Product Description

Meet nine girlfriends who've been through infertility treatment (IT) and can help make your IT easier by sharing what they learned. This is a candid, humorous description of what treatment is like from the patient s perspective. The girlfriends tell you who ll be touching you where, with what, why, and what it feels like, and give you practical tips on how to balance your life, handle the shots, ride the hormone roller coaster, play doctor roulette, cope with baby showers and pregnant friends, and keep the warmth in sex-on-schedule-all the stuff no one else talks about, especially your doctors. The girlfriends can t cure your infertility, but they can make your infertility treatment a whole lot better.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2503818 in Books
• Published on: 2009-03-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

Review
Elizabeth Dellenbaugh deciphers infertility treatment with sensitivity and style. The girlfriends advice and practical tips on how to get through treatment while still having a life can t be found anywhere else. --Theresa, infertility patient, Washington DC

The pros and cons of various infertility treatments lend to a fine guide on how to get through treatment while having a life. Nine girlfriends who've been through IT describe their experiences with humor and personal insights, making for an account any general lending library will appreciate. --The Midwest Book Review

This book teaches you what you need to know and still makes you laugh. It explains the science in easy-to-understand terms, and addresses many non-medical, personal, practical, and emotional issues your doctors don t. --B.J., infertility patient, New York City

About the Author
Elizabeth Gordon Dellenbaugh underwent more than three years of IT including extensive testing, drug treatments, and procedures: intrauterine insemination (IUI), in vitro fertilization (IVF), and frozen embryo transfer. A graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy, Brown University, and the University of Chicago Law School, she credits her girlfriends for making her laugh, get to the point, and not write like a lawyer.

Customer Reviews

A fine account any general lending library will appreciate
The pros and cons of various infertility treatments lends to a fine advice guide on how to get through treatment while having a life. Nine girlfriends who've been through IT describe their experiences with humor and personal insights making for a fine account any general lending library will appreciate.