Fertility Patient Ho

by Peggy Robin

Infertility affects as many as one in five American couples -- but to the couple trying to have a baby, infertility is a deeply personal, individual matter. The infertile couple will have no trouble finding books that describe in dry medical jargon what treatments are available and how they work. How to Be a Successful Fertility Patient is the first book to speak to the very real emotional and practical aspects of infertility treatment today, telling...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688117325
• ISBN13: 9780688117320
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Super thorough and informative

This book is extremely thorough, covering everything from diagnostic testing, to treatment (high and low tech) to how procedures and medications will make you feel physically and otherwise. Written in a very straight forward and easy to understand way, but not dumbed down by any means. It's not a self help book designed to make you "feel" better. It's meant to inform and educate. And as out of date as my copy is, it's still very, very relevant to fertility treatments today. Not at all negative in tone. It gives a truthful picture of what you should expect when going through any type of treatment for infertility. I'm an IVF veteran and still find it helpful as a reference. Cannot recommend this book enough!

Passing It Forward

Written by infertility patients for infirtility patients, this most excellent resource answers questions not normally addressed by infertility resources in a sympathetic, practical, no-nonsense manner. I've used this book, recommended it to my sister and several friends. We all found the information very helpful. It really clarified the process, making it easier to figure out what our limits were and what we truly wanted to do. The emotional inventory included is invaluable for any couple going through the trying process of creating a family. I particularly appreciated how the various testing procedures were described: everything from what the test was expected to accomplish and how it is conducted, to how the various procedures you'll go through actually feel. This isn't the only good resource out there, but it is easily one of the best. If you're struggling with infirtility and feeling overwhelmed by the whole subject, start your exploration with this book.

A must have!!!

Any women or couple starting to experience infertility must read this book!!!! This book was a great source of information for my husband and I when we began our trip down the infertility road. During our doctor visits, our doctor would ramble of numerous prosedures, surgerys, test and medications we may have to go through, it would boggle both our minds. We'd go home, look up everything discussed at the appointment in this book and we knew exactly what to expect from any given procedure or test. It help relieve a lot of the stress we were both experiencing.

Great, extremely helpful!!

This book provides an honest and candid look at the world of infertiltiy. It gives the reader real examples and descriptions of fertility drugs, procedures, side effects and the effect on your lifestyle. It describes medical conditions and procedures in non-medical terms. Any fertility patient who really wants to have an understanding of what is going on with her body and emotions during the fertility process should read this book. I highly recommend it!