Synopsis
This book is a personal testimony from a patient who underwent 15 In Vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments over a 7 year period. It is a story about male infertility combined with the female's fertility declined with the age, which lead the partners to proceed with In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) as the only option. In today's western world one in every six couples face fertility problems and this story could become a reality for millions of couples in the world. This book is raising awareness about female fertility and reproductivity potential for women after their mid-thirties. It also reveals some of the "hidden truths" and misconceptions about IVF and demystifies information provided by the press and media. A similar book with details of the latest IVF trends, facts and experiences from the patients' perspective has never been published. The first part of the book is a chronicle of the author's experiences as an IVF patient, where she shares medical information, facts, experience and lessons learned during IVF treatments. In the second part of the book the author is offering valuable advice, recommendations, and tools, including tips on how to save money for IVF. This is also a patient's story about the emotional impact of IVF. The book is unique in presenting a serious family and marriage crisis throughout battles with infertility and how the journey through the IVF drastically affected the couple's relationship. It is also a story of a personal life crisis that the female patient was going through. The author describes her own turmoil when she decided to end IVF (IVF closure) after many years of living in the "IVF bubble" when she faced not only the cruel fact that she will never be able to have more children, but also experienced a career failure, financial difficulties and her husband being ready to leave her due to the inability to have a big family together. This book is also a relevant resource for medical
About the Author
Anastasia Sputnik is originally from Europe and has been living and working for the last fifteen years in North America. For seven years she underwent more than ten in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments and this book is her story about her journey through IVF.
A desire to disclose misconceptions about in vitro fertilization (IVF) and raise awareness about female fertility and reproduction led Anastasia Sputnik to write "In Vitro: My Journey Through the World of IVF: An Inconvenient Truth about In Vitro Fertilization".
Sputnik did not have a fairy tale IVF ending, but she believes that making accurate information regarding women's fertility and the success of ART through IVF available would greatly improve other women's chances of success.
"In Vitro: My Journey Through the World of IVF," chronicles Sputnik's experiences in three parts. In part one, she discloses valuable medical information and facts and shares her experiences having undergone 15 IVF treatments in seven years. In part two, she journals about her life troubles at the time of terminating IVF, disclosing her emotional state when faced with the reality of not being able to have more children and the marital, career and financial stress it caused. In part three, she offers a section of mentoring, advice, recommendations and tools for the reader, including tips on how to save money for IVF.
It is Sputnik's hope that through her book other women and couples' will experience success: "I felt, and I still feel, that if children are born thanks to my book, all my battles and suffering will not be in vain."
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