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The most comprehensive and authoritative guide to getting pregnant and avoiding miscarriage on the web, developed from Robert Jansen's best-selling book. 27 WebPages with special boxes and illustrations covering: 1. Nature.
What should be going right ... how your body interacts with nature. all linked to the most extensive fully-searchable infertility glossary on the web SECTION 1. NATUREReturn to Top WebPage 1. Pregnancy and Chance. At the best of times it's not 100% WebPage 2. Evolution
and 'Infertility'. Why you are more normal than you think WebPage 3. Behind a Successful Conception. How the ovaries, tubes and uterus work WebPage 4. Establishing a Pregnancy. How a pregnancy forms in the uterus SECTION 2. TESTSReturn to Top WebPage 5. Diagnosing Infertility. The first round of tests WebPage 6. When Pregnancy's Not Possible. What to do when tests show, NO CHANCE (without help) WebPage 7. When Pregnancy's Not Probable. What to do when the tests show "subfertility" WebPage 8. Tests for Miscarriages. There are lots you can have done SECTION 3. SPECIAL TREATMENTReturn to Top WebPage 9. Treating and Preventing Miscarriages. It depends on the cause, and it's getting better WebPage 10. A Low Sperm Count. Treatment for men WebPage 11. Not Ovulating. Ovulation induction drugs WebPage 12. Complications from Gonadotropin Stimulation. Especially OHSS WebPage 13. Blocked Fallopian Tubes. Microsurgical operations and more WebPage 14. Ectopic Pregnancy. Pregnancy in the fallopian tube and other places WebPage 15. Endometriosis: Symptoms and Causes. What to look for WebPage 16. Endometriosis: Treatments. Hormones, operations, IVF and other symptomatic relief WebPage 17. Fibroids and Other Uterine Problems. Not as common as you might think WebPage 18. Abnormalities Present from Birth. Anomalies of the uterus, intersex and androgen-insensitivity syndromes SECTION 4. ASSISTED CONCEPTIONReturn to Top WebPage 19. Helping Nature a Bit. Timing intercourse and orgasms, and more WebPage 20. Helping Nature a Lot. In vitro fertilization WebPage 21. Embryo Storage. When your hopes are in the freezer WebPage 22. Donation and Surrogacy. Look for the traps and pitfalls WebPage 23. "Designer Babies?" Hardly. The near future: a slope that's not as slippery as it looks WebPage 24. Pregnancy. What to expect and what to do when you are SECTION 5. GETTING WHAT YOU DESERVE FROM SOCIETYReturn to Top WebPage 25. Relief from Suffering. Getting good counselling WebPage 26. Your Doctor's Duties. What your doctor should be doing to help you WebPage 27. Embryo Research and Society. Infertility research needs everyone's moral support Copyright © Robert Jansen, W.H.Freeman and Scientific American Books (New York) and Allen & Unwin (Sydney) |