿t get it¿¿the devastation, the loneliness, anxiety, and pain. This guidebook brings hope to the reader who finally understands what an infertile woman needs and how to walk alongside her. This book is readable and inviting; it uses a magazine-type layout to draw in the reader with pictures, quotes, stories, and practical advice.
Download or read book What He Can Expect When She s Not Expecting written by Marc Sedaka and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2011-03-08 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For the better part of a decade, Marc Sedaka and his wife belonged to a thriving, exclusive club that no one in their right mind wants to join. They were one of more than six million American couples suffering with infertility. In that time, they battled through endless rounds of drug therapies, 16 artificial inseminations, 10 in-vitro fertilizations, 3 miscarriages, and 1 gestational surrogate (womb for rent) who carried their twin girls to term..."--P. [4] of cover.
Download or read book How to Make Love to a Plastic Cup written by Greg Wolfe and published by Harper Perennial. This book was released on 2010-08-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The man's guide to anything and everything in the infertility universe Greg Wolfe went through four cycles of IVF on his rocky journey to fatherhood—and now, with profound sympathy and side-splitting humor, he lays it all out for guys on similar baby-making quests. How to Make Love to a Plastic Cup is not your typical nuts and bolts (no pun intended) medical guide but a helpful handbook designed specifically with the male partner in mind, with answers to his most pressing questions about the infertility process, including: Why are boxers better than briefs? How can hamsters help determine what's wrong with my sperm? My wife's already moody enough—why am I injecting her with even more hormones? Is it necessary for me to fill the whole cup at the fertility clinic? From understanding a woman's cycle to "porn etiquette" at the clinic, How to Make Love to a Plastic Cup has everything a man needs to know to get the job done!
Download or read book Healing the Infertile Family written by Gaylene Becker and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike most infertility books that focus on medical treatment, Healing the Infertile Family examines the social and emotional problems experienced by couples confronting infertility and suggests how they can be alleviated. In this updated edition, Gay Becker discusses her most recent study of couples experiencing infertility and offers guidelines for resolution of this common problem that will enable couples to face the future with hope. Unlike most infertility books that focus on medical treatment, Healing the Infertile Family examines the social and emotional problems experienced by couples confronting infertility and suggests how they can be alleviated. In this updated edition, Gay Becker discusses her most recent study of couples experiencing infertility and offers guidelines for resolution of this common problem that will enable couples to face the future with hope.
Download or read book The Infertility Companion for Catholics written by Angelique Ruhi-López and published by Ave Maria Press. This book was released on 2012-04-16 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One in every six United States couples experiences infertility but Catholic couples face additional confusion, worry, and frustration as they explore the medical options available to them. Filling a major void in Catholic resources, The Infertility Companion for Catholics is the first book to address not only the medical, emotional, and spiritual dimensions of infertility, but also the particular needs of Catholic couples who desire to understand and follow Church teaching on the use of assisted reproductive technology. Authors Angelique Ruhi-López and Carmen Santamaría offer the support and wisdom gained in their own struggles with infertility. They describe the options that Catholic couples can pursue in seeking to conceive, many of which are not ordinarily presented by the medical community. In an encouraging and non-judgmental tone, they address both husbands and wives and help them recognize the emotional impact of infertility on their relationship. The Infertility Companion for Catholics presents a variety of spiritual resources including prayers, devotions, and the wisdom of the saints and provides suggestions for further reading of reference materials, Catholic documents, and Catholic blogs about infertility.
Download or read book Plus or Minus written by Matt Appling and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2015-02-01 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Infertility—a long and quiet war... Matt and Cheri Appling couldn’t get pregnant. One minus sign after another cast them into a long season of trying, failing, waiting, and hoping—into the wilderness where faith grew tired before it got stronger. And in that wilderness they wrote this book. A blend of story, reflection, and lament, Plus or Minus is the chronicle of three couples warring with infertility. It depicts life, faith, and love amidst the ebb and flow of gain and loss. Amidst empty nurseries and quiet hallways, another baby shower for someone else. As you journey with the Applings and their friends, you will learn to cope when dreams and reality collide. You will learn to cling to God’s real promises even as you long for gifts he may not give. You will see marriage in sickness and in health and witness strength in weakness. You will see what it means to live fruitfully amidst barrenness and to be thankful in every season. This book provides solace for those battling infertility and a window into their pain for those who aren’t. Poetic and raw, Plus or Minus is a portrait of faith in the trenches of infertility.
Download or read book Healing the Infertile Family written by Gay Becker and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike most infertility books that focus on medical treatment, Healing the Infertile Family examines the social and emotional problems experienced by couples confronting infertility and suggests how they can be alleviated. In this updated edition, Gay Becker discusses her most recent study of couples experiencing infertility and offers guidelines for resolution of this common problem that will enable couples to face the future with hope. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1990.
Download or read book Love Fertility written by Mercedes Arzú Wilson and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the fertility cycle and how conception occurs. Discusses how pregancy can be prevented by using the Billings method (Ovulation method).
Download or read book Infertility written by Cindy Lewis Dake and published by New Hope Publishers (AL). This book was released on 2002 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With perfect hindsight, Dake gives practical insights for infertile couples on surviving holidays, relating to well-meaning family and friends, working through infertility's strain on a marriage, and deciding whether to continue to pursue parenthood. "Infertility" encompasses relevant medical issues, fertility options, and adoption.
Download or read book Love Faith and Infertility written by Nina Leicht-Crist and published by tredition. This book was released on 2017-03-28 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want a baby more than anything? Are you contemplating medical procedures to conceive? Maybe you are stuck on your infertility journey or even close to giving up? Love, Faith, and Infertility - A story of hope and special forces is a book for all women, men, families, and friends who are looking for support, encouragement, and hope. You will learn about different reproductive and endocrinology procedures and get to know a blended military family who learned to trust evidence-based medicine, their gut, and God while navigating their infertile life to reach their ultimate goal in extending their family with a baby. 13 years, two vasectomy reversals, six In-Vitro Fertilizations (IVF) with Intra Cytoplasmic Sperm Injections (ICSI), two frozen embryo transfers (FET), and three miscarriages almost broke their spirit, but what didn't kill them, made them stronger. If you have one spark of hope left, then Love, Faith, and Infertility - a Story of Hope and Special Forces is for you! Never give up.
Download or read book Love and Fertility written by Mercedes Arzu Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fighting Infertility written by Samantha Busch and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As Samantha's and Kyle Busch's public lives grew more pronounced, their private life was being torn apart. The frustrations and uncertainty of their fertility problems took a toll on them as individuals and as a couple, creating a cyclone of emotions that threatened everything they had worked so hard for. Through these trials, they learned how to build a stronger relationship, foster a deeper faith, and find humor through the tears. They also discovered a passion for helping other couples gain access to fertility treatments. In this memoir, Samantha uses her voice to break the silence and stigma that surround the infertility community. By sharing practical advice as well as candid and inspiring stories of her journey, she provides support, validation, community, and education for others experiencing similar tribulations"--
Download or read book Love and Infertility written by Kristen Magnacca and published by Lifeline Press (CA). This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Positive Conceptions, Kristen Magnacca offers her firsthand experience of infertility--the heartbreak, depression and miscommunication--and how she and her husband, Mark finally devised the much needed life-saving strategy that led them to achieving pregnancy.
Download or read book Experiencing Infertility written by Ellen Sarasohn Glazer and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 1998-11-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Only Ellen Glazer could produce such a wonderful, compelling collection of information, stories, and hope. The structure of the book enables the reader to learn about the emotional aspects of infertility in a calm, reassuring, and personal way. --Alice D. Domar, director, Mind/Body Center for Women's Health, Beth Israel Deaconess Center, Harvard Medical School and author, Healing Mind, Healthy Woman This unique blAnd of informative text coupled with real life experiences provides tremAndous insight into how deeply infertility permeates all aspects of life -- marriage, friAndships, career, and religion just to name a few. The frankness, honesty, and depth of feeling in personal vignettes written by women, men, and caregivers involved in infertility medicine reaches out and touches the reader in a most profound way. -- Andrew J. Friedman, reproductive Andocrinologist One in six couples who attempt to conceive a child struggle with infertility -- severely impacting every aspect of their lives. This thoroughly revised version of the classic book Without Child includes essays, poems, and the very personal stories of courage and triumph from couples who themselves have experienced infertility. Ellen Sarasohn Glazer -- a clinician who specializes in working with infertile couples -- offers practical and sensitive advice for dealing with the many day-to-day challenges of infertility and shows the profound effect infertility has on emotions, relationships, and careers. This comprehensive resource includes new chapters on topics including cancer and infertility and gestational care. Experiencing Infertility offers infertile couples, their families, and caregivers the wisdom and support they need to face one of life's most difficult physical and emotional challenges. 1. Discovering and Assessing the Problem 2. Navigating Through Treatment Motionless 3. The Patient-Caregiver Relationship in Infertility From the Other Side: A Nurse's Perspective 4. Infertility and Marriage 5. Infertility and Family 6. Infertility and FriAndship 7. Infertility and Career 8. Infertility and Religion 9. Pregnancy After Infertility 10. Pregnancy Loss 11. Multiple Births 12. Moving On 13. Adoption 14. Half Genetically Ours 15. Gestational Care 16. Resolving Without Children 17. Cancer and Infertility 18. Secondary Infertility 19. Parenting After Infertility
