When Nature's Not Enough: Personal Journeys through In Vitro Fertilization

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More than two million married couples in the United States are diagnosed with infertility. For many of them, in vitro fertilization is their only chance to have a biological child. In this ground-breaking book, men and women speak of the choice to use IVF to conceive.
Journalist Diana Olick eloquently and honestly narrates her own experiences with IVF and conducts in-depth ...

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Overview

More than two million married couples in the United States are diagnosed with infertility. For many of them, in vitro fertilization is their only chance to have a biological child. In this ground-breaking book, men and women speak of the choice to use IVF to conceive.
Journalist Diana Olick eloquently and honestly narrates her own experiences with IVF and conducts in-depth interviews with other couples to get the story from every angle, exploring such questions as:

What emotions can we expect during the process?
What should we expect financially?
How do we choose the right doctor?
How difficult is the drug regimen?
What if it doesn't work? Is it worse to try and fail?

When Nature's Not Enough is not a medical resource, but the first book to chronicle the emotional journeys of couples who undergo IVF. Olick offers no easy answers, and her candor-and that of the couples featured in the book-make this text indispensable.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781592285426
  • Publisher: Lyons Press, The
  • Publication date: 1/1/2005
  • Pages: 272
  • Product dimensions: 5.52 (w) x 8.24 (h) x 0.32 (d)

Meet the Author

DIANA M. OLICK has been a broadcast journalist for over a decade, first with CBS News and now as Capitol Hill Correspondent for CNBC. She lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband and their twins, who were conceived through in vitro fertilization. She decided to write this book after her OB/GYN "fired" her and her husband after their failed attempts to get pregnant.

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Table of Contents

1. CHOOSING IVF: INFERTILITY/MAKING THE CHOICE/CHOOSING YOUR MAKER/PAYING THE PRICE
2. THE PROCESS: DRUGS/POTENTIAL PARENTS/YOUR SECRET/MOVING DAY
3. SUCCESS?: YES/TRY TRY AGAIN/NO
4. YOUR PREGNANCY: IS THIS REAL?/MULTIPLES
5. KIDS! DO I TELL MY CHILD/THE OTHER EGGS/LOOKING BACK

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 8, 2005

    Couldn't put the book down.

    When Nature's Not Enough: Personal Journeys through In Vitro Fertilization was the best book I have read involving the struggles faced with Infertility. I felt like those were my words on the page, Olick had me from the beginning to the end. She was so honest and unafraid to put herself out there. It was very informative even for a veteran of infertility and uplifting that I am not alone. I would recommend this to anyone going through infertility and I would also suggest it to someone who is a family member wanting to better understand what the infertile couple is going through emotionaly and physicaly.

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