Debby Peoples and Harriette Rovner FergusonExperiencing InfertilityAn Essential Resource"Experiencing Infertility provides comfort and insight into the emotional, medical, and financial ordeal couples face when they endure infertility."-Perry-Lynn Moffitt, coauthor of A Silent Sorrow: Pregnancy Loss 
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Warm and practical, this comprehensive book helps readers learn about normal psychological reactions to infertility in a question-and-answer format. "Experiencing Infertility represents an informational feast for infertile individuals. . . . The book covers the whole infertility process, ranging from coping with the label of infertility, to handling the disappointment when high-tech treatment fails, to exploring options such as adoption or child-free living."-Alice Domar, Ph.D., Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, from the preface "[Ferguson and Peoples] have written a sensitive guide to the emotional trauma of infertility. The authors successfully discuss the decision-making process and emotional roller coaster that medical intervention, pregnancy loss, and adoption can bring and offer sound ideas, resources, and coping methods."-Science and Technology Harriet Rovner Ferguson is a psychotherapist who provides groups, couples, and individuals counseling for infertility and also conducts workshops for professionals working in the field. Debby Peoples is a past president of Long Island RESOLVE (the national support organization for infertile individuals) and a founder of A Woman's Place, a center for counseling and support. 2000 / paper / ISBN 0-393-32000-6 / 7" X 9 1/4" / 320 pages / HEALTH | |||||
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