Description
Book SynopsisThe 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 per
Trade ReviewI recommend this book to patients and their families. The content is evidence-based and includes up-to-date diagnostic and treatment modalities.
—Melanie Ochalski, MD, Shady Grove Fertility
Table of ContentsPreface
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
