About this item
From the author of "Fertility Diary" for the New York Times Motherlode blog comes a reassuring, no-nonsense guide to both the emotional and practical process of trying to get pregnant, written with the smarts, warmth, and honesty of a woman who has been in the trenches. There are so many ways to be Not Pregnant: You can be young, old, partnered, or unpartnered. Maybe you have endometriosis. Maybe you don't have enough eggs or your partner doesn't have enough sperm. Or maybe there's nothing wrong except you're Just. Not. Pregnant. Amy Klein has been there. Faced with fertility obstacles, she quickly became an expert. After nine rounds of IVF, four miscarriages, three acupuncturists, two rabbis, and one reproductive immunologist, she finally became a mother.
About the Author
You might have read Amy Klein's New York Times "Fertility Diary," following her real and harrowing four-year journey to have a baby, after 10 doctors in 3 countries with 9 rounds of IVF and 4 miscarriages. Kleins' health and science journalism background helps her bring to light the ups and downs of Trying, which she encapsulates in her upcoming book. Amy Klein lives in New York City with her husband and daughter. She loves the water, and misses living by the beach in Venice, California (but she sold her surfboard) . She is trying to learn the harmonica, but failing miserably.
