5 books for couples struggling with infertility
The journey towards parenthood should be filled with joy and happy memories. However, infertility can turn this journey into a challenging and isolating experience. It sometimes helps to educate yourself on the challenges or read stories from others in a similar situation. Continue reading to see our book recommendations for couples struggling with infertility.
In this blog post, we have chosen a mix of personal stories and expert advice that can provide some comfort and guidance during this challenging time. Hopefully, you find advice that helps you improve the experience of fertility treatment, or learn how to cope with infertility and still be able to live your life.
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If you have had unsuccessful fertility treatment using your own sperm, it may be worth considering other options, like using a sperm donor. Contact us to learn more about the process and how to get started.
Ever Upward
One way to cope with infertility is to educate yourself on the topic, another is to gain some perspective by reading other people's stories. Ever Upward is written by Justine Froelker, as her way to cope with infertility. After realizing that it was impossible to fulfil her dream of a child, she had to redefine her goals in life. By changing her mentality, she slowly figured out how to live a happy life without children. Now, she tries to help others by sharing her story of pain, struggle, recovery, triumph, and acceptance.
Infreakinfertility: How to Survive When Getting Pregnant Gets Hard
Melanie Dale and her husband Alex, tried everything possible to conceive, but no matter what they did, no positive pregnancy test arrived. After feeling like the only woman on earth incapable of having children, she wrote the book Infreakinfertility. A humorous window into the life of a couple trying their best to conceive, and how the ups and downs during their journey affected their relationship. Melanie wrote a book to herself filled with dark humour and illustrations of the feelings you experience when going through infertility.
The Fertility Book: Your definitive guide to achieving a healthy pregnancy
If you are trying to understand infertility and fertility treatment, The Fertility Book is a comprehensive guide to the science behind fertility and the treatment options available. Written by fertility specialists Adam Balen and Grace Dugdale, the book explains complex medical topics in an accessible way, helping you understand what happens during fertility investigations and treatment. It can be a useful resource for couples who want to feel more informed and prepared when talking to their healthcare team.
My Fertility Book
During fertility treatment, you will hear many scientific words or medical language and it is normal to feel confused. My Fertility Book contains a comprehensive list of medical terms related to fertility treatment, helping you during the conversation with your gynaecologist. Sheila Lamb, a former nurse and midwife, wrote the book after she struggled with infertility. During her treatment, she experienced how hard it was to understand what happened during the treatment. Use the book to guide yourself through the terminology of fertility treatment, hopefully making you feel less overwhelmed and confused.
The IVF Dad
Keegan Prue and his wife battled infertility for nearly five years before they had a successful pregnancy. During that time, Keegan noticed a lack of resources designed for men in fertility treatment or struggling with infertility. If you are a man going through fertility treatment and want to improve your understanding of infertility and fertility treatment, we recommend you read the book The IVF Dad. The book also contains practical advice on how to help your partner during the treatment.
Moving forward with fertility treatment
Infertility is common. 15% of all couples trying to conceive, will struggle with infertility at some point. Many couples find a way to overcome it, either by continuing fertility treatment or through the use of donor gametes.
Getting pregnant with donor sperm is an option if the problem is caused by male infertility. You are always welcome to contact our Customer Care Consultants if you consider using a sperm donor to fulfil your dreams of parenthood.
Resources for people in fertility treatment
At Cryos, we want to help and inform our customers to provide the best possible journey towards parenthood. Fertility treatment is like a rollercoaster, and you will experience a lot of ups and downs. We have tried to help you by creating blog posts relevant to each stage of the process: