Infertility is stressful and can be devastating, but having hope can make a world of difference. There are so many books on the subject and so many stories from people who have been exactly where you are. According to the University of Sussex research, reading can reduce stress levels by 68 percent. WOW!! So, let’s get to reading! Here are 5 books to get you started.
1. Making Babies
“MAKING BABIES offers a proven 3-month program designed to help any woman get pregnant. Fertility medicine today is all about aggressive surgical, chemical, and technological intervention, but Dr. David and Blakeway know a better way. Starting by identifying “fertility types,” they cover everything from recognizing the causes of fertility problems to making lifestyle choices that enhance fertility to trying surprising strategies such as taking cough medicine, decreasing doses of fertility drugs, or getting acupuncture along with IVF. MAKING BABIES is a must-have for every woman trying to conceive, whether naturally or through medical intervention. Dr. David and Blakeway are revolutionizing the fertility field, one baby at a time.”
2. The Impatient Woman’s Guide to Getting Pregnant
“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.”
3. The Ten Year Club: A Decade of Infertility and Us
“This raw and wry account follows Louise and Chris through the most pivotal decade of their lives as they struggle not to become involuntarily childless. A compelling story unfolds as Louise conveys the dirt that infertility digs up, the insidious changes it brings and, ultimately, the secrets and lies it exposes.
4. Inconceivable
“A memoir of hope for the thousands of women struggling with infertility, from one who beat the odds by simply tuning in to her body and tapping her well of sheer determination.”
5. The Underachieving Ovary
“Will there be light at the end of the birth canal? Does the word ‘endometriosis’ make you want to stick a fork in your eye? No? Then perhaps this book isn’t for you. It’s funny, and (sometimes alarmingly) frank. It contains an impressive array of synonyms for ‘vagina’ and it’s certainly NSFW. It’s about having a devil womb and a hot knife lodged in a shoulder. It’s about becoming blackly bitter and twisted in infertility, then slowly finding a way to untwist. It’s part memoir, part dark comedy, wrapped up loosely as a journal full of TMI and quirk. Put it this way: If Helen Fielding and Marian Keyes were to go through IVF, and use Caitlin Moran as a surrogate, this book would be their baby.”
6. If at First You Don’t Conceive: A Complete Guide to Infertility from One of the Nation’s Leading Clinics
We hope you find this list of inspiring and hopeful books helpful and that one or more will help to calm your nerves a little. ]]>
