Making Babies the Hard Way
How far would you go to have a baby? Making Babies the Hard Way is a frank account of one couple's discovery that they cannot have children of their own, and their ensuing struggle through four years of fertility treatment. One in six couples worldwide seek assistance to conceive and 80 per cent of couples undergoing fertility treatment are currently unsuccessful.
Heart's Desire
There are several medical and practical books on infertility and treatments, but first-hand accounts of young women confronted by this problem are rare. The power of Judith’s book lies in its directness, warmth, humour and sincerity. It alternates between the humour of Bridget Jones’s Diary and the sensitivity of Letter to an Unborn Child. Each reader feels close to Judith and immediately becomes her friend. Her story comes from real life experience. In this sense, it is universal.
Swimming Upstream: the struggle to conceive
Swimming Upstream goes beyond the mechanics of babymaking into the issues faced by the one-in-six couples who struggle to have a family. Written by a man who has been through the struggle and in conjunction with a fertility counsellor, this book is for any couple that has ever heard ‘just relax and it will happen’.
Sex at 6pm
Sex at 6pm: A personal journey through IVF, is the nitty-gritty, no-holds-barred and very personal account of one woman’s journey through the “grief and confusion” of age-related infertility. It sounds warning bells to women of childbearing age who continue to believe that medical science has made it easy to start a family after 35. Written in diary form (in the fertility game, dates are all-important), the story has a strong narrative pull and the sometimes distressing subject matter is treated in an honest yet humorous way.
IVF Surrogacy: A Personal Perspective
In May 1988, Linda Kirkman gave birth to her niece, Alice, who was conceived from her mother Maggie’s egg, fertilised by sperm from a donor. Maggie had no uterus and her husband, Sev, had no sperm. It was the first example in Australia (and one of the first in the world) of IVF surrogacy. Linda doesn’t call herself a “surrogate” because she doesn’t feel that she is a substitute for anyone; she is a gestational mother.
Beyond Childlessness
Published by Rodale International in June 2005, Beyond Childlessness is a ground breaking and sensitive book offering support, shared experiences and practical strategies for women learning to live with the possibility or the reality of remaining childless, or with not being able to have as many children as they wanted. It is written for women, by women, in a simple, honest, jargon-free and non-judgemental style.
Sperm Wars
Sperm Wars is an extraordinary collection. Each of the twenty five contributions brings into the light the humanity, the messiness of life and the huge emotional investment of the individuals involved in making babies using the ‘new’ technologies.
Building a Family with the Assistance of Donor Insemination
This new book has been written for parents who have used donor insemination to build their families and also for those considering whether donor insemination is the right option for them.
When your womb is Empty
'When your womb is Empty’ was written to give courage and support to those suffering from infertility or for those who have experienced a pregnancy loss. It also gives support and information to help friends and families to understand what it is truly like to be infertile or to lose a baby.
The Infertility Handbook
The Infertility Handbook guides you through the whole experience of infertility, from speaking with your GP to seeing an infertility specialist and it is written by someone who has been through that experience and understands the challenges you will face.
Family Bound
Written by Carrie Ostrea, Family Bound is a book tracking the true story of two people determined to start a family, from the emotional struggle with infertility to the volatile international adoption process.
Sometimes It Takes Three to Make a Baby
Written by Kate Bourne, an infertility counselor, this book is primarily written for young children to help them understand the way they began. It will also be of interest to their parents, friends and family and to egg donors and their children. If you, or someone close to you, have been trying without success to have children and feel isolated or unable to share the experience—overwhelming feelings of loss, inadequacy, resentment or just plain frustration—Battles with the Baby Gods will show you that you are not alone. Amanda Hampson probably knows better than anyone how difficult it is for infertile couples to share their hopes and fears. In her case there was an added twist. Forced to give up a baby for adoption at 17, she later had problems conceiving again. As a veteran of the IVF program who eventually conceived naturally, Hampson offers a uniquely personal insight into infertility by telling her story and those of other who have battled the 'baby gods' in all their guises—and won. Dr. Judy Ford is the founder of Environmental and Genetic Solutions (EGS) and is the world renouned author of GLOW - the principles of healthy ageing and It takes two - reproducing naturally. Dr. Ford provides lectures, consultancy and counselling in areas of natural fertility, healthy ageing (GLOW), law and health that concern genetic and environmental interactions. EGS also specialises consultancy and counselling in problems associated with infertility, miscarriage, congenital abnormality and chemical toxicity. The Child Within
In this book the author talks to women who tell of the struggle and sadness of facing infertility or loss through miscarriage and the accompanying merry-go-round of tests, treatment and trauma. While struggling to keep up a brave front, these women plunge to the depths of despair, hating their bodies, and often their partners, and longing for the one thing they believe will make them whole - a baby. Dr Fiske charts the various journeys that women take when facing this overwhelming grief. In the end, however, her book offers hope, allowing women to speak frankly of their feelings, to own their pain and, through this process, to open themselves to the possibilities of a new life after infertility. Overcoming Infertility Book
Written to be as comprehensive as a text-book, as readable as a story, and as useful as a handbook, it joins with the web-site to explain how normal it is to have trouble getting pregnant (understand this and you can make sensible decisions about the reproductive technologies and plan your life) to relate to you what Robert Jansen has written on infertility and its treatment for specialists, not just on the medicine and the science - also on the morals, ethics, regulation and politics 
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