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- Waiting for Daisy: A Tale of Two Continents, Three Religions, Five Fertility Doctors, An Oscar, An Atomic Bomb, A Romantic Night, and One Woman's Quest to Become a Mother by Peggy Orenstein. Ms. Orenstein knows how to write and she tells with wit and passion her 6+ year journey with infertility that ultimately ended successfully with the birth of her daughter when Orenstein was almost 42. This memoir is funny, sad, frustrating, and most of all, honest. I suspect many of you will see yourself and feel less alone. It’s a great read. I interviewed Peggy on the Nov. 19, 2008 Creating a Family show, so check out that interview as well.
- Tiny Toes by Kelly Damron. Kelly writes honestly about her journey through infertility, prematurity and depression. This trip almost cost her her marriage and one of her daughters, but ultimately it is a book about triumph. She survives and so does her marriage and daughter. This survival is a testament to hard work, counseling, and modern medicine (antidepressants and the NICU in equal measure). This is a cautionary tale to those who think twins are the preferred outcome of Assisted Reproductive Technology. I interviewed Kelly for the Jan. 14 Creating a Family show on how to reduce the risk of multiples.
- Embryo Culture: Making Babies in the Twenty-first Century by Beth Kohl. This is a well written memoir of the author's journey through IVF. She experienced her share of the ups and downs and heartache and uncertainty before becoming the parent of three daughters through IVF. She tells about it all in this well written and thoughtful book.
- Everything Conceivable: How Assisted Reproduction is Changing Men, Women, and the World by Liza Mundy. This book is not for you if you simply want to have a baby and think as little as possible about the ethical issues you might encounter along the way. But if you have room to ponder exactly what this brave new world might bring, then this is a great introduction to the issues. Mundy covers it all from advanced maternal age; to donor egg, sperm, or both; to surrogacy; to the preference for twins; and everything else you can think to ponder on.
- Hopeful Heat Peaceful Mind: Managing Infertility by Carol F. Jones. This is a wonderfully hopeful and helpful book about surviving infertility. The author, Carol Jones has been our guest on the Creating a Family show, and is a therapist specializing in infertility. I particularly like the breath of this book which helps you cope with the impact of infertility on your relationships, your sex life, your friends, and your family.
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