
The Expert Guide to Fertility
Boost Your Chances for Pregnancy
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
The essential guide to understanding fertility and improving your pregnancy chances.
The journey to fertility can be daunting and filled with obstacles. In The Expert Guide to Fertility, OB-GYNs Joseph S. Sanfilippo, MD, MBA, and Aarti Kumar, MD, offer the information you need in your journey to achieve pregnancy. They provide an overview of the human reproductive system, describe issues that may impede conception or cause infertility, and explain various medical, surgical, and lifestyle interventions shown to improve one's chances of becoming pregnant. Sanfilippo and Kumar offer important information on:
• A broad variety of assisted reproductive technologies, including in vitro fertilization
• Diagnostic tests and what to expect throughout your fertility journey
• Fertility-preserving options for people diagnosed with cancer and people with recurrent miscarriages, polycystic ovaries, a low egg supply, or endometriosis
• Fertility options for LGBTQ+ readers, single parents, and military personnel
• Adoption, egg and sperm donation, and egg freezing procedures
• Financing options, including tips for working with health care insurers
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Christie’s Story: A Personal Infertility Experience
- Chapter 2. Enhancing Your Chances: Optimizing Natural Fertility
- Chapter 3. Against All Odds: Female Infertility
- Chapter 4. We’re Part of It, Too: Male Infertility
- Chapter 5. The Embryo Just Won’t Stick: Reproductive Immunology
- Chapter 6. Not Tonight, Wait till Ovulation: Sexual Dysfunction
- Chapter 7. No Periods for Me: Amenorrhea
- Chapter 8. I Just Can’t Stop Bleeding: Abnormal Vaginal Bleeding
- Chapter 9. Painful Periods, Nobody’s Listening: Endometriosis
- Chapter 10. I Have Acne, I’m Hairy, and I Just Can’t Get Pregnant: Polycystic Ovaries
- Chapter 11. No Room for the Fetus: Uterine Fibroids
- Chapter 12. Too Little, Too Early: Miscarriages
- Chapter 13. Wrong Place, Painful Conception: Ectopic Pregnancy
- Chapter 14. Help Is Here: Assisted Reproductive Technology
- Chapter 15. Keep My Eggs Ripe: Social Egg Freezing
- Chapter 16. Cancer Can’t Stop Me: Fertility Preservation
- Chapter 17. Building a Nontraditional Family: Nonbinary Fertility
- Chapter 18. Building a Family While Serving the Nation: Military Fertility Services
- Chapter 19. Help Me Preserve My Sanity: Managing Stress
- Chapter 20. How to Pay for It All: Financing the Infertility Journey
- Chapter 21. The Nontraditional Conception: Donor Insemination, Adopting Embryos, and Beyond
- Chapter 22. The End Is in Sight: You’re Pregnant—What’s Next?
- Final Words
- Acknowledgments
- Resources
- Index
- About the Authors