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When the Cradle is Empty: Coping with Infertility (Focus on the Family Presents)

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I have read the articles from the van Regenmorters for years through their work with Bethany Christian services. I have always found their answers to be wise and compassionate, so I was anxious to read a full-length book by them. This book features many stories and anecdotes from couples struggling to conceive, and disusses the emotional and spiritual challenges a couple will experience. There are also practical tips on how to form a support group and how to help educate and sensitize your church and pastor to the issues infertile couples face. Two things I especially liked about this book were its short chapters, (you can start/stop reading as you feel emotionally ready to tackle each subject) and the chapter on asking "Why." The book is written from a compassionate, Christian view, and strives to sound like a talk with a friend, not a lecture from a stranger.

Ginger Garrett, Author: Moments For Couples Who Long for Children

Support for couples coping with infertility, from a conservative Christian perspective.

This broad takes a broad perspective on the issue of fertility; it addresses emotional aspects, coping with society, biblical reflections, and approaches to resolution. It is a useful resource for women who are in the throes of sorting out the emotions created by infertility, or are investigating various steps to take in their hopes for a family.

I was expecting a little more from the book than what was offered. I felt as if I were being told how to feel rather than being comforted with words. Perhaps I mustn't be so senstive. Infertility is not an easy subjet to discuss and hurt feelings are bound to arise. I didn't seek medical help until my husband and I tried for three years. According to this book, that's a huge no-no and I was almost frightened that there might be absolutely no hope since we delayed our trip to the doctor.
Try to keep an open mind when reading this book.

I was so pleased to finally be able to read this book. It was great to hear about infertility from both the husband's and wife's points of view. I felt like my struggles with infertility were validated and discovered that there are others feeling the same things as I do. This book does take a Christian perspective to infertility, which I appreciated. While the authors do give some perspective on assisted reproductive technologies, I would also recommend speaking with your pastor or spiritual advisor to find out what your church group thinks, as I have discovered it varies some between denominations. I appreciated all the great web links and other resources the authors outlined in the book as well. A read well worth it.

I was sceptical about buying another book to "help" me through my struggles with infertility, but once I began to read this book I wished that I had purchased it much earlier. This book gives advice as well as reason why you may be asking hard questions about what you are doing wrong in your life to have to go through this. Because of reading this book I am strongly considering starting a support group in my area. I am very thankful that I was able to take the time to read this book.

I don't usually write reviews, but I'm going to for this book because I feel like I completely wasted my money.
I think if you're at the point where you're buying books to read about your infertility, you're well paste learning about what's in this book. Everything in the book I was already aware of. I skipped over most of it because I thought it was a waste of my time reading it. There were a few pages that had info that gave me encouragement, but not enough to buy. The people who wrote this book have been a great asset to the infertility community, I just don't think the book is worth reading.
Buy Hannah's Hope. It was much better. But if you buy Hannah's hope, don't buy this book because the two books have repetitive info.

Nice to have both spouses experiences with infertility expressed.
I did not agree with everything written in the book regarding assisted reproductive technology. I believe the Catholic understanding of always keeping the unitive and procreative aspects of the marital union intact. The end never justifies the means. Other than that, I was encouraged by the book.

I just finished this book and it was a great resource on infertility. I really liked the way the chapters were broken down into how to deal with your own heart and responses and how to deal with others. There seemed to be a good balance in this book and I'd recommend it both to couples struggling with infertility as well as family or friends seeking to understand the struggle of infertility.

We received this book as a gift while dealing with our long infertility journey. It was such a blessing to have the compassion and reassurance this book provided during a time of our lives that was so hard and lonely (lonely because unless you have gone through it, you can't really understand it). After God blessed us with a child I passed this book on to another friend who was dealing with infertility as well. She was so pleased and relieved to get this book once she opened the pages and began to also receive it's reassurance and support.

I was really looking forward to reading this book by Focus on the Family and was rather disappointed with the simplicity of it. There really wasn't much meat to the book and I would recommend purchasing it used.