Mayo Clinic Guide to Fertility and Conception
Expertise from Leading Fertility Specialists for Maximizing Reproductive Health and Growing Your Family (2nd Edition)

Name: Mayo Clinic Guide to Fertility and Conception
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Zaraq Khan, M.B.B.S.
ISBN: 9781666653830

Author: Zaraq Khan, M.B.B.S., Samir Babayev, M.D., Chandra C. Shenoy, M.D.

Narrator: Leanne Woodward

Unabridged: 13 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Mayo Clinic Press

Published: 01/23/2024

Categories: Nonfiction, Health & Fitness, Fertility & Infertility, Medical, Family & Relationships

Synopsis

With sensitivity and an inclusive approach, this is the essential guide for anyone who wants to have a baby. Deciding to add a baby to your family is full of unknowns. How long will it take to get pregnant? How will age and other factors play into your chances of conceiving? If you need some help, what are your options? Many of these questions have different answers for every person and every pregnancy. With Mayo Clinic Guide to Fertility and Conception, you can take on the adventure of trying for a baby with clear, empathetic guidance. Based on their extensive expertise in helping people build their families, Mayo Clinic physicians break down topics such as: Factors that contribute to healthy eggs and sperm Steps you can take to get ready for pregnancy Tips for ovulation tracking and timing sex Improving your chances of conception
This comprehensive guide also demystifies miscarriage and ectopic pregnancies, as well as many common fertility problems. In addition, the authors offer the latest on: Reproductive assistance Third party reproduction Fertility preservation The many options now available to help all families—including LGBTQ, transgender and single parents-to-be—achieve the dream of having a baby. Color medical illustrations and graphics throughout help this user-friendly book provide answers and explanations on nearly every aspect of achieving a successful pregnancy. Mayo Clinic Parenting Guides provide trusted expertise for every step of your journey.

About Zaraq Khan, M.B.B.S.

Zaraq Khan, M.B.B.S., is a physician at the forefront of modern reproductive issues. After earning his medical degree in Pakistan, he completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology, a fellowship in reproductive endocrinology and infertility, and a masters in clinical research at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science. He also received specialized training in minimally invasive gynecologic and reproductive surgery as a Mayo Clinic Travelling Scholar across Western Europe.

About Samir Babayev, M.D.

Samir Babayev, M.D., earned his medical degree at Istanbul University in Turkey. He then completed his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at New York Medical College and a fellowship in reproductive endocrinology and infertility at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He serves as the IVF Clinic director at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, where he strives to offer the most up-to-date and comprehensive fertility treatments available.

About Chandra C. Shenoy, M.D.

Chandra C. Shenoy, M.D., is an assistant professor and physician in obstetrics and gynecology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. After medical school at St. Louis University, she completed residency at MetroHealth Medical Center and Cleveland Clinic and a fellowship in reproductive endocrinology and infertility at Mayo Clinic. She is the medical director for the Third Party Reproduction Program at Mayo Clinic, which helps build families through donor sperm, donor eggs, or gestational carriers.

About Leanne Woodward

Leanne Woodward is an experienced audiobook narrator who specializes in fantasy, romance, thrillers, and nonfiction. She's been working behind the microphone for more than thirty years, including on radio and commercial voiceover projects. Her theater and improv experience bring risk-taking, emotion, and depth to her performances. When not narrating, she explores the "real" world with hikes into the wild and dangerous culinary experiments.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lizzie

This was SUCH a helpful guide to fertility treatment and conception. I don't know why more of this isn't taught in health class, but there is an embarrassing amount I didn't know. Did YOU know that the ovaries prepare multiple eggs and then pick the healthiest one to ovulate?? Or that the fallopian......more

Goodreads review by Kay

So informative. It was the most modern, up-to-date, and inclusive fertility guide I've read. It touched on every aspect for all people wanting to start a family with comprehensive details and explanations all well researched and science backed. It was easy to read and understand.......more

Goodreads review by Tiffany {Beyond the Stars Books}

Very informative. For someone in the proper head space in regard to infertility this would be a great read.......more

Goodreads review by Kate

This book is pretty thorough and informative. It reads very textbook like so probably isn't the most interesting book for people who don't especially love the subject. However, I found the details and brief history on IVF interesting. I think it would be a great read for anyone struggling with infer......more

Goodreads review by Carolyn

This book was very informative. It has information for any woman seeking to get pregnant from diet exercise..to When to seek help. What type first and what process step by step. The book even briefly talked about adoption. Great informative book.......more

Mayo Clinic Guide to Fertility and Conception Expertise from Leading Fertility Specialists for Maximizing Reproductive Health and Growing Your Family (2nd Edition)