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A handy resource for creating your own conception plan

If you are one of the millions of women facing the challenges of infertility, you know that gathering and keeping track of all of the information involved can be difficult. This book, the first of its kind, helps you establish a solid organizational framework for working through the entire infertility evaluation and treatment process. It provides you with a comprehensive record-keeping resource while you are seeking safe and effective pregnancy.

With its easy-to-customize "personal conception plan," The Complete Fertility Organizer lets you organize and maintain control of all of the information involved. You will be able to easily track essential vital data such as fertility charts, procedures, medication records, test results, insurance, and physician information. If you become pregnant, you will be able to record information related to the prevention of miscarriage and premature labor, and use the tracking tools to help promote a healthy pregnancy.

Whether you are just suspecting that you may have an obstacle to becoming pregnant or you re already undergoing extensive infertility treatments, The Complete Fertility Organizer delivers indispensable support and guidance.
How this Book Evolved--The Author's Perspective.

Keeping Track of Things--How to Use this Organizer.

CHARTS ABOUT YOU.

Your Infertility Evaluation.

Your Detailed Monthly Charts.

The Calendar.

Infertility Medications.

Infertility Procedures.

Pregnancy Test Results.

Your Personal Conception Plan.

Your Medical History.

Useful Information.

CHARTS ABOUT INFORMATION.

Finding the Right Physician.

Keeping Track of References and Resources.

Question and Answer Log.

Financial Information.

Blank Pages for Notes.

ONCE YOU ARE PREGNANT.

Tools to Monitor Your Early Pregnancy.

Preventing Miscarriage and Pre-Term Labor: Tracking Your Healthy Pregnancy.

Possible Causes of Miscarriage.

Possible Causes of Pre-Term Labor.

Signs and Symptoms of Miscarriage and Pre-Term Labor.

Tracking Your Healthy Pregnancy.

A FINAL WORD.

Glossary.

References and Resources.

Index.

Sujets

Santé et bien-être

Santé du quotidien

Santé au quotidien

Fitness

Health

Women's Health

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Publié par	Turner Publishing Company
Date de parution	02 mai 2008
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780470351000
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	10 Mo

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The Complete Fertility Organizer
The Complete Fertility Organizer
A Guidebook and Record Keeper for Women

Manya DeLeon Miller, L.P.N., M.P.H

John Wiley Sons, Inc.
This book is printed on acid-free paper.
Copyright 1999 by Manya DeLeon Miller. All rights reserved
Published by John Wiley Sons, Inc.
Published simultaneously in Canada
No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, (978) 750-8400, fax (978) 750-4744. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley Sons, Inc., 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158-0012, (212) 850-6011, fax (212) 850-6008, E-Mail: PERMREQ@WILEY.COM.
The information contained in this book is not intended to serve as a replacement for professional medical advice. Any use of the information in this book is at the readers discretion. The author and the publisher specifically disclaim any and all liability arising directly or indirectly from the use or application of any information contained in this book. A health care professional should be consulted regarding your specific situation.
ISBN: 0-471-34799-X
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Contents
Foreword by P. Ronald Clisham, M.D
Preface
Acknowledgments
PART ONE
Introduction
How this book evolved-the author s perspective
Keeping track of things-how to use this organizer
PART TWO
Charts about You
Your infertility evaluation
Your detailed monthly charts
The calendar
Infertility medications
Infertility procedures
Pregnancy test results
Your personal conception plan
Your medical history
Useful information
PART THREE
Charts about Information
Finding the right physician
Keeping track of references and resources
Question and answer log
Financial information
Blank pages for notes
PART FOUR
Once You Are Pregnant
Tools to monitor your early pregnancy
Preventing miscarriage and pre-term labor: tracking your healthy pregnancy
Possible causes of miscarriage
Possible causes of pre-term labor
Signs and symptoms of miscarriage and pre-term labor
Tracking your healthy pregnancy
PART FIVE
A Final Word
Glossary
References and Resources
Organizations
Notable Web sites
Books
Medical textbooks
Medical journals
Index
Foreword
P. Ronald Clisham, M.D.
When Manya Miller told me about The Complete Fertility Organizer, I thought, what a clever, simple, and practical book. I asked her where I could get copies for my patients and she told me that it had yet to be written. I was so enthusiastic about her book that I wanted to help her write it. It was surprising to me that with all of the books about infertility that are currently in press, no one has thought to develop a daytimer for fertility patients.
Going through a fertility workup is a search for clues to the cause of a problem. Your physician will collect an incredible amount of information in a very short time about your reproductive system. Keeping this information organized will provide you with a record of where you are going and where you have been. As expensive as fertility evaluations can be, it pays to keep track of studies so they don t have to be repeated. If you ever have to change physicians, you have your own records to take with you.
The Complete Fertility Organizer is a thoughtful compilation of charts and graphs for you to use to make a record of your fertility journey. They are laid out in a problem-oriented manner to help you understand your fertility problem. Your physician may find these charts helpful since they were developed along the lines of a standard infertility evaluation. The extensive index is a valuable compilation of common scientific terms, references, and web sites used in the reproductive sciences.
Understanding your fertility problem is a major step toward its resolution. Understanding a problem allows you to participate in its solution. In this organizer, Manya Miller, with her light and effervescent dialogue, will walk you through its tables and charts to help you reach this understanding. Understanding benefits you and your physician because it allows you to work in more of a collaboration with each other through improved communication. As a physician, it s always great to know that you and your patient are on the same page in the book. As with any book, good ones are hard to put down. Here s hoping for your happy ending.
Preface
Have you been trying to get pregnant but are not pregnant yet? Are you working with an infertility specialist? Are you afraid that getting pregnant may be more of a challenge than you anticipated? Are you undergoing any treatment for infertility? If any one of these is true for you, The Complete Fertility Organizer is designed specifically for your needs.
The concept of fertility dwells in many contexts: the fertile ground yields plentiful food; the fertile mind yields creation; the fertile woman yields children. Fertility is an essential part of each woman s being and we are aware of it from our youngest years, whether or not we decide to have children. The realization that we might have a fertility problem-whatever the cause-can be painful, frightening, and confusing.
One wonderful thing about modern medical technology is that there is potential for nearly every woman who wants to conceive a child to do so. But enlisting that technology-taking advantage of all the available therapies-can be complex, even daunting. It can become difficult to incorporate all of the benefits that modern medicine has to offer while maintaining a sense of control.
The Complete Fertility Organizer is designed to help you organize your fertility care and help create a collaborative relationship between you and your physician. It provides mechanisms for tracking all of the information related to your infertility evaluation and treatment, including tests, monthly charts, medications, procedures, and references. When you track your own medical information, you will be responsible for an integral part of your fertility management and you will be able to provide key information to your physician. The process of organizing this information enables you to become an active participant in your own fertility care.
The Complete Fertility Organizer will be a helpful companion as you journey through infertility evaluation, treatment, and, hopefully, pregnancy.
Acknowledgments
I would like to extend my gratitude to many people for their assistance in creating this book. P. Ronald Clisham, M.D ., was instrumental in this project. Enthusiasm permeated each review of the manuscript, and his contribution to the organizer s structure was tremendous. Dr. Clisham s knowledge about infertility has been an essential ingredient in making this a useful tool for women seeking pregnancy, and I am delighted to have worked with him. Jeff Braun, as well as Betsy Thorpe and the John Wiley and Sons team, were enormously helpful and supportive of this project; it is an honor to be one of their authors and to add this organizer to their excellent line of books. I deeply appreciate the contribution of my many friends and colleagues who reviewed the text and contributed helpful comments, insights, and suggestions. To my family both near and far, please accept my heartfelt thanks for your love, support, and guidance. And I would like to add my profoundest thanks to my husband: for everything.
PART ONE
Introduction
Women often spend many years dreading a positive pregnancy test, only to begin-one day, often quite unexpectedly-dreading the negative one. We shift dramatically from fearing pregnancy to wishing for it. So goes the jokingly said clich -before the reality of the situation sets in-that one wishes for a negative pregnancy test only to later wish for a positive one, and tears result from either if it happens at the wrong time.
It s not funny, though. The clich represents a deeper problem than can often be articulated: unwanted pregnancy can be a very serious and traumatic thing; unwanted childlessness can be equally traumatic.
Infertility, subfertility, and miscarriage are by nature isolating experiences. As women, we expect that the moment we try to have children, our fertile bodies will kick into action, become pregnant, and bear our beloved offspring into the world. When this does not happen, we may feel alone, ashamed, inadequate, guilty, angry, or a variety of unexpected emotions. The fact that even under the best of circumstances women have only about a 20 percent chance of conceiving per cycle does little to steer us away from the idea that our success at childbearing is virtually insured.
A couple may seek some type of assistance after they have unsuccessfully tried to get pregnant for a period of time: they may consult medical books; the woman might pay a visit to her gynecologist or an infertility specialist; the man might obtain a urological consult. They might ask the advice of friends who have had similar experiences. Perhaps the couple will continue trying on their own, using information gleaned from these various resources, and keep hoping that something will work.
Often something will work. If the couple has no significant obstacles to fertility, or if the problem is only in gauging the most fertile time of the month, these approaches will usually remove the hurdle to bearing a child. In fact, most of the time there is nothing wrong with the couple at all, and it is just a matter of letting the 20 percent success rate per cycle kick in. After a year of trying to conceive, about 85 percent of co