Experiencing Infertility: Stories to Inform and Inspire [Paperback]

Ellen Sarasohn Glazer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 27, 1998

Only Ellen Glazer could produce such a wonderful, compelling collection of information, stories, and hope. The structure of the book enables the reader to learn about the emotional aspects of infertility in a calm, reassuring, and personal way.
--Alice D. Domar, director, Mind/Body Center for Women's Health, Beth Israel Deaconess Center, Harvard Medical School and author, Healing Mind, Healthy Woman

This unique blAnd of informative text coupled with real life experiences provides tremAndous insight into how deeply infertility permeates all aspects of life -- marriage, friAndships, career, and religion just to name a few. The frankness, honesty, and depth of feeling in personal vignettes written by women, men, and caregivers involved in infertility medicine reaches out and touches the reader in a most profound way.
-- Andrew J. Friedman, reproductive Andocrinologist

One in six couples who attempt to conceive a child struggle with infertility -- severely impacting every aspect of their lives. This thoroughly revised version of the classic book Without Child includes essays, poems, and the very personal stories of courage and triumph from couples who themselves have experienced infertility.

Ellen Sarasohn Glazer -- a clinician who specializes in working with infertile couples -- offers practical and sensitive advice for dealing with the many day-to-day challenges of infertility and shows the profound effect infertility has on emotions, relationships, and careers. This comprehensive resource includes new chapters on topics including cancer and infertility and gestational care.

Experiencing Infertility offers infertile couples, their families, and caregivers the wisdom and support they need to face one of life's most difficult physical and emotional challenges.

1. Discovering and Assessing the Problem

2. Navigating Through Treatment Motionless

3. The Patient-Caregiver Relationship in Infertility From the Other Side: A Nurse's Perspective

4. Infertility and Marriage

5. Infertility and Family

6. Infertility and FriAndship

7. Infertility and Career

8. Infertility and Religion

9. Pregnancy After Infertility

10. Pregnancy Loss

11. Multiple Births

12. Moving On

13. Adoption

14. Half Genetically Ours

15. Gestational Care

16. Resolving Without Children

17. Cancer and Infertility

18. Secondary Infertility

19. Parenting After Infertility

Editorial Reviews

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"Only Ellen Glazer could produce such a wonderful, compelling collection of information, stories, and hope. The structure of the book enables the reader to learn about the emotional aspects of infertility in a calm, reassuring, and personal way." —Alice D. Domar, director, Mind/Body Center for Women's Health, Beth Israel Deaconess Center, Harvard Medical School and author, Healing Mind, Healthy Woman

"This unique blAnd of informative text coupled with real life experiences provides tremAndous insight into how deeply infertility permeates all aspects of life?marriage, friAndships, career, and religion just to name a few. The frankness, honesty, and depth of feeling in personal vignettes written by women, men, and caregivers involved in infertility medicine reaches out and touches the reader in a most profound way." —Andrew J. Friedman, reproductive Andocrinologist

"Ellen has captured the miraculous [accomplishments] that can be achieved by couples that are infertile. Each story told holds the true emotions of both pain and joy that can only be felt when infertility leads to parenthood or child-free living." —Nancy Harrington, RNC

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Share the Experiences of Infertile Couples and Gain from Their StrengthOne in six couples who attempt to conceive a child struggle with infertility?severely impacting every aspect of their lives. This thoroughly revised version of the classic book Without Child includes essays, poems, and the very personal stories of courage and triumph from couples who themselves have experienced infertility.Ellen Sarasohn Glazer?a clinician who specializes in working with infertile couples?offers practical and sensitive advice for dealing with the many day-to-day challenges of infertility and shows the profound effect infertility has on emotions, relationships, and careers. This comprehensive resource includes new chapters on topics including cancer and infertility and gestational care.Experiencing Infertility offers infertile couples, their families, and caregivers the wisdom and support they need to face one of life's most difficult physical and emotional challenges."Only Ellen Glazer could produce such a wonderful, compelling collection of information, stories, and hope. The structure of the book enables the reader to learn about the emotional aspects of infertility in a calm, reassuring, and personal way."--Alice D. Domar, director, Mind/Body Center for Women's Health, Beth Israel Deaconess Center, Harvard Medical School and author, Healing Mind, Healthy Woman"This unique blAnd of informative text coupled with real life experiences provides tremAndous insight into how deeply infertility permeates all aspects of life?marriage, friAndships, career, and religion just to name a few. The frankness, honesty, and depth of feeling in personal vignettes written by women, men, and caregivers involved in infertility medicine reaches out and touches the reader in a most profound way."?Andrew J. Friedman, reproductive Andocrinologist"Ellen has captured the miraculous [accomplishments] that can be achieved by couples that are infertile. Each story told holds the

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Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass; Revised Edition edition (November 27, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0787943835
• ISBN-13: 978-0787943837
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #738,615 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I Laughed and Cried, July 1, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Experiencing Infertility: Stories to Inform and Inspire (Paperback)

I loved the stories and poems in Experiencing Infertility. Some made me laugh, especially the pregnant after infertility diary. Others made me cry. I was especially touched by the two stories of people who dealt with infertility after cancer treatment. I was also deeply moved by the final essay in the book, Enduring Losses. Although I have mentioned some of my favorite essays, I really enjoyed all of them. The book was compelling, compassionate and comprehensive. I encourage anyone going through infertility--or pregnancy after infertility--to read it!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars An Important Helping Hand, November 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Experiencing Infertility: Stories to Inform and Inspire (Paperback)

As somebody who is just starting out on the infertility bandwagon, I found the book useful, in mainly in letting me know that there are thousands of people who have grappled with the same whirlwind, and have felt just as alone as I have.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An essential companion to the infertility odyssey, March 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Experiencing Infertility: Stories to Inform and Inspire (Paperback)

I wish this book had been available when I was going through treatment. Reading it is like going to an infertility counselor and a support group, but at a fraction of the price. Very wise and insightful as well as informative, comprehensive, up-to-date.