Two review books
Both came in the last week and I haven’t read either (yet). The first is the miscarriage book that was featured in Newsweek: Coming to Term: Uncover the Truth About Miscarriage. One thing about this book gave me pause, the author says that “veterans of three or more miscarriages ina row, become pregnant again, they will, with no treatment, carry to term nearly 70 percent of the time.” I was surprised to read this because it was not the statistic I’d been given (the stat I got was much more dire). So hopefully that will be good news for someone. The second book was just overnighted to me this morning — about ten minutes before I booted up — and it’s When Nature’s Not Enough: Personal Journeys through In Vitro Fertilization.
Edited to add: Mr. Cohen, author of the miscarriage book just wrote to me and said: “Just so there’s no confusion, that statistic of 70 percent success should have an asterisk next to it: It applies to women who have no identified cause for their previous miscarriage.” He also sent along a study to explain this stat further and if anyone wants to see it, let me know and I’ll send along Future pregnancy outcome in unexplained recurrent first trimester miscarriage by K.Clifford, R.Rai and L.Regan
I’m telling you, people, it’s hip to be infertile now. Where is getupgrrl’s book deal? (Actually, I have a theory about this. I theorize that some agent has contactd her — because it’s in the water these days — and either she said no to preserve her anonymity or else she said yes and hasn’t told us. If Mimi can write a book as Mimi, then getupgrrl should be able to still write as getupgrrl, right?)
Sure, now that all the cool people have been through ART it catches on. Actually I am glad that it is getting more exposure. It has been such a hidden topic for so long and hopefully this helps couples make choices and get support.
I agree. Most of the books about infertility suck ass, and Grrl is just the gal to write one.
I also agree with your theory–I can’t imagine she hasn’t been contacted yet.
I was infertile and miscarrying, when infertile wasn’t cool.
Isn’t that a song?
Some of us were groundbreakers and just had to be ahead of the trend, didn’t we?
I know those statistics are way better than the 1 in kizillion I was told back in the 80’s.
And who is to say gettupgrrl HASN’T ALREADY written a book and we just don’t know about it? Hmmm? I mean, come on, nobody who writes that beautifully does it just for their own entertainment…
I’d like to see the miscarriage article, if you don’t mind sending it to me.
And who is to say getupgrrl HASN’T ALREADY written a book and we just don’t know about it? Hmmm? I mean, come on, nobody who writes that beautifully does it just for their own entertainment…
I’d like to see the miscarriage article, if you don’t mind sending it to me.
I asked her about a year ago and she said no one has contacted her– I agree with your theory though, I suspect she has been contacted at this point.