While today's medical advances offer a host of treatment choices for infertile couples, sifting through the multitude of expensive and often painful options can be overwhelming and confusing. With this reader-friendly book, infertile couples can understand clinical information in a positive, effective manner and make the best choices.
For the 2.5 million couples in the U.S. affected by infertility comes the newest title in the successful Books for Women by Women series. Offering essential facts and up-to-the-minute information on the techniques and treatments to achieve pregnancy, this complete guide is written with a compassionate tone in plain language. Includes case histories, a glossary, and a resource list.
This book can help you or someone you care about have a baby!For the infertile couple, the desire for a child can turn to desperation, leaving them vulnerable to exploitation. It can be both dangerous and expensive to enter the world of assisted reproduction without an experienced guide to lead the couple through the complex technology, as well as a whole host of issues including deceptive advertising practices, clinics with poor or misleading results, allegations of unethical practices by infertility doctors, insurance coverage and cost considerations.Conceptions & Misconceptions is born of the need for clear, understandable, and unbiased information about the complex and fast-growing world of assisted reproduction.
"What an exceptional book. This is clearly the most recent resource out there for those struggling with infertility. It is written in plain english and is well-organized. I found the glossaries at the end of each chapter and the end of the book invaluable. The level of detail is exceptional. This book covers material that most others leave out. Most importantly it is UP-TO-DATE. In an area that is changing so quickly, a three-year-old book is out of date. Dr. Marrs and his co-authors have done a real service to todays fertility patients."
This breakthrough guidebook features extensive, authoritative coverage of virtually every aspect of infertility, giving expert strategies for choosing the right doctor and treatment programs, understanding the latest medical and legal developments, and more. The authors are co-founders of an infertility counseling center.
This no-nonsense consumer's guide to the new reproductive technologies goes beyond the jargon-laden, factoid-laden texts to explain how different treatment regimens might affect one's general health and lifestyle, which ones are covered by insurance, when to switch doctors, and more.
Over 5 million people of childbearing age in the United States experience infertility, or one out of every six couples. For those having problems getting pregnant, Overcoming Infertility is the best guide to state-of-the-art human fertility treatments available today.
A comprehensive overview of fertility and conception that discusses both the physical and psychological causes of infertility. The authors first outline how doctors determine what is causing a couple's infertility. They then describe the various options available, including alternative techniques of intercourse, hormonal and surgical treatments, and in vitro fertilization.
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