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Fertility and Infertility For Dummies, UK Edition
Gillian Lockwood (Author), Jill Anthony-Ackery (Author), Jackie Meyers-Thompson (Author), Sharon Perkins (Author)
9780470057506, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 18 May 2007
384 pages
23.5 x 18.9 x 2.2 cm, 0.68 kg
"a complete guide to getting pregnant" (Walsall Chronicle, Thursday 14th June 2007) "…combines the views of both patients and professionals, in order to give clear and concise advice." (Ledbury Reporter, Friday 15th June 2007) “The book combines their professional and patient perspectives to give expert, clear and concise advice to anybody planning a baby.” (Hereford Journal, Wednesday 20th June 2007)
This friendly guide combines professional and personal advice on every aspect of fertility and infertility. From deciding when to seek help and what help to seek, to the emotional, fi nancial, and medical considerations of fertility treatments, you'll be reassured every step of the way with all the support and specialist advice you need to increase your chances of a healthy and happy pregnancy.
Introduction 1 Part I: Making Babies as Nature Intended 5 Chapter 1: In the Beginning 7 Chapter 2: Taking Baby Steps 21 Part II: Planning a Pregnancy 43 Chapter 3: We’re Trying! We’re Trying! (to Get Pregnant) 45 Chapter 4: You, Your Fertility, and Your GP 71 Chapter 5: Great Expectations But: Early Pregnancy Loss 81 Part III: Tests and Investigations 95 Chapter 6: Moving on Up: Seeing a Specialist 97 Chapter 7: Finding the Female Problem: Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3 .107 Chapter 8: It’s a Man Thing: When Tests Reveal Sperm Problems 133 Part IV: Eureka! Possible Solutions 145 Chapter 9: Doing Your Homework: Researching Fertility Clinics and Funding Treatment 147 Chapter 10: All The ‘I’s: Introducing IUI, IVF, and ICSI 165 Chapter 11: Giving Mother Nature a Helping Hand: Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) 177 Chapter 12: Making Test-Tube Babies: IVF 189 Chapter 13: ICSI: It Only Takes One Good Sperm! 207 Chapter 14: ‘Babies on Ice’: Egg Freezing and Fertility Treatment 211 Chapter 15: Giving, Receiving, and Sharing: Egg Donor Treatments 219 Chapter 16: Creating an Embryo: Amazing Teamwork in the Lab 227 Part V: Post-First Cycle: How You May Feel and What You Can Do 241 Chapter 17: Waiting and Hoping: Surviving the Two-Week Wait after Embryo Transfer 243 Chapter 18: What’s in Your Freezer? Frozen Embryo Transfers 261 Chapter 19: If at First You Don’t Succeed: Trying IVF More than Once 269 Part VI: Different Strokes for Different Folks: Options for Non-Traditional Families 281 Chapter 20: Third-Party Reproduction: You and You and Me and Baby Make Four! 283 Chapter 21: Safe Options for Same-Sex Couples and Single Mums 295 Chapter 22: Ready-Made Families and Other Choices 305 Chapter 23: New Advances and Ethical Dilemmas 317 Part VII: The Part of Tens 333 Chapter 24: Ten Tips to Get You Through Treatment (and Keep You Sane!) 335 Chapter 25: Ten (Okay, Seven) Groups of Fertility Medications and Where to Find Them 339 Index 345
Subject Areas: Medicine: general issues [MB]
