The Baby Solution: Your Essential Resource for Overcoming Infertility Review

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(More customer reviews)After reading several books regarding infertility, this one most clearly explained diagnosis and treatment. It uses facts, statistics, and the doctor's own experiences to explain choices in infertility treatment. Highly recommended as a resource for all women facing infertility.

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Practical, frank, and compassionate advice from an infertility specialist.

A diagnosis of infertility can be devastating for the woman or couple who is ready for a baby, but those suffering with infertility should know that there is still hope. Fortunately, there's a helpful, compassionate resource that offers readers just that.

The Baby Solution is a step-by-step, practical guide to overcoming infertility. Reassuring and friendly, this book will give readers an insider's view on getting expert care, providing information about intrauterine insemination (IUI), in vitro fertilization (IVF), and other standard infertility treatments, as well as the latest state-of-the-art care. It also includes such alternative means of improving fertility as acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine. This essential resource gives readers tips to help them financially negotiate a field where the cost of treatment is high and the business concerns of clinics and doctors can sometimes override a patient's best interests. This guide will tell readers how to choose a doctor or a clinic that will give them the best chance of success, how to get the most out oftheir insurance coverage, and how to keep their relationship intact during treatment. Third-party reproduction options, including sperm and egg donation, surrogacy, and embryo donation, are also discussed.

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Coming to Term: Uncovering the Truth About Miscarriage Review

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(More customer reviews)This is by far the best book available on miscarriage. I found it invaluable for these reasons:

1) It provides detailed information about why/how miscarriage occurs which I have never read elsewhere despite (unfortunately) countless hours spent researching the subject. Cohen (who is a science writer) interviewed experts in genetics and recurrent miscarriage and scoured files and viewed slides collected in miscarriage studies. This book presents far more information than a typical book on pregnancy loss provides, and Cohen does a commendable job of making some really complex biology accessible to the average reader.

2) The book explains why there is so much controversy surrounding miscarriage treatments. In short, to prove a treatment really works, doctors need to design a trial that shows the treatment is more effective than doing nothing at all. But women miscarry for many different reasons and a treatment that might help a woman who miscarries due to hormonal problems obviously won't help one who has a structural problem with her uterus, for example. One scientist quoted says miscarriage is a "malfunction," not a sickness, so a study of miscarriage treatments is more difficult to design than a study of say, diabetes treatments, where patients are much more alike. There's also, Cohen says, little financial incentive for the pharmaceutical companies to do them, but that's another issue. The result is VERY FEW treatments are actually proven to work--they might or they might not, nobody has much data to show.

3) The book explains why doctors are so apt to tell you "just try again." This is the good news promised on the cover: Even women who have had 4 miscarriages in a row are likely to carry a baby to term with NO intervention whatsoever. The book includes anecdotes of women, including Cohen's wife, who miscarry again and again and then have a healthy baby, both with and without medical intervention, along with the science to explain how and why this can happen.

4) Cohen debunks the link between most environmental factors and miscarriage and raises serious questions about certain immunological treatments (if not the goodwill) of famous miscarriage doctor Alan Beer.

What I found a little frustrating about this book is that Cohen adopts--somewhat--the "it's best to do nothing" attitude shared by many MDs. Apparently there is science to support this up to 4 miscarriages but for those of us in the 5+ group, what's the answer?

However, it's not Cohen's fault that they're aren't lots of proven treatments, and his reservations stem from genuine concern for women's health (the DES chapter is a cautionary tale on the dangers of overconfidence).

Cohen approaches the topic with a sensitivity born of personal experience and the professionalism you would expect from a science writer. The book will help you become a more informed patient and give you hope grounded in fact.

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Avoiding Miscarriage: Everything You Need To Know To Feel More Confident In Pregnancy Review

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(More customer reviews)I was impressed with this very readable book which combines up-to-the-minute science with true case histories to explain the causes of miscarriage. It is written in a question and answer format and allows a woman to measure her individual risk of miscarriage and to take preventitive steps to avoid it.The author had multiple miscarriages herself, and she is able to pass her understanding on to her reader. After researching the causes of miscarriage, and having two healthy children, she wrote this book.I recommend it to every woman to explain how our bodies work.

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Miscarriage: Why it Happens and How Best to Reduce Your Risks--A Doctor's Guide to the Facts Review

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(More customer reviews)If you have had only one miscarriage and just want a good biology lesson on the different ways miscarriage can occur, this book may be for you. However, I do not recommend this book to anyone who has suffered two or more miscarriages and is seeking advice on what to do about it.After my second, my main concern was trying to at least have an educated guess as to whether they were caused by chromosomal abnormalities or some other cause which potentially needs to be treated before trying again.This book did not give me the answers I was looking for and instead left me more frustrated and confused than ever.Additionally, after reading several books and every article I could find on miscarriage in magazines and on the internet, it seems to me that many of Dr. Lerner's opinions are in the minority.He flatly recommends that women not seek testing until they have suffered three losses in a row. However, many doctors and the American College of Obstetritians and Gynecologists (ACOG) now recommend doing so after two, especially if the woman is in her 30's or 40's.I also do not think Dr. Lerner explained that there can be certain circumstances of your pregnancy and first trimester miscarriage that point to the likelihood that it was not chromosomal abnormality - I had to learn this from other sources (examples are occurring later in the trimester and normal fetus and hearbeat shown on ultrasound before miscarrying).He also flatly says that stress does not cause miscarriages because he has seen no study proving this to his satisfaction (he uses this reasoning for a lot of his opinions but does not explain how difficult it is to prove anything in this area). I have read of numerous studies (and also acknowledged by the ACOG) that indicate that stress can in fact cause or at least contribute to miscarriage.After seeing so much information that contradicts many of Dr. Lerner's opinions, I just don't have much confidence in what he has to say.Another fault I find is that while he acknowledges progesterone deficiency can cause early miscarriages, he is against the use of progesterone supplements but does not address whether he thinks there is a possible solution for this problem, again leaving me frustrated.
My recommendation is that if you read this book, at least don't stop there - read everything you can about miscarriages from reputable sources and don't take this doctor's word as the gospel. While there doesn't seem to be any complete certainty in this subject area, by becoming as informed as possible and using your own common sense you can figure out some of the answers you need in order to go on.

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Whether it happens in the first trimester or later on in pregnancy, a miscarriage is an emotionally traumatic event. It may also be a physically daunting experience, resulting in the need for surgical intervention. In the aftermath of a miscarriage there are almost always unanswered questions: Why did it happen? Did I do anything to cause my miscarriage? Will I have a miscarriage the next time I get pregnant? Most important of all, You will want to know, "What can I do to best prevent miscarrying again?"
This compassionate and authoritative guide fills the information void. From the causes of miscarriage -- chromosomal, illness-related, immunologic -- to the diagnostic tests and surgical procedures now available to help prevent you from miscarrying again, Dr. Henry Lerner has compiled the most current medical information on why miscarriages do and don't happen, and explains the best methods for recovering and preparing to conceive again. He also includes reassuring and practical advice from an expert in women's reproductive psychology on coping with the disappointment and depression that often accompany the loss of your pregnancy, and the anxiety that may come with your next positive pregnancy test.

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Miscarriage, Medicine & Miracles: Everything You Need to Know about Miscarriage Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a wonderful book. It is a perfect blend of valuable, well-explained medical information and encouraging, uplifting real-life stories of how different couples overcame a variety of fertility issues to realize their dreams of parenthood. It is very positively written and I would recommend it to anyone who is having trouble conceiving, especially if they have suffered a miscarriage.

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From one of the foremost doctors in the field and a journalist who has experienced multiple miscarriages herself comes an accessible, encouraging, and complete guide to both the causes and, more important, the prevention of miscarriage.

Though one in four American women will lose her pregnancy, with the right pre-pregnancy evaluation and ongoing care, for many women miscarriage can be prevented. During forty years of practice, Dr. Bruce Young has treated hundreds of women who experienced this heartbreaking loss and helped them bring babies to term. Now he has teamed up with one of his patients, Amy Zavatto, to write this compassionate guide that combines medical facts with insights from both the patient's and doctor's viewpoints. Including real-life case studies, Dr. Young provides in-depth answers to the questions: Why did this happen to me? and What can I do to prevent it next time?

Providing the most up-to-date information on physical and mental health, nutrition, and technology, here is a proactive tool and comforting resource-from an expert with real-life reasons to give every woman hope for a successful pregnancy.

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