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

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.

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© 2024 Mayo Clinic Press (Lydbog): 9781666653830

Release date

Lydbog: 23. januar 2024