How to Have a Baby: Overcoming Infertility

An online ebook By Dr. Aniruddha Malpani and Dr. Anjali Malpani

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Preface
Why a New Edition for the New Millennium?

Chapters

  1. Do you have an infertility problem?
  2. How Babies Are Made - The Basics
  3. Finding Out What's Wrong - The Basic Medical Tests
  4. Testing the Man - Semen Analysis
  5. Beyond the Semen Analysis
  6. Diagnosis and Treatment of Male Infertility
  7. The Case of the Man with a Low Sperm Count
  8. Microinjection: Treating the Infertile Man
  9. Ultrasound - Seeing with Sound
  10. Laparoscopy - The Kinder Cut
  11. Hysteroscopy
  12. The Tubal Connection
  13. Ovulation - Normal and Abnormal
  14. The Older Woman
  15. Polycystic Ovarian Disease (PCOD)
  16. The Cervical Factor
  17. Hirsutism - Excess Facial and Body Hair
  18. Endometriosis - The Silent Invader
  19. Ectopic Pregnancy
  20. Unexplained Infertility
  21. Secondary Infertility
  22. The Lonely Trauma of Miscarriage
  23. Understanding Your Medicines
  24. Intrauterine Insemination (IUI)
  25. Test Tube Babies - IVF and GIFT
  26. Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis
  27. Using Donor Sperm
  28. Surrogate Mothering
  29. The Decision to End Treatment
  30. Adoption - Yours by Choice
  31. Child-free Living - Life without children
  32. Stress and Infertility
  33. The Emotional Crisis of Infertility
  34. How to Cope with Infertility
  35. Infertility and Sexuality
  36. Support Groups
  37. Myths and Misconceptions
  38. How Friends and Relatives Can Help
  39. Rights of The Infertile Couple
  40. Alternative Medicine
  41. Making Decisions about Treatment
  42. How to Find the Best Doctor
  43. How to Make the Most of Your Doctor
  44. Making Sense of Medical Stories in the News
  45. The Infertile Patient's Guide to the Internet
  46. The Ethical Issues - Right or Wrong?
  47. How Much Does Treatment Cost?
  48. Pregnant - At Last!
  49. Preventing Infertility
  50. The Infertile Patient's Prayer and Infertility "Defined"
  51. Making IVF Affordable
  52. Why Are Women Scared of IVF?
  53. Infertility Record Sheet
  54. DIY Insemination
  55. Appendix I: Common Laboratory Tests
  56. Appendix II: Getting Pregnant - Cycle Chart
  57. Appendix III: Ask the Doctor
  58. Infertility Glossary