The Infertility Survival Guide: Everything You Need to Know to Cope with the Challenges While Maintaining Your Sanity, Dignity, and Relationships [Paperback]

Judith Daniluk (Author), Ph.D., Judith C. Daniluk (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 10, 2001

If you're part of a couple negotiating fertility issues, this book offers you practical strategies to cope with the emotional and practical problems that can occur while trying to conceive. The book describes each step of the medical process, from diagnosis to treatment. Throughout, thoughtful exercises and practical strategies help you to manage the challenges of making informed treatment decisions, cope with the stresses of medical intervention, and communicate effectively with your partner. Learn to keep your sex life alive, deal with guilt, cope with feelings of anger and grief, and decide when it's time to give up treatment and move on.

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About the Author

Judith C. Daniluk, Ph.D., is a counseling psychologist with over fifteen years experience as an infertility specialist. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: New Harbinger Publications; 1 edition (July 10, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572242477
• ISBN-13: 978-1572242470
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #288,784 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Discouraging, January 24, 2002

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This review is from: The Infertility Survival Guide: Everything You Need to Know to Cope with the Challenges While Maintaining Your Sanity, Dignity, and Relationships (Paperback)

I found this book to be discouraging and depressing. Infertility is a miserable experience, and reviewing the bad feelings associated with it is counter-productive. We know we're not alone and we know we're on an emotional rollercoaster, now someone offer us something useful. This book reviews all of these feelings in great detail, making one dwell on the helplessness of the situation. The information on handling family and friends was helpful, but overall, I would not recommend this book to anyone dealing with infertility; please find another source of support.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars These words are so comforting, December 30, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The Infertility Survival Guide: Everything You Need to Know to Cope with the Challenges While Maintaining Your Sanity, Dignity, and Relationships (Paperback)

After 3.5 years of trying and a fourth failed IVF treatment, I finally found comfort in the words of Dr. Daniluk. She proved to me that I'm not alone in my anger, jealousy and frustration. Infertility is challenging enough without doubting my emotions, and her words gave me the strength to realize it's okay to feel the way I do.

Her chapters on dealing with friends who have babies, dealing with unwanted advice and dealing with my emotions in general really have given me emotional strength.

Thank you.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lots of good advice, June 29, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Infertility Survival Guide: Everything You Need to Know to Cope with the Challenges While Maintaining Your Sanity, Dignity, and Relationships (Paperback)

Five years ago, when I was undergoing infertility treatment, I could have really used this book. I'd recommend Judith Daniluk's Infertility Survival Guide to anyone who is having problems with fertility. It doesn't contain a lot of medical information - that's readily available elsewhere - rather, it focuses on the emotional and psychological aspects of infertility. There is a lot of good, practical advice on coping with the effects of infertility on different aspects of your life (including your sex life). Daniluk even offers suggested responses to all of those insensitive comments and questions that infertile couples inevitably receive. What's more, she looks at the different ways that women and men respond to infertility. My partner tends not to say a lot about his feelings, and this book would have really helped me better understand what he was going through.