I Got Pregnant, You Can Too!: Secrets of Healing Infertility [Paperback]

Boland (Author)

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In this very personal book, Boland relates her infertility experience and how she overcame it. After stating in the introduction that her book "is a comprehensive guide to everything you can do to get pregnant, besides going to doctors," she then outlines numerous ways to physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being that, she argues, can increase the odds of becoming pregnant. Although her book could be an inspiration and guide to women desperately wanting to have a child, anyone having difficulty conceiving would be wise to seek medical help first, especially if other physical conditions or illnesses are present. The preface is written by the obstetrician who delivered Boland's baby, but much of the book questions the things physicians do and encourages women to consider alternatives. The numerous other books available on the subject include Helene S. Rosenberg's Getting Pregnant When You Thought You Couldn't (Warner, 1993) and Patricia Irwin Johnson's Taking Charge of Infertility (Perspectives, 1994). Recommended primarily for comprehensive consumer health collections.?Mary J. Jarvis, Methodist Hosp. Medical Lib., Lubbock, TX
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Product Details

• Paperback: 190 pages
• Publisher: Underwood Books (March 5, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1887424385
• ISBN-13: 978-1887424387
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,048,423 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Provides a great mindset for becoming pregnant, July 15, 1999

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This review is from: I Got Pregnant, You Can Too!: Secrets of Healing Infertility (Paperback)

I too, laughed and cried as I read the stumbling blocks that Ms. Boland experienced. Having been told that I should have a hysterectomy and time was not in my favor, I was desperate to become pregnant. I had already experienced two failed invitro-fertilizations and was searching for alternatives. The advice, mindset, and processes Ms. Boland used-suggests are perfect. I think one can glean what works best for them. The upside to this way of thinking is that if the pregnancy does not occur you are in a state of mind that is much healthier and realistic without a feeling of extreme failure and consumption. Also, knowing that there are other women out there who have experienced the 'consuming emotions of infertility' made the overall experience much more manageable. I would recommend this book to anyone who is addressing the potential inabilty of conception and wants to create-maintain a 'positive enviorment' for getting pregnant.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A loving, inspirational, informative message to women, February 1, 1999

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Lyndacan (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: I Got Pregnant, You Can Too!: Secrets of Healing Infertility (Paperback)

After reading Lalou Abrams scathing review of this book, I feel compelled to respond. I seem to have read a different book than she. I found Ms. Boland's book to be encouraging, inspirational, humorous, personal and informative. In fact, the theory that a more relaxed attitude and positive mental state does indeed result in greater numbers of women concieving can be supported by the higher than average numbers of pregnancies resulting in couples who attend the infertility seminars being conducted at Harvard by Dr. Alice Domar, whose work is documented in Ms. Boland's book. Additionally, she mentions medical treatments which have been successful and which are not universally practiced by the greater number of infertility doctors. At no point in this book are women blamed for their infertility. Ms. Boland's loving message is to explore the alternative methods which worked for her to produce her miracle child. I highly recommend this book.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A different kind of hope, August 31, 2000

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Taina (Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: I Got Pregnant, You Can Too!: Secrets of Healing Infertility (Paperback)

After five years on the infertility roller coaster I found this book has been part of helping change my attitude on life. Katie's lessons allowed me to laugh, or at least smile, at some painful situations that I was allowing to ruin my quality of life. She did not offer any one sure fire cure or lead me to believe that her miracle will be mine. The most challenging aspect of infertility is that no one can give any one a sure fire solution-and that is the one thing you want. This book is about researching every option and choosing the approach that best suits your needs. The book does start out negative, which was how I was feeling. But as the story goes on she evolves into a healthier, more optimistic person, one that I felt inspired to be like. She has reminded me that miracles can, and do, happen. I may never conceive a biological child, but I know, as Katie did, that my child will come to me. Katie's story has reminded me of the importance of taking care of my spirit so that my spirit can take care of you. I realize that sounds like an Oprahism, but I've grown tired of being angry. Yes, I was bothered by her failed marriage, but that actually made me more aware of the damage that can occur when the only focus of your marriage is on having something else instead of what you have.