Author: Jennifer Robertson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780228836216
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
This is the REAL story of infertility. The truth. Those thoughts and feelings you push down for fear of being judged by everyone else, including yourself - I'm going to speak them out loud. Let me share with you EVERYTHING, including the lessons I learned along the way. A seven-year marathon of epic proportions, our fertility journey was one "ARE YOU F*CKING KIDDING ME?!" moment after another. There were times I screamed at the universe - WHY ME?!! What did I do to deserve this? This story will have you sitting on the edge of your seat. You will cry, you will laugh. You will nod your head in vehement agreement. Your heart will break, and your faith in humanity will be restored. You will be inspired and gain back a little hope. You are not crazy, you are not a bad person, nor are you alone. So strap yourself in, let's ride this rollercoaster together.
The Injustice of Infertility
Author: Jennifer Robertson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780228836216
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
This is the REAL story of infertility. The truth. Those thoughts and feelings you push down for fear of being judged by everyone else, including yourself - I'm going to speak them out loud. Let me share with you EVERYTHING, including the lessons I learned along the way. A seven-year marathon of epic proportions, our fertility journey was one "ARE YOU F*CKING KIDDING ME?!" moment after another. There were times I screamed at the universe - WHY ME?!! What did I do to deserve this? This story will have you sitting on the edge of your seat. You will cry, you will laugh. You will nod your head in vehement agreement. Your heart will break, and your faith in humanity will be restored. You will be inspired and gain back a little hope. You are not crazy, you are not a bad person, nor are you alone. So strap yourself in, let's ride this rollercoaster together.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780228836216
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
This is the REAL story of infertility. The truth. Those thoughts and feelings you push down for fear of being judged by everyone else, including yourself - I'm going to speak them out loud. Let me share with you EVERYTHING, including the lessons I learned along the way. A seven-year marathon of epic proportions, our fertility journey was one "ARE YOU F*CKING KIDDING ME?!" moment after another. There were times I screamed at the universe - WHY ME?!! What did I do to deserve this? This story will have you sitting on the edge of your seat. You will cry, you will laugh. You will nod your head in vehement agreement. Your heart will break, and your faith in humanity will be restored. You will be inspired and gain back a little hope. You are not crazy, you are not a bad person, nor are you alone. So strap yourself in, let's ride this rollercoaster together.
Reconceiving Infertility
Author: Candida R. Moss
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691164835
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
A more complete picture of how procreation and childlessness are depicted in the Bible In the Book of Genesis, the first words God speaks to humanity are "Be fruitful and multiply." From ancient times to today, these words have been understood as a divine command to procreate. Fertility is viewed as a sign of blessedness and moral uprightness, while infertility is associated with sin and moral failing. Reconceiving Infertility explores traditional interpretations such as these, providing a more complete picture of how procreation and childlessness are depicted in the Bible. Closely examining texts and themes from both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, Candida Moss and Joel Baden offer vital new perspectives on infertility and the social experiences of the infertile in the biblical tradition. They begin with perhaps the most famous stories of infertility in the Bible—those of the matriarchs Sarah, Rebekah, and Rachel—and show how the divine injunction in Genesis is both a blessing and a curse. Moss and Baden go on to discuss the metaphorical treatments of Israel as a "barren mother," the conception of Jesus, Paul's writings on family and reproduction, and more. They reveal how biblical views on procreation and infertility, and the ancient contexts from which they emerged, were more diverse than we think. Reconceiving Infertility demonstrates that the Bible speaks in many voices about infertility, and lays a biblical foundation for a more supportive religious environment for those suffering from infertility today.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691164835
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
A more complete picture of how procreation and childlessness are depicted in the Bible In the Book of Genesis, the first words God speaks to humanity are "Be fruitful and multiply." From ancient times to today, these words have been understood as a divine command to procreate. Fertility is viewed as a sign of blessedness and moral uprightness, while infertility is associated with sin and moral failing. Reconceiving Infertility explores traditional interpretations such as these, providing a more complete picture of how procreation and childlessness are depicted in the Bible. Closely examining texts and themes from both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, Candida Moss and Joel Baden offer vital new perspectives on infertility and the social experiences of the infertile in the biblical tradition. They begin with perhaps the most famous stories of infertility in the Bible—those of the matriarchs Sarah, Rebekah, and Rachel—and show how the divine injunction in Genesis is both a blessing and a curse. Moss and Baden go on to discuss the metaphorical treatments of Israel as a "barren mother," the conception of Jesus, Paul's writings on family and reproduction, and more. They reveal how biblical views on procreation and infertility, and the ancient contexts from which they emerged, were more diverse than we think. Reconceiving Infertility demonstrates that the Bible speaks in many voices about infertility, and lays a biblical foundation for a more supportive religious environment for those suffering from infertility today.
The Injustice of Infertility
Author: Jennifer Robertson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780228836209
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
This is the REAL story of infertility. The truth. Those thoughts and feelings you push down for fear of being judged by everyone else, including yourself - I'm going to speak them out loud. Let me share with you EVERYTHING, including the lessons I learned along the way. A seven-year marathon of epic proportions, our fertility journey was one "ARE YOU F*CKING KIDDING ME?!" moment after another. There were times I screamed at the universe - WHY ME?!! What did I do to deserve this? This story will have you sitting on the edge of your seat. You will cry, you will laugh. You will nod your head in vehement agreement. Your heart will break, and your faith in humanity will be restored. You will be inspired and gain back a little hope. You are not crazy, you are not a bad person, nor are you alone. So strap yourself in, let's ride this rollercoaster together.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780228836209
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
This is the REAL story of infertility. The truth. Those thoughts and feelings you push down for fear of being judged by everyone else, including yourself - I'm going to speak them out loud. Let me share with you EVERYTHING, including the lessons I learned along the way. A seven-year marathon of epic proportions, our fertility journey was one "ARE YOU F*CKING KIDDING ME?!" moment after another. There were times I screamed at the universe - WHY ME?!! What did I do to deserve this? This story will have you sitting on the edge of your seat. You will cry, you will laugh. You will nod your head in vehement agreement. Your heart will break, and your faith in humanity will be restored. You will be inspired and gain back a little hope. You are not crazy, you are not a bad person, nor are you alone. So strap yourself in, let's ride this rollercoaster together.
Infertility Inferschmility
Author: Aprill Fasino Lane
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781628680119
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
I'm not diseased, therefore I'm not contagious. I'm not a mother, but that doesn't mean I don't know how to mother. I'm not jealous, so don't act like you have something worth being jealous over. I'm not broken, so please don't try to fix me. I'm just a girl who loves a boy. I'm just a girl who is excited to start a family. I'm just a girl who has a few things to say. I'm just a girl... who is dealing with infertility. We're on our 3rd round of IVF. We have been waiting since our miscarriage in February to get started. Currently, I am on birth control to get my body ready to produce lots and lots of eggs. I have no problems producing eggs. As my AMAZING Doctor once said "She puts my other patients to shame." Maybe when people make condescending comments I should fire back "Please, you can only produce one egg a month. I can produce 20. Top that." On June 9th, I will start Lupron injections. Lupron basically induces menopause. The goal is to stimulate my ovaries to produce a lot of eggs. What we don't want is for my body to naturally ovulate and release the eggs on its own. That's where Lupron comes in. It prevents my body from releasing the eggs. On June 25th (yes, my birthday and the one year anniversary of Michael Jackson's death) I will start Gonal-f injections. Gonal-f will be my friend for about 12 days. After that, it's egg retrieval and embryo transfer time. I'll explain all of this in detail as time goes on. Misconception #1: Infertile means Sterile. (This book takes you along with Aprill while she and her husband battle infertility. The facts, the joys, the disappointments, the treatments, the emotions, and the outcomes. You will cry. You will laugh. You will cheer. You may find answers. You will be amazed at the amount of information that is contained in this book.) It is time to clear the air!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781628680119
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
I'm not diseased, therefore I'm not contagious. I'm not a mother, but that doesn't mean I don't know how to mother. I'm not jealous, so don't act like you have something worth being jealous over. I'm not broken, so please don't try to fix me. I'm just a girl who loves a boy. I'm just a girl who is excited to start a family. I'm just a girl who has a few things to say. I'm just a girl... who is dealing with infertility. We're on our 3rd round of IVF. We have been waiting since our miscarriage in February to get started. Currently, I am on birth control to get my body ready to produce lots and lots of eggs. I have no problems producing eggs. As my AMAZING Doctor once said "She puts my other patients to shame." Maybe when people make condescending comments I should fire back "Please, you can only produce one egg a month. I can produce 20. Top that." On June 9th, I will start Lupron injections. Lupron basically induces menopause. The goal is to stimulate my ovaries to produce a lot of eggs. What we don't want is for my body to naturally ovulate and release the eggs on its own. That's where Lupron comes in. It prevents my body from releasing the eggs. On June 25th (yes, my birthday and the one year anniversary of Michael Jackson's death) I will start Gonal-f injections. Gonal-f will be my friend for about 12 days. After that, it's egg retrieval and embryo transfer time. I'll explain all of this in detail as time goes on. Misconception #1: Infertile means Sterile. (This book takes you along with Aprill while she and her husband battle infertility. The facts, the joys, the disappointments, the treatments, the emotions, and the outcomes. You will cry. You will laugh. You will cheer. You may find answers. You will be amazed at the amount of information that is contained in this book.) It is time to clear the air!
The Grief of Infertility
Author: Alan Wolfelt
Publisher: Companion Press
ISBN: 1617222925
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 55
Book Description
When you want to have a baby but are struggling with fertility challenges, it's normal to experience a range and mixture of ever-changing feelings. These feelings are a natural and necessary form of grief. Whether you continue to hope to give birth or you've stopped pursuing pregnancy, this compassionate guide will help you affirm and express your feelings about infertility. Tips for both women and men are included.
Publisher: Companion Press
ISBN: 1617222925
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 55
Book Description
When you want to have a baby but are struggling with fertility challenges, it's normal to experience a range and mixture of ever-changing feelings. These feelings are a natural and necessary form of grief. Whether you continue to hope to give birth or you've stopped pursuing pregnancy, this compassionate guide will help you affirm and express your feelings about infertility. Tips for both women and men are included.
Infertility Around the Globe
Author: Marcia Claire Inhorn
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520231085
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
These essays examine the global impact of infertility as a major reproductive health issue, one that has profoundly affected the lives of countless women and men. The contributors address a range of topics including how the deeply gendered nature of infertility sets the blame on women's shoulders.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520231085
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
These essays examine the global impact of infertility as a major reproductive health issue, one that has profoundly affected the lives of countless women and men. The contributors address a range of topics including how the deeply gendered nature of infertility sets the blame on women's shoulders.
Shadows of Hope
Author: Georgiana Daniels
Publisher: Barbour Publishing
ISBN: 1683225473
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
A story of hope in the aftermath of inconceivable betrayal and broken dreams What if. . . . . .you struggled with infertility but unknowingly befriended your husband’s pregnant mistress? What if. . . . . .the woman you were seeing behind your wife’s back gets pregnant, threatening your job and marriage? What if. . . . . .your boyfriend never told you he was married and you discover you’re pregnant? Crisis pregnancy worker Marissa Moreau suspects her husband is cheating, but little does she know how close to home her husband’s infidelity hits. College student Kaitlyn Farrows is floundering after a relationship with her professor leaves her pregnant. Soon she lands a job and a support system at the local pregnancy resource center and things seem to be turning around. But when Marissa and Kaitlyn become friends, neither one knows they share a connection—Colin, Marissa’s husband and Kaitlyn’s former professor. When their private lives collide, the two women must face the ultimate test of their faith and choose how to move forward as they live in the shadows of hope.
Publisher: Barbour Publishing
ISBN: 1683225473
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
A story of hope in the aftermath of inconceivable betrayal and broken dreams What if. . . . . .you struggled with infertility but unknowingly befriended your husband’s pregnant mistress? What if. . . . . .the woman you were seeing behind your wife’s back gets pregnant, threatening your job and marriage? What if. . . . . .your boyfriend never told you he was married and you discover you’re pregnant? Crisis pregnancy worker Marissa Moreau suspects her husband is cheating, but little does she know how close to home her husband’s infidelity hits. College student Kaitlyn Farrows is floundering after a relationship with her professor leaves her pregnant. Soon she lands a job and a support system at the local pregnancy resource center and things seem to be turning around. But when Marissa and Kaitlyn become friends, neither one knows they share a connection—Colin, Marissa’s husband and Kaitlyn’s former professor. When their private lives collide, the two women must face the ultimate test of their faith and choose how to move forward as they live in the shadows of hope.
The Oxford Handbook of Perinatal Psychology
Author: Amy Wenzel
Publisher: Oxford Library of Psychology
ISBN: 9780199778072
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This handbook is currently in development, with individual articles publishing online in advance of print publication. At this time, we cannot add information about unpublished articles in this handbook, however the table of contents will continue to grow as additional articles pass through the review process and are added to the site. Please note that the online publication date for this handbook is the date that the first article in the title was published online. Perinatal psychology is a field devoted to understanding the biopsychosocial experiences of women and men during the transition to parenthood. These experiences include pregnancy, labor, delivery, adjustment and parenting during the postpartum period, lactation, family planning, adoption, infertility, and adjustment to perinatal loss.
Publisher: Oxford Library of Psychology
ISBN: 9780199778072
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This handbook is currently in development, with individual articles publishing online in advance of print publication. At this time, we cannot add information about unpublished articles in this handbook, however the table of contents will continue to grow as additional articles pass through the review process and are added to the site. Please note that the online publication date for this handbook is the date that the first article in the title was published online. Perinatal psychology is a field devoted to understanding the biopsychosocial experiences of women and men during the transition to parenthood. These experiences include pregnancy, labor, delivery, adjustment and parenting during the postpartum period, lactation, family planning, adoption, infertility, and adjustment to perinatal loss.
336 Hours
Author: Rachel Cathan
Publisher: Silverwood Books
ISBN: 9781781325995
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
The next 336 hours will be tough. No, the next 336 hours will be really tough... I feel like an Olympian, waiting to see whether the years of hard work, sacrifice and dedication are finally going to pay off, or whether my body is about to fail me at the last hurdle and make me wonder why I ever hoped I could win. My best friend is pregnant, my single friends are planning their pregnancies and, after five long years of tests and investigations, I'm coming to the end of my third - and supposedly final - IVF treatment. There are 336 hours to survive before I'll know if I get to join the motherhood club. That's 224 waking hours of pure psychological torture. 112 sleeping hours to stare at the ceiling and wonder, what the hell am I going to do with my life if it turns out I can't have kids? Based on the author's true life experiences, 336 Hours is a humorous and poignant diary about one woman's quest to be a mother.
Publisher: Silverwood Books
ISBN: 9781781325995
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
The next 336 hours will be tough. No, the next 336 hours will be really tough... I feel like an Olympian, waiting to see whether the years of hard work, sacrifice and dedication are finally going to pay off, or whether my body is about to fail me at the last hurdle and make me wonder why I ever hoped I could win. My best friend is pregnant, my single friends are planning their pregnancies and, after five long years of tests and investigations, I'm coming to the end of my third - and supposedly final - IVF treatment. There are 336 hours to survive before I'll know if I get to join the motherhood club. That's 224 waking hours of pure psychological torture. 112 sleeping hours to stare at the ceiling and wonder, what the hell am I going to do with my life if it turns out I can't have kids? Based on the author's true life experiences, 336 Hours is a humorous and poignant diary about one woman's quest to be a mother.
The Big Lie
Author: Tanya Selvaratnam
Publisher: Prometheus Books
ISBN: 1616148462
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
A candid assessment of the pros and cons of delayed motherhood. Biology does not bend to feminist ideals and science does not work miracles. That is the message of this eye-opening discussion of the consequences of delayed motherhood. Part personal account, part manifesto, Selvaratnam recounts her emotional journey through multiple miscarriages after the age of 37. Her doctor told her she still "had time," but Selvaratnam found little reliable and often conflicting information about a mature woman's biological ability (or inability) to conceive. Beyond her personal story, the author speaks to women in similar situations around the country, as well as fertility doctors, adoption counselors, reproductive health professionals, celebrities, feminists, journalists, and sociologists. Through in-depth reporting and her own experience, Selvaratnam urges more widespread education and open discussion about delayed motherhood in the hope that long-lasting solutions can take effect. The result is a book full of valuable information that will enable women to make smarter choices about their reproductive futures and to strike a more realistic balance between science, society and personal goals.
Publisher: Prometheus Books
ISBN: 1616148462
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
A candid assessment of the pros and cons of delayed motherhood. Biology does not bend to feminist ideals and science does not work miracles. That is the message of this eye-opening discussion of the consequences of delayed motherhood. Part personal account, part manifesto, Selvaratnam recounts her emotional journey through multiple miscarriages after the age of 37. Her doctor told her she still "had time," but Selvaratnam found little reliable and often conflicting information about a mature woman's biological ability (or inability) to conceive. Beyond her personal story, the author speaks to women in similar situations around the country, as well as fertility doctors, adoption counselors, reproductive health professionals, celebrities, feminists, journalists, and sociologists. Through in-depth reporting and her own experience, Selvaratnam urges more widespread education and open discussion about delayed motherhood in the hope that long-lasting solutions can take effect. The result is a book full of valuable information that will enable women to make smarter choices about their reproductive futures and to strike a more realistic balance between science, society and personal goals.