Publisher's Synopsis
Share the Experiences of Infertile Couples and Gain from Their Strength
One in six couples who attempt to conceive a child struggle with infertility?severely impacting every aspect of their lives. This thoroughly revised version of the classic book Without Child includes essays, poems, and the very personal stories of courage and triumph from couples who themselves have experienced infertility.
Ellen Sarasohn Glazer?a clinician who specializes in working with infertile couples?offers practical and sensitive advice for dealing with the many day–to–day challenges of infertility and shows the profound effect infertility has on emotions, relationships, and careers. This comprehensive resource includes new chapters on topics including cancer and infertility and gestational care.
Experiencing Infertility offers infertile couples, their families, and caregivers the wisdom and support they need to face one of life?s most difficult physical and emotional challenges.
"Only Ellen Glazer could produce such a wonderful, compelling collection of information, stories, and hope. The structure of the book enables the reader to learn about the emotional aspects of infertility in a calm, reassuring, and personal way."––Alice D. Domar, director, Mind/Body Center for Women?s Health, Beth Israel Deaconess Center, Harvard Medical School and author, Healing Mind, Healthy Woman
"This unique blend of informative text coupled with real life experiences provides tremendous insight into how deeply infertility permeates all aspects of life?marriage, friendships, career, and religion just to name a few. The frankness, honesty, and depth of feeling in personal vignettes written by women, men, and caregivers involved in infertility medicine reaches out and touches the reader in a most profound way."?Andrew J. Friedman, reproductive endocrinologist
"Ellen has captured the miraculous [accomplishments] that can be achieved by couples that are infertile. Each story told holds the true emotions of both pain and joy that can only be felt when infertility leads to parenthood or child–free living."?Nancy Harrington, RNC
