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Books We Recommend

There are a number of published resources that you can read to help you and your partner better understand infertility. We've reviewed these books and think you'll find them helpful.


The Baby Solution: Your Essential Resource for Overcoming Infertility
by Daniel Kenigsberg


The Couples Guide to Fertility: With the Newest Scientific Techniques to Help You Have a Baby, Updated Version
by Gary S. Berger, M.D., Marc Goldstein, M.D. and Mark Fuerst


How to be a Successful Fertility Patient: Your Guide to Getting the Best Possible Medical Help to Have a Baby
by Peggy Robin


Helping the Stork: The Choices and Challenges of Donor Insemination
by Carol Frost Vercollone, Heidi Moss, Robert Moss


The Endometriosis Sourcebook
by Mary Lou Ballweg


The Pregnancy Prescription: The Success-Oriented Approach to Overcoming Infertility
by Hugh D. Melnick, Nancy Intrator


Experiences of Donor Conception
by Caroline Lorbach


Adopting After Infertility
by Patricia Irwin Johnston


Miscarriage: Women Sharing from the Heart
by Marie Allen, Shelly Marks


Parenthood Lost: Healing the Pain after Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Infant Death
by Michael R. Bermans


Overcoming Male Infertility: Understanding Its Causes and Treatments
by Leslie R. Schover, Anthony J. Thomas


Trying Again: A Guide to Pregnancy After Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Loss
by Ann Douglas, John R. Sussman, Deborah L. Davis


Reaching Out: The Guide to Writing a Terrific Dear Birthmother Letter
by Nelson Handel


What to Expect When You're Experiencing Infertility: How to Cope with the Emotional Crisis and Survive
by Debby Peoples, Harriette Rovner Ferguson


Talking With Young Children About Adoption
by Mary Watkins, Susan Fisher


The Complete Single Mother
by Andrea Engber, Leah Klungness


Lesbian and Gay Parenting Handbook: Creating and Raising Our Families
by April Martin


Sometimes It Takes Three to Make a Baby (Explaining Egg Donor Conception to Young Children)
by Kate Bourne