The Girfriends' Infertility Treatment Companion [Paperback]

Elizabeth Gordon Dellenbaugh (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2009

Meet nine girlfriends who've been through infertility treatment (IT) and can help make your IT easier by sharing what they learned. This is a candid, humorous description of what treatment is like from the patient s perspective. The girlfriends tell you who ll be touching you where, with what, why, and what it feels like, and give you practical tips on how to balance your life, handle the shots, ride the hormone roller coaster, play doctor roulette, cope with baby showers and pregnant friends, and keep the warmth in sex-on-schedule-all the stuff no one else talks about, especially your doctors. The girlfriends can t cure your infertility, but they can make your infertility treatment a whole lot better.

Editorial Reviews

Review

This book teaches you what you need to know and still makes you laugh. It explains the science in easy-to-understand terms, and addresses many non-medical, personal, practical, and emotional issues your doctors don t. --B.J., infertility patient, New York City

The pros and cons of various infertility treatments lend to a fine guide on how to get through treatment while having a life. Nine girlfriends who've been through IT describe their experiences with humor and personal insights, making for an account any general lending library will appreciate. --The Midwest Book Review

Elizabeth Dellenbaugh deciphers infertility treatment with sensitivity and style. The girlfriends advice and practical tips on how to get through treatment while still having a life can t be found anywhere else. --Theresa, infertility patient, Washington DC

About the Author

Elizabeth Gordon Dellenbaugh underwent more than three years of IT including extensive testing, drug treatments, and procedures: intrauterine insemination (IUI), in vitro fertilization (IVF), and frozen embryo transfer. A graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy, Brown University, and the University of Chicago Law School, she credits her girlfriends for making her laugh, get to the point, and not write like a lawyer.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Lost Coast Press; first edition (March 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1882897927
• ISBN-13: 978-1882897926
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,532,385 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent resource, September 17, 2009

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Charlotte J. Solly - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Girfriends' Infertility Treatment Companion (Paperback)

This is a well researched and written guide that takes you step by step through all the available infertiliy treatments. The guide has practical helpful advice from other women who have been through this experience making the book feel very real. It has the depth of a textbook with the shared experiences of a selection of 'girlfriends'and can be considered a must for those undergoing infertility treatments or to support friends or family who are.

5.0 out of 5 stars Best in Category, September 13, 2009

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Theresa C. (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Girfriends' Infertility Treatment Companion (Paperback)

Thank you, Elizabeth Dellenbaugh, for writing a genuinely helpful and informative book about going through infertility treatment that manages to be funny and compassionate at the same time - - just like your friends. If you read just one book on the topic, pick up this one. It's also the right one for husbands, siblings and friends of women going through infertility.

5.0 out of 5 stars A fine account any general lending library will appreciate, June 16, 2009

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Girfriends' Infertility Treatment Companion (Paperback)

The pros and cons of various infertility treatments lends to a fine advice guide on how to get through treatment while having a life. Nine girlfriends who've been through IT describe their experiences with humor and personal insights making for a fine account any general lending library will appreciate.