Pregnancy Infertility

The journey to fertility can be daunting and filled with obstacles. In The Expert Guide to Fertility, OB-GYNs Joseph S. Sanfilippo, MD, MBA, and Aarti Kumar, MD, offer the information you need in your journey to achieve pregnancy. They provide an overview of the human reproductive system, describe issues that may impede conception, and explain various medical, surgical, and lifestyle interventions shown to improve one's chances of becoming pregnant.

Infertility affects about 15 percent of couples globally, yet somehow infertility and In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) are taboo subjects, often hidden and un-talked about. 1000 Needles: How to Increase Your Odds and Take Control of Your IVF Journey removes the stigma with a touch of sass and an unapologetically honest voice, exploring one couple’s IVF challenges and discoveries in order to normalize the infertility conversation.

The Fertility Doctor's Guide to Overcoming Infertility is a concise and authoritative, warm and encouraging guide—and the only book on infertility written by an MD who specializes in the subject.

Deciding to start or build a family is a life-changing decision, and, once the choice is made, there's a whole new set of unknowns - including how challenging the journey will be. For the first time, fertility experts at Mayo Clinic offer an essential guide for those who want to have a baby. This user-friendly, yet comprehensive book provides answers and explanations on nearly every aspect of achieving a successful pregnancy.

Having a healthy diet to increase your chances for getting pregnant is simpler than you think. A fertility diet is a great place to start on your reproductive journey because it’s an easy lifestyle change that doesn’t require trips to a clinic or expensive procedures.

In this beautiful book, trained and experienced doula Gabrielle Nancarrow offers comprehensive information about the birthing landscape that will empower you to choose the right birth for you—whether that be an obstetric, midwife, or home birth. The Birth Space shows us how to prepare our minds and bodies for pregnancy and labor, from conscious conception through to postpartum and into matrescence.

This fertility book explains how to use yoga for fertility to fulfill your desire to conceive a baby. It offers the best guidance based on Lisa Pineda’s personal experience with IVF, along with helping hundreds of women overcome their fertility struggles. In addition to its calming effects, yoga is healing for the whole body. It is designed to boost fertility by improving circulation in the reproductive organs and balancing hormones. Yoga, meditation, and breathwork will help you focus your mind, strengthen your body, and keep you centered and less anxious as you prepare to conceive.

Once shrouded in secrecy, the modern family, built with the assistance of gamete (egg or sperm) donation, is coming out of the shadows. As more people see friends, family members and celebrities use donor conception to build their families, the process has become much more mainstream and accepted. Donor sperm programs and egg banks have grown enormously in the past decade and the news is full of politicians, athletes and entertainers like Elton John, Anderson Cooper, Andy Cohen, Camille Guaty, Pete Buttigieg, and Natalie Imbruglia, who used donor gametes to have their children.

The latest research reveals that by optimizing nutrition, you can boost your chances of conceiving and having a safe, healthy pregnancy and baby. But with so much information out there, how can you make sure you're getting the nutrients you need to maximize fertility and avoiding the seemingly healthy foods that could be interfering with fertility?

In the late 1850s, a physician in New York City used a syringe and glass tube to inject half a drop of sperm into a woman's uterus, marking the first recorded instance of artificial insemination. From that day forward, doctors and scientists have turned to technology in ever more innovative ways to facilitate conception. Fertility Technology surveys this history in all its medical, practical, and ethical complexity, and offers a look at state-of-the-art fertility technology in various social and political contexts around the world.

Sara Casey Connell and her mother hadn't been particularly close for a long time. But when Connell lost a third pregnancy after years of fertility treatments and one late-term stillbirth of twins, her mother offered to be a surrogate for her child - and Connell and her husband accepted. Two years later, Finnean Lee Connell - a healthy baby boy - was born. Bringing in Finn is the remarkable story of one woman's hard-fought, and often painful, journey to motherhood.

Part memoir, part guide, this personal and deeply informative account of one woman's gripping journey through the global fertility industry in search of the solution to her own "unexplained infertility" exposes eye-opening information about the medical, financial, legal, scientific, emotional, and ethical issues at stake.

Consider this book your guide, helping you through the emotional issues that come from infertility or pregnancy issues. It is designed for Christian women and couples struggling to conceive or bring a pregnancy to full term. There are countless stories in God's word of women who dealt with infertility that can teach us how to mourn, heal, and grow from these experiences, and this book will help you do just that.

From a go getter with a type A personality who has ridden the roller coaster of Infertility comes a no-BS guide to getting the most out of your unique journey through fertility treatments, including IUIs and IVF. Whether you’ve started the IUI process, are going through IVF, or are considering your next move, I know you’re here because you’re a fighter. You are ready and willing to get the job done. So kudos for that. It’s absolutely not easy.

As pesquisas mais recentes revelam que a qualidade dos óvulos é vital para determinar quanto tempo uma mulher levará para engravidar e também para diminuir os riscos de interrupção da gravidez. A baixa qualidade dos óvulos é a causa isolada mais comum de infertilidade relacionada ao envelhecimento, de abortos espontâneos e de ciclos malsucedidos de fertilização in vitro.

Trying to get pregnant? Struggling with infertility? Anxious during your two-week wait? Reclaim your joy. Break through fears and hidden energy blocks. Stop stressing and finally get that positive pregnancy test. Enjoy guided meditations and visualizations to help with your two-week wait, grieving the loss of a miscarriage or failed cycle, coping with the effects of fertility medications, dealing with anxiety from upcoming tests or procedures, attract the right donor(s) or surrogate, and so much more.

Getting Pregnant for Dummies offers up-to-date advice on the current methods and treatments to assist in conception. This guide will help you understand why infertility occurs, its contributing risk factors, and the steps to take to increase the chances of giving birth. From in vitro fertilization to third party reproduction (donor sperm or eggs and gestational surrogacy) to lifestyle changes to understanding genetic information to insurance, legal and medication considerations, this book covers all the information you need to navigate your way to the best possible results.

A candid, ultimately buoyant debut story collection about the realities of the "baby years", whether you're having one or not.

Step out of the endless IVF whirlwind. Jennifer Coady Murphy shares her empowering approach to overcoming infertility in this groundbreaking book. Heal your emotional wounds and blast through your inner blocks to fertility with the Jen Method.

In Your Fertility, Your Family, a world-renowned fertility provider offers the latest treatment template used to diagnose and overcome fertility challenges. Dr. William Schoolcraft and his team of clinicians address the latest causes and treatment plans for age-related infertility, recurrent miscarriage, and failed IVF cycles. The growing Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine team tackles new treatments and options that have emerged and are expected to develop over the next decade.