Having a Baby...When the Old-Fashioned Way Isn't Working: Hope and Help for Everyone Facing Infertility

By Kathy Kanable and Cindy Margolis

Book Overview

Personal, easy to read, and possessed of a warm, welcome sense of humor? An excellent introduction for anyone facing infertility( Publishers Weekly ) Cindy Margolis may be known as the ?most downloaded woman on the Internet, ? but she was brought down to earth when she tried to conceive. Suddenly, she became another statistic: just one of the more than nine million women each year who are desperately trying to have a child. After more than a year of disappointment and with a growing sense of insecurity, Cindy began a determined quest to have a family that included an array of treatments'including five in-vitro fertilizations and surrogacy'a journey that resulted in three happy and healthy children. Now Cindy helps women navigate through the world of infertility treatments and procedures. Sincere, supportive, and funny, she provides the direction, advice, and information that could only come from a woman who's been in the trenches? and who has emerged battle-scarred, but victorious.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399534792
• ISBN13: 9780399534799
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Raising Awareness

Thank you Cindy Margolis for proving that infertility does not make a woman less attractive or desireable. Cindy very openly gives us a personal account of her infertility plus including helpful information. Hopefully more celebrities will become more open about their infertility challenges. Understandably, the book spends a good amount of time on surrogacy.

Very Helpfull

Is goog to know that we are not alone out there, that our dificulties is share by a million people, and someone have better answers for our questions.

Finally not alone

My husband and I have been trying to get pregnant for ten months now and in that time I have watched 8 of my friends get pregnant, have a baby(ies) or get pregnant again; it has been very frustrating to be the only one not getting pregnant. This book truly made me feel like there were other people out there going through exactly what I was. The author presents a personal account of her journey that is easy to identify with and straightforward. I found myself laughing at the ridiculous things she did trying to get pregnant that I though only I did! I had trouble towards the end because I felt overwhelmed with what may lie ahead for me. It is a practical book though that honestly tells you what to expect. It does offer hope for all of us out there trying to conceive.

Bravo Cindy Margolis

Bravo Cindy Margolis for having the courage to write such a fun, informative book and work to remove the shame and secrecy around infertility. This book will help so many couples on a difficult road and hopefully open our society's eyes to the need to remove all stigma still surrounding infertility. We are a culture that celebrates beauty and fame so we desperately need those that seem to "have it all" to share their experiences. I am so grateful to this author for this wonderful book!