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Comforting and intimate, this “girlfriend” guide to getting pregnant gets to the heart of all the emotional issues around having children—biological pressure, in-law pressures, greater social pressures—to support women who are considering getting pregnant.

Trying to get pregnant is enough to make any woman impatient. The Impatient Woman’s Guide to Getting Pregnant is a complete guide to the medical, psychological, social, and sexual aspects of getting pregnant, told in a funny, compassionate way, like talking to a good friend who’s been through it all. And in fact, Dr. Jean Twenge has been through it all—the mother of three young children, she started researching fertility when trying to conceive for the first time. A renowned sociologist and professor at San Diego State University, Dr. Twenge brought her research background to the huge amount of information—sometimes contradictory, frequently alarmist, and often discouraging— that she encountered online, from family and friends, and in books, and decided to go into the latest studies to find out the real story.

The good news is: There is a lot less to worry about than you’ve been led to believe. Dr. Twenge gets to the heart of the emotional issues around getting pregnant, including how to prepare mentally and physically when thinking about conceiving; how to talk about it with family, friends, and your partner; and how to handle the great sadness of a miscarriage. Also covered is how to know when you’re ovulating, when to have sex, timing your pregnancy, maximizing your chances of getting pregnant, how to tilt the odds toward having a boy or a girl, and the best prenatal diet.

Trying to conceive often involves an enormous amount of emotion, from anxiety and disappointment to hope and joy. With comfort, humor, and straightforward advice, The Impatient Woman’s Guide to Getting Pregnant is the bedside companion to help you through it.

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“This book is comforting, accurate, and very funny! I recommend it!"

--Christiane Northrup, M.D., ob/gyn physician and author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom and The Wisdom of Menopause

“Reducing stress is essential for healthy conception, and this book is sure to help!”
--Stephanie McClellan, M.D., coauthor of So Stressed

"Psychology professor Twenge (Generation Me) cuts to the chase in this wonderful (and often humorous) guide to getting pregnant—and fast. The author explains that when she was trying to conceive, she read everything she could get her hands on—and found that much of the commonly accepted information was false. She decided to set matters straight and help women get pregnant as quickly and effortlessly as possible. Twenge takes a active and confident approach from the get-go, assuring women that if they use her methods of “fertility awareness,” there’s a good chance of getting pregnant on the first try. She offers three ways to determine the time of ovulation: charting, ovulation predictor kits, and fertility monitors, advising that the “Very Impatient Woman” use all three. Twenge details the vital importance of timing, citing research on the best days—and hours—to procreate as well as to synchronize ovulation with the chances for a boy or girl. This is a fine science, indeed, but Twenge explains her approach with clarity and precision. She debunks the myth that a relaxed attitude affects outcome and shoots down outdated statistics (e.g., oft- cited research about the fertility of women over 35 culled from birth records from France in the 1600s). Women hoping to conceive will swiftly find very helpful information in this manageable, informative, and entertaining guide." -- Publishers Weekly

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Jean M. Twenge, Ph.D., is author of Generation Me and coauthor of The Narcissism Epidemic and a professor of psychology at San Diego State University. Her research has appeared in Time, USA TODAY, The New York Times, and The Washington Post, and she has been featured on Today, Dateline, and National Public Radio’s All Things Considered. She holds degrees from the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan. She lives in San Diego with her husband and two daughters.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1451620705
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Atria Books; Original edition (April 17, 2012)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781451620702
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1451620702
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 1.14 x 5.51 x 8.35 inches

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Jean M. Twenge, Ph.D., is a widely published professor of psychology at San Diego State University. Her research has appeared in Time, USA Today, The New York Times, and The Washington Post, and she has been featured on Today, Good Morning America, and CBS This Morning. She holds degrees from the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan. Dr. Twenge lives with her husband and three daughters in San Diego, California.

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Customers find the book easy to read and understandable. They appreciate the good information and common sense it provides. The humor and conversational style are appreciated. The book helps calm emotions and put their minds at ease. It provides helpful pregnancy advice and tips. Readers enjoy the author's style and find it well-presented. Overall, they consider it a nice change from the typical fertility book.

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241 customers mention "Information quality"233 positive8 negative

Customers appreciate the book's information quality. They find it provides clear, common-sense answers to common questions about pregnancy and childbirth. The book explains the difference between good data and studies, and it's thorough and well-researched. Readers appreciate the author's detailed explanations and helpful tips on what to eat when trying to conceive. Overall, customers find the book helpful for everyone.

"...age might affect your fertility, you will find her well-researched statistics comforting...." Read more

"...The Impatient Woman's Guide to Getting Pregnant--thanks to the awesome information and tips in this book, and the knowledge I gained about my cycles..." Read more

"...Ignore the rest and just read this one. It lays it all out there. It's thorough, well-researched, approachable, matter-of-fact, and very very..." Read more

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239 customers mention "Readability"231 positive8 negative

Customers find the book easy to read and understandable. They appreciate the author's straightforward, factual approach to fertility with humor. The book makes the quest feel manageable for them.

"...that I end up not finishing them, so I appreciated that this was a quick read but still informative...." Read more

"...or parenting--I so appreciated her data-driven yet entertaining approach to this topic...." Read more

"...This is a great book for a very specific type of woman: Type A, likes to plan ahead, makes lists and takes pleasure from crossing items off them,..." Read more

"...a lot of the research she mentions, but she puts into a very understandable concise form for us. The work is done for you...." Read more

96 customers mention "Humor"89 positive7 negative

Customers enjoy the humor in the book. They find the author witty and hilarious. The book is a quick read with a conversational style that allows for note-taking.

"...made me laugh out loud a few times, so I appreciated that her humor was on-point...." Read more

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Customers find the book helpful and reassuring. It helps them put their minds at ease and feel better. The book simplifies advice about stress, supplements, and eating healthy. Readers appreciate that it's okay to experience stress throughout the journey and that it offers encouraging words of wisdom.

"...It's also comforting; it gives you confidence about your chances of getting pregnant quickly while providing a clear path to doing so...." Read more

"...reflected so much in this book, but with a delightful humor and sympathy of someone who has been there...." Read more

"...which the author reassures her readers that its okay to experience stress throughout the journey, patience is hard won but possible, and that using..." Read more

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Customers find the book helpful for getting pregnant. They say it provides good advice and makes the science behind getting pregnant easy. The book helps them plan their pregnancy and dispels common myths about age and pregnancy in their 30s and 40s.

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"...This is a great book for a very specific type of woman: Type A, likes to plan ahead, makes lists and takes pleasure from crossing items off them,..." Read more

"...Exact timing to get pregnant, bazillions of supplements and vitamins, and the REAL statistics on getting pregnant when you are not 25 anymore...." Read more

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Customers enjoy the book's style. They find the information well-presented, easy to understand, and well-written. The author's humor is praised as funny and sassy. Overall, readers describe the book as smart and fun.

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"...as you can get past that, it was a lot of great information and well presented!" Read more

"...one place and in a calm, accessible, and entertaining (but not cheesy) style. I am so thankful to the author, Jean Twenge, for writing this book!..." Read more

"...on my TTC journey and it was nice to have an encouraging, well-documented, and informational book to help start my journey...." Read more

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Customers find the book helpful. They say it's a realistic and practical guide for modern women. The author presents information about fertility in a straightforward, factual way with humor. While the book focuses on fertility issues, it doesn't go very far beyond that.

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Customers find the writing style sexist and cheesy. They say it's geared toward heterosexual people and those not dealing with real infertility. The tone can be feminist, with too much slang and an annoying high school writing style. Some feel the language is dated and non-inclusive.

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"...There are multiple pieces of “advice” that are unscientific, sexist, manipulative, & just inappropriate. Here are some examples: 1...." Read more

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A quick and easy read, but still thorough
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I have read many books on fertility and pregnancy, and I liked this better than most. Most books are so long and dry that I end up not finishing them, so I appreciated that this was a quick read but still informative. I've also read pregnancy books in the past that attempted to be humorous, but ended up feeling cheesy and lame; this book actually made me laugh out loud a few times, so I appreciated that her humor was on-point.

I did disagree with her philosophies on a few things (e.g., she recommends a lower-fat diet whereas I embrace a diet high in healthy fats, including well-sourced red meat; also, I cringe whenever I see people recommending synthetic folic acid over methylated folate, since so much of the population has MTHFR and using folic acid could lead to the very birth defects we are trying to avoid...but in her defense, much of the research on MTHFR and folate has occurred in the five years since her book was published, and even now most doctors are still blissfully ignorant of the harm that maternal supplementation folic acid can do to some babies).

If you are worried about how maternal age might affect your fertility, you will find her well-researched statistics comforting. I also appreciated that she spent some time really explaining the pros and cons of each method of tracking your ovulation, and citing statistics that really illustrate how important it is to time intercourse well if you want to get pregnant quickly.

Even though I am well-read in this area, I learned a few new things in her book. (For example, did you know that pregnancies resulting from sex ON the day of ovulation are more likely to miscarry than pregnancies that result from sex 1-2 days BEFORE ovulation? As someone who has lost four of six pregnancies, that is pertinent information that will inform our future timing choices.) I also learned some new stuff in her chapter on choosing your baby's gender, a concept that I'd previously written off as hooey.

This isn't the first book I'd recommend to someone who has already been struggling with infertility, but if I knew someone who was getting ready to start a family and needed a quick-but-thorough overview of the process, this would be my choice.

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T.Marie
The only pre-pregnancy book I should have bought!
Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2014
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I hate to admit I bought at least a half dozen other books on pre-conception when my husband and I started thinking about starting a family. I am a real planner/researcher by nature and couldn't help myself from wanting to read everything ever written about pregnancy prep in the year or so before I was ready to actually start trying.

Well, let me save you some time and money: just get this book and read it cover to cover! That's all you need! If you're an over-achiever (or just like knowledge, like me) you should also get Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler, and then you'll really be armed with tons of information. I honestly think TCOYF should be standard issue to every girl on her 18th birthday--I aced high school anatomy and college biology, and dutifully went to yearly OB-GYN check-ups for twenty years, and yet I learned SO MUCH about my own body that was somehow new to me at age 35, just by reading TCOYF.

But, back to this book, The Impatient Woman's Guide to Getting Pregnant--thanks to the awesome information and tips in this book, and the knowledge I gained about my cycles through charting and using a fertility monitor, we conceived within two cycles once we started trying--and I'm over 35 and had some issues I was worried would lead to problems conceiving! I tell all my friends who are thinking about trying to conceive to get this book, a basal body temperature thermometer and the Clearblue Fertility Monitor and they'll be ready to go.

I wish this author would turn her talents and humor to a book on pregnancy or parenting--I so appreciated her data-driven yet entertaining approach to this topic. That said, once you ARE pregnant (thanks to this book) I recommend you check out Emily Oster's book Expecting Better, which is the closest thing I've found to this book on the topic of pregnancy.

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Christina Everett
Helped me get pregnant quickly
Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2018
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Well, first thing's first - I read this book around the time we started trying to conceive, and I got pregnant the first month we tried. So clearly I count as a success story, and that influences my opinion.

This is a great book for a very specific type of woman: Type A, likes to plan ahead, makes lists and takes pleasure from crossing items off them, probably educated, probably of a middle-to-higher socioeconomic status, probably married, probably in her late 20s or older. If you don't fit these descriptors, you might find the tone of Twenge's advice and her turns of phrases and assumptions, to be a little alienating. I found myself cringing from time to time. Her view of the male partner's participation in conception and pregnancy is a little.."retro," to put it nicely.

However, if you fit Twenge's target demographic, or can get past her narrowness in who she's addressing, then this is THE book to read before trying to get pregnant. Ignore the rest and just read this one. It lays it all out there. It's thorough, well-researched, approachable, matter-of-fact, and very very practical. It's also comforting; it gives you confidence about your chances of getting pregnant quickly while providing a clear path to doing so.

I tracked my ovulation obsessively using OPK test strips and also paid a somewhat ridiculous amount of attention to my cervical mucus. I am 99% confident on my date of ovulation, and I got my BFP on 10 DPO, our very first cycle of trying. Now I'm wrapping up my first trimester. I'm one of the lucky ones, I know. But I strongly suspect I would still be trying to conceive if I hadn't followed the advice in this book. I'm an impatient woman, and I got pregnant quickly following Twenge's advice. And so, I recommend this book.

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Kal
Extremely funny read and scientific too!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 3, 2025
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Absolutely LOVE this book. It’s hilarious!
Written in such a lighthearted way, with a ton of humour throughout, it’s the perfect read if you have found yourself get too caught up with TTC and obsessive cycle tracking and negative thought spirals etc. This really puts a different perspective on all of this and makes you feel instantly lighter. I found renewed energy on my TTC journey after reading this. Staying positive can be difficult if things take a while, but this book is the perfect antidote to that. Let me add that it is full of scientific evidence too! It’s not just humour, but the author actually knows what she’s talking about. I can’t recommend it highly enough.

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Hilarious!
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This book made me laugh so much! It is just very easy to read and is super relatable. To be honest, I haven't even finished it yet, because I got pregnant but I will definitely get back to it just for fun.

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Andrea G
Muy buen libro de fertilidad
Reviewed in Mexico on April 19, 2019
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Me encanto este libro, tiene buena información si estas buscando embarazarte. Te explica muchas cosas y da buenos tips.

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Brenswee
Great book, great info, wonderfully written! A must-read for anyone trying to get pregnant.
Reviewed in Canada on September 20, 2017
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This book is incredible!!! I have been starting to feel a little bit crazy with all of the googling, temping, tracking, etc. one does when trying to get pregnant and I feel like this book has brought some sanity back to my life. Knowledge is power and this book does a tremendous job breaking down what is myth vs. fact when it comes to trying to get pregnant. It's such a quick read, too, and in a very relatable, humorous voice. Was just what I needed!

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funny and easy to follow
Reviewed in Italy on November 2, 2018
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fun and easy book to read for those obsessed women like me who wants a baby after 40s.
through story telling the author helps identifying key recommendations and tips to follow for those who wants to quickly pursued the goal....with me it worked... ;)

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Great book, great info, wonderfully written! A must-read for anyone trying to get pregnant.

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