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Experiencing Infertility: Stories to Inform and Inspire

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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!

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.

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.

Experiencing Infertility: Personal Accounts to Inform and Inspire will provide great comfort for anyone touched by the challenges of infertility. This diverse and thoughtful collection of personal essays helps convey to the reader that they are not alone. In fact, thousands of others are confronting this deep personal pain, often sharing the same difficult emotions and challenges. Recently, the rapid development of scientific advances in the area of infertility have propelled this important issue to the top of our national agenda. Unfortunately, the personal ramifications had not been adequately addressed. Thank you, Ellen Sarasohn Glazer, for providing this helpful look at the emotional, religious and psychological challenges currently confronted by those battling infertility.

Experiencing Infertility is the most moving, deeply personal and poetic book that I have found about infertility. I liked Ellen Glazer's chapter introductions, all of which are brief, to-the-point and informative, but I LOVED the essays that her contributors wrote. Each one is interesting and tells a compelling story, but a few are true gems. I encourage readers to get this book and go immediately to the following essays: "Enduring Losses" and "You Can Take That to the Bank." As an adoptive mom, I was also deeply touched by "Random Acts of Love." This is a great book to own. I have read some of the essays several times and have loaned it to my mother and two sisters. Although none of them have personally experienced infertility, they all found it fascinating and each seems more sensitive to what I have been through. A great find.

There are many books out there about how to be an infertility patient, but few which capture the experience from the individuals'/couples' experience. I loved reading the personal accounts in Experiencing Infertility. So many of them describe what it is really like-- painful, stressful, agonizing, frustrating, but also funny, absurd, and potentially transforming. This is a great book to return to over and over again. I loved the variety of stories and poems. Some made me cry; others made me laugh; and many did both.

Experiencing Infertility is, as the title says, 'inspiring.' The personal stories of people's struggles with infertility after cancer, with multiple pregnancy losses and with all the decisions that surround assisted reproduction were poignant, compelling and hard to put down. Without being 'soppy' or 'sentimental', the contributors capture the pathos--and the rewards-- of pursuing infertility treatment.