Books on Fertility

[BearsMummy]

Can anyone recommend any books I should read about fertility?

I'm about to start my IVF/IUI journey, so would like to get healthily prepared and do all i can to get my body in prime condition.

Thanks xx

 

[MrsElsie]

Hi BearsMummy

I havent read it myself but I've seen a lot of reviews on the forums saying that "Taking Charge of Your Fertility" by Toni Wechsler is excellent. It might be geared towards people conceiving naturally but I'm sure will have lots of advice on general reproductive health too which is relevant to all of us.

Good luck on your journey

MrsElsie

 

[terces]

I agree with MrsElsie. I've heard that book is great. That is the number one book always recommended to me. Although I've yet to read it.

 

[wonderstars]

I have "Taking Charge of Your Fertility" and I think it's a great book when you're getting into that 6-12 month mark where you're ready to do more than just have sex. It goes over charting, types of cm etc... That's the majority of the book.

When you're ready to move on to assisted conception (also my next step), I find there are less and less. Two that I really enjoyed:

Silent Sorority by Pamela Tsigdinos (more about her journey through infertility and ending up childless not by choice, after many fertility treatments, I found this hit me emotionally)
&
Navigating the Land of IF by Melissa Ford (she does the blog "Stirrup Queens", it has lots of info about assisted conception and all the lingo, how to get through baby showers etc...)

I've been looking for others but these are two I've enjoyed so far.

 

[terces]

After reading this post I went on amazon and found a few books that can be delivered to Kindle if you have one. I just got a sample of "Every Drunken Cheerlead: Why not Me? the book is by Kristine Waits. When you do the search for this book Amazon pulls up several related books.

 

[BearsMummy]

Thanks Ladies,

Sorry its taken a while for me to reply and thanks, for some reason, i cancelled my subsription to my own post!!

I think I'm going to make a start with TCOYF.