Table Of contents
Chapter 1----> Do you have an infertility problem? When to start worrying! .... ..pg 9Chapter 2----> How Babies are Made - The Basics.....pg 27
Chapter 3----> Finding Out What’s Wrong -- The Basic Medical Tests .... ..pg 60
Chapter 4----> Testing the Man - Semen Analysis....pg 71
Chapter 5----> Beyond the Semen Analysis.....pg 95
Chapter 6----> Diagnosis and Treatment for Male Infertility -- More Confusion!...pg 11 2
Chapter 7----> The Man with a Low Sperm Count....pg 144
Chapter 8----> Microinjection: The Latest Advance in Treating the lnfertile Man.....pg 1 52
Chapter 9----> Ultrasound - Seeing with Sound.....pg 166
Chapter 10----> Laparoscopy -- The Kinder Cut.....pg 178
Chapter 11----> Hysteroscopy .... ..pg 194
Chapter 12----> The Tubal Connection.....pg 204
Chapter 13----> Ovulation -- Normal and Abnormal .... ..pg 221
Chapter 14----> The Older Woman....pg 239
Chapter 15----> Polycystic Ovarian Disease (PCOD).....pg 253
Chapter 16----> The Cervical Factor...pg 260
Chapter 17----> Hirsutism -- Excess Facial and Body Hair....pg 270
Chapter 18----> Endometriosis -- The Silent lnvader.....pg 275
Chapter 19----> Ectopic Pregnancy — The Time Bomb in the Tube.....pg 287
Chapter 20----> Unexplained lnfertility.....pg 294
Chapter 21----> Secondary Infertility -- Caught Between Fertile And lnfertile Worlds.....pg 300
Chapter 22----> Empty Arms -- The Lonely Trauma of Miscarriage.....pg 306
Chapter 23----> Understanding Your Medicines .... ..pg 328
Chapter 24----> IUI - Intrauterine lnsemination.....pg 350
Chapter 25----> Test Tube Babies - IVF & GIFT .... ..pg 361
Chapter 26----> Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis - the newest ART....pg 442
Chapter 27----> Using Donor Sperm.....pg 450
Chapter 28----> Surrogate Mothering...pg 461
Chapter 29----> When Enough is Enough - The Decision to End Treatment....pg 466
Chapter 30----> Adoption - Yours by Choice.....pg 474
Chapter 31----> Childfree living - Life without children.....pg 487
Chapter 32----> Stress And lnfertility.....pg 495
Chapter 33----> The Emotional Crisis of lnfertility.....pg 515
Chapter 34----> How to Cope with lnfertility.....pg 515
Chapter 35----> Infertility and Sexuality......pg 532
Chapter 36----> Support Groups-Self-Help is the Best Help.....pg 546
Chapter 37----> Myths and Misconceptions......pg 552
Chapter 38----> Helping Hands - How Friends and Relatives can Help....pg 562
Chapter 39----> Rights of the lnfertile Couple - and What Society Needs to do About Them.....pg 568
Chapter 40----> Alternative Medicine: Exploring Your Treatment Options...pg 576
Chapter 41----> Making Decisions about Treatment.....pg 588
Chapter 42----> How to Find the Best Doctor.....pg 601
Chapter 43----> How to Make the Most of Your Doctor.....pg 627
Chapter 44----> Let the reader beware - making sense of medical stories in the news.....pg 640
Chapter 45----> The lnfertile Patient's Guide to the lnternet.....pg 649
Chapter 46----> The Ethical Issues - Right or Wrong? .... ..pg 658
Chapter 47----> How Much Does Treatment Cost?.....pg 663
Chapter 48----> Pregnant - At Last! .... ..pg 675
Chapter 49----> Preventing lnfertility....pg 688
Chapter 50----> The lnfertile Patient's Prayer and Infertility "Defined".....pg 697
Chapter 51----> Making IVF affordable...pg 702
Chapter 52----> Why are women scared of lVF?.....pg 710
Chapter 53----> Infertility Record Sheet.....pg 716
Chapter 54----> Self-lnsemination.....pg 720
Chapter 55---->lnterpreting the lab test results.....pg 726
