If At First You Don T Conceive

Your medical, emotional and financial guide to: Causes of and coping with infertility | Low-tech fertility treatment | IVF and other assisted reproductive technologies | Complementary therapies | Donor conception | Surrogacy | Miscarriage Former Australian Netball Captain Liz Ellis found herself part of the one-in-six couples in Australia and New Zealand affected by infertility, a road she stayed on for five years. With If At First You Don't Conceive Liz wants to help other hopeful parents-to-be navigate these often bewildering, almost always uncomfortable and sometimes utterly devastating waters. Drawing on interviews with specialists and couples, and covering everything medical from alternative therapies, fertility drugs, IVF, donor eggs and miscarriages to the frustration, disappointment and heartbreak that such a journey brings, this book is a must-have, friendly, and more often than not funny guide on how to try, and try again. PRAISE FOR IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T CONCEIVE "When everything doesn't quite go to plan, this forensically detailed but engaging and highly readable guide to assisted conception is an absolute must-have." David Gillespie, bestselling author of Taming Toxic People and Eat Real Food "In this comprehensive text, Liz Ellis has detailed all the steps to take on your journey to parenthood. I will certainly recommend it to my patients!" Professor Michael Chapman, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology UNSW |Senior Fertility Specialist IVF Australia | Clinical Director for Women's and Children's Health, St George Hospital | Executive Clinical Director for the Royal Hospital for Women | Fertility Society of Australia President | Australian and New Zealand Society of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Chairman | Author 'The IVF Journey' on iTunes Podcast "This clear and comprehensive book is a must-have for anyone struggling to conceive." Professor Maneesh Singh, Obstetrician, Gynaecologist, Laparascopic and Robotic Surgeon "As someone who struggled with infertility, I wish this book was around decades ago! Liz Ellis is a comic genius. She's managed to make information about the fraught issue of infertility accessible, relatable, and - yes - wickedly funny. Her research is robust, and opinions offered without judgement. This is a brilliant book." Tracey Spicer, journalist, speaker, trainer and writer, including author of The Good Girl Stripped Bare

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 treatment If at First You Don't Conceive 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 allowing them to become their own best advocates in the fight for fertility.

Your medical, emotional and financial guide to: Causes of and coping with infertility | Low-tech fertility treatment | IVF and other assisted reproductive technologies | Complementary therapies | Donor conception | Surrogacy | Miscarriage Former Australian Netball Captain Liz Ellis found herself part of the one-in-six couples in Australia and New Zealand affected by infertility, a road she stayed on for five years. With If At First You Don't Conceive Liz wants to help other hopeful parents-to-be navigate these often bewildering, almost always uncomfortable and sometimes utterly devastating waters.Drawing on interviews with specialists and couples, and covering everything medical from alternative therapies, fertility drugs, IVF, donor eggs and miscarriages to the frustration, disappointment and heartbreak that such a journey brings, this book is a must-have, friendly, and more often than not funny guide on how to try, and try again.PRAISE FOR IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T CONCEIVE "When everything doesn't quite go to plan, this forensically detailed but engaging and highly readable guide to assisted conception is an absolute must-have." David Gillespie, bestselling author of Taming Toxic People and Eat Real Food "In this comprehensive text, Liz Ellis has detailed all the steps to take on your journey to parenthood. I will certainly recommend it to my patients!" Professor Michael Chapman, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology UNSW |Senior Fertility Specialist IVF Australia | Clinical Director for Women's and Children's Health, St George Hospital | Executive Clinical Director for the Royal Hospital for Women | Fertility Society of Australia President | Australian and New Zealand Society of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Chairman | Author 'The IVF Journey' on iTunes Podcast"This clear and comprehensive book is a must-have for anyone struggling to conceive." Professor Maneesh Singh, Obstetrician, Gynaecologist, Laparascopic and Robotic Surgeon"As someone who struggled with infertility, I wish this book was around decades ago! Liz Ellis is a comic genius. She's managed to make information about the fraught issue of infertility accessible, relatable, and - yes - wickedly funny. Her research is robust, and opinions offered without judgement. This is a brilliant book." Tracey Spicer, journalist, speaker, trainer and writer, including author of The Good Girl Stripped Bare

For many couples, getting pregnant can be a harrowing and emotionally draining experience. In fact, one in every six couples of childbearing age has a problem conceiving. The Everything Getting Pregnant Book is a one-of-a-kind fertility book that outlines the steps to follow when planning for a pregnancy, such as discontinuing birth control methods, exercising, and eating well. This exhaustively researched guide also provides explanations of a wide-range of fertility treatments available today, what they entail, and their success rates - allowing parents to choose their treatment wisely. The Everything Getting Pregnant Book helps readers understand: Assisted Reproductive Technology Fertility surgery Low-tech fertility aids Male and female factor infertility Medication therapy Menstrual cycle basics Whether couples are thinking about pregnancy and want to plan ahead or are already trying and have not yet met with success, The Everything Getting Pregnant Book will have them getting up for 3 A.M. feedings in no time.

Comforting and intimate, this “girlfriend” guide to getting pregnant gets to the heart of all the emotional issues around having children—biological pressure, in-law pressures, greater social pressures—to support women who are considering getting pregnant. Trying to get pregnant is enough to make any woman impatient. The Impatient Woman’s Guide to Getting Pregnant is a complete guide to the medical, psychological, social, and sexual aspects of getting pregnant, told in a funny, compassionate way, like talking to a good friend who’s been through it all. And in fact, Dr. Jean Twenge has been through it all—the mother of three young children, she started researching fertility when trying to conceive for the first time. A renowned sociologist and professor at San Diego State University, Dr. Twenge brought her research background to the huge amount of information—sometimes contradictory, frequently alarmist, and often discouraging— that she encountered online, from family and friends, and in books, and decided to go into the latest studies to find out the real story. The good news is: There is a lot less to worry about than you’ve been led to believe. Dr. Twenge gets to the heart of the emotional issues around getting pregnant, including how to prepare mentally and physically when thinking about conceiving; how to talk about it with family, friends, and your partner; and how to handle the great sadness of a miscarriage. Also covered is how to know when you’re ovulating, when to have sex, timing your pregnancy, maximizing your chances of getting pregnant, how to tilt the odds toward having a boy or a girl, and the best prenatal diet. Trying to conceive often involves an enormous amount of emotion, from anxiety and disappointment to hope and joy. With comfort, humor, and straightforward advice, The Impatient Woman’s Guide to Getting Pregnant is the bedside companion to help you through it.

In the last 100 years, we've become fatter and sicker with millions of people developing serious diseases from diabetes to cancer. Health gurus confuse us with complex diets and expensive ingredients; food manufacturers load their products with addictive and destructive ingredients causing our increasing weight and declining health. But help is at hand. Health and consumer advocate David Gillespie shares the simple secret of weight loss and wellbeing: swap processed food for REAL FOOD. Eat Real Food features: o An explanation of why diets don't work and a provides a focus on what does o Information on how to lose weight permanently, not just in the short-term o Evidence-based science explaining the real culprits of ill health and weight gain. o Advice on how to read food labels. o Easy recipes to replace common processed items and meal plans that show how simple it is to shop, plan and cook Real Food. o Tips for lunchboxes, parties, and recipes for food kids actually like. Eat Real Food is the safe, effective and cheap solution to lose weight and improve our health permanently

The first fertility-boosting guide to feature the cutting-edge research results on fertility from the Nurses’ Health Study More than 6 million women in the United States alone experience infertility problems User-friendly, medically approved advice clearly explained in 10 nutritional guidelines from two of Harvard Medical School’s top voices in nutrition

This document presents papers on the following topics: overcoming the obstacles to prevention of infertility, the effectiveness of sexually transmitted disease infertility-related prevention programs, the burden of chlamydial and gonococcal infection in Canada, social factors relevant to sexually transmitted diseases and to strategies for their prevention, feasibility of economic evaluations of sexually transmitted disease prevention programs in Canada, issues in evaluating programs to prevent infertility related to occupation hazards, and a proposed framework for reducing the incidence of infertility.