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Publisher
Page Two Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
251 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A few months after Myriam Steinberg turned forty, she decided she couldn't wait any longer to become a mother. She made the difficult decision to begin the process of conceiving a child without a partner. With her family and friends to support her, she picked a sperm donor and was on her way. But Myriam's journey was far from straightforward. She experienced the soaring highs and devastating lows of becoming pregnant and then losing her babies......
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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Kristen Peterson doesn't do drama, will fight to the death for her friends, and has no room in her life for guys who just don't get her. She's also keeping a big secret: facing a medically necessary procedure that will make it impossible for her to have children. Planning her best friend's wedding is bittersweet for Kristen--especially when she meets the best man, Josh Copeland. He's funny, sexy, never offended by her mile-wide streak of sarcasm...
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Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the United States, ten percent of people who wish to have children struggle with infertility. NOVA explores barriers to fertility, from the social to the biological, and the state of assisted reproductive technologies. Follow the journeys of people navigating challenges from structural inequalities and racism to falling sperm counts, egg freezing, and IVF.
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English
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"Our narrator is a gifted photographer, an uncertain wife, an infertile mother, a biracial woman in an unraveling America. As she grapples with a lifetime of ambivalence about motherhood, yet another act of police brutality makes headlines, and this time the victim is Noah, a boy in her photography class. Unmoored by the grief of a recent devastating miscarriage and Noah's fight for his life, she worries she can no longer chase the hope of having...
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English
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The plans of four women--including a college student egg donor, a working-class surrogate mother, a wealthy woman, and her stepdaughter--are thrown into turmoil when the wealthy woman's husband suddenly dies and names the stepdaughter the unborn baby's guardian.
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English
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"Olivia Bender desperately wants to be a mother. Fertility treatments keep failing. And just when she feels she's at her lowest point, the police deliver shocking news to Olivia and her husband, Park. DNA results show that the prime suspect in a murder investigation is Park's son. Olivia is relieved, knowing the Benders don't have any children. Then comes the confession. Many years ago, Park donated sperm to a clinic. As the murder investigation goes...
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English
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Contains scenes of miscarriage and childbirth, as well as cancer survival and implied animal endangerment.
"The Push meets The Silent Patient in a gripping thriller that follows a woman convinced a sinister figure is going to great lengths to make sure her pregnancy never happens--while the men in her life refuse to believe a word she says. Anna Alcott is desperate to have a family. But as she tries to balance her increasingly public life as an indie...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Language
English
Description
"The Crucible meets True Grit in this riveting adventure story of a fugitive girl, a mysterious gang of robbers, and their dangerous mission to transform the Wild West. In the year of our Lord 1894, I became an outlaw. The day of her wedding, 17 year old Ada's life looks good; she loves her husband, and she loves working as an apprentice to her mother, a respected midwife. But after a year of marriage and no pregnancy, in a town where barren women...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
287 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the author of She Left Me The Gun, an explosive and hilarious memoir about the exceptional and life-changing decision to conceive a child on one's own via assisted reproduction. When British journalist, memoirist, and New York-transplant Emma Brockes decides to become pregnant, she quickly realizes that, being single, 37, and in the early stages of a same-sex relationship, she's going to have to be untraditional about it. From the moment she...
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English
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Aviva Rosner is at a crossroads. Her fourth album is about to be released--and her manager says it's going to be big. But Aviva is focused on getting pregnant, which she can't seem to do. How far will she go to have a child? Is that what she really wants? And what about her music, and her growing obsession with Amy Winehouse?
On the eve of her fourth album, singer-songwriter Aviva Rosner is plagued by infertility. The twist: as much as Aviva wants...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 525 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A religion-based autocracy has taken over most of the United States, renaming the country Gilead. In this country women are second-class citizens. Anyone trying to escape is punished. One such person is June, who is captured while trying to escape with her husband and child and is sentenced to be a handmaid, bearing children for childless government officials. As a handmaid, June is renamed Offred. This is her story.
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English
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The Vasectomy Reversal Centre's guide on all you need to know about having or considering a vasectomy reversal. We have studied published research and written the first book of its kind to assist you in your journey of deciding whether a vasectomy reversal is appropriate for you and your partner. We answer many of the questions that you may have and have not been able to find elsewhere. Much of the information on the internet is conflicting, discouraging...
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English
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This book is dedicated to the millions of couples who are trying to get pregnant without success. Rather than assuming that one is infertile, readers can try the many reliable natural remedies and resources in this book. The author’s goal is simple: to provide a clear guide to conception based on natural, safe, well-researched therapeutic approaches.
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English
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Join the fast-growing group of women who have decided to take ownership of their health and not be held hostage by PCOS. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome is the most common hormonal disorder among women of reproductive age, and if left unchecked, is linked to serious health issues like infertility, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and endometrial cancer In this Book, How to Beat PCOS Naturally & Regain a Healthy & Fertile Life Now - A Simple Guide on PCOS...
16) Yo Sí Quiero Ser Papá: Optimiza tu Fertilidad Natural y Tratamiento de Reproducción en 90 días.Gu
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English
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Ojalá tuviéramos la capacidad de concebir un hijo en pocos meses , mejor que en muchos años. El objetivo de este libro es ayudarte a poner los pies en la tierra, saber cuáles son tus opciones, ser realista y optimista con las decisiones que vas a tomar, tanto en fertilidad natural como en Reproducción Asistida en caso de que lo necesites.
Sigue adelante.
Tan sólo necesitas un espermatozoide.
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English
Description
If you and your partner have struggled with fertility issues, you're well aware of the emotional roller coaster of confusion, frustration, and disappointment that infertility can set in motion. This book offers a comprehensive set of mind-body techniques you can use to help improve fertility from the comfort of your home and make the most of in vitro fertilization (IVF) or other fertility treatments.
The stress reduction exercises, coping strategies,...
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Language
English
Description
After another call from the fertility clinic reporting negative test results, Brett Russo started to panic. Unrecognizable to herself after countless rounds of unsuccessful IVF, she felt like a failure to herself, a disappointment to her husband, and the only female on Facebook without kids.
At thirty-eight, Brett had a great career and a loving partner. But when they decided to start a family, her success story took a turn. She quickly learned...
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Language
English
Description
This one-stop practical guide will show you how to maximize your chances of having a baby. To make your progress easier, it comes with handy expert tips and advice throughout. Ian Greer has spent his career working with couples trying to conceive and knows exactly the kind of questions they want to know answers to: from the small ones, like 'Is it okay to have a bikini wax?' to the big ones, like 'How do we know which of these treatments is most likely...
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English
Description
For people experiencing infertility, wanting a baby is a craving unlike any other. The intensity of their longing is matched only by the complexity of the emotional maze they must navigate.
With insight and compassion, Drs. Janet Jaffe, Martha Diamond, and David Diamond-specialists in the field of Reproductive Psychology who have each experienced their own struggle with infertility-give couples the tools to:
*Reduce their sense of helplessness and...
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