4 Part 2: Taking the Initiative Chapter 6: DIY Methods to Increase Your Chances Reading Your Body’s Signals and Signs — An Incomplete Story Keeping a Fertility Chart Predicting Ovulation: Kits, Sticks, and Software Getting through the Two-Week Wait Looking for a Positive with Home Pregnancy Tests (HPTs) Chapter 7: Considering Special Circumstances Calculating Your Fertility Odds as an “Older” Mom Calculating Your Fertility Odds as an “Older” Dad Living with Diseases That Affect Fertility Cancer and Fertility: The News Is Cautiously Optimistic Chapter 8: Harnessing the Power of Modern Medicine: Finding a Doctor and More Exploring Your “Doctor” Options Moving Up to Dr. Specialist Getting Help from National Organizations Going Online for More Resources and Information Discussing Dollars with the Doctor Understanding What Your Doctor Says Knowing When to Switch Doctors Keeping Your Own (Hit) Records Facing the Stranger in Your Sex Life — Treatment and Your Loss of Privacy Chapter 9: Improving Your Odds with Diet, Supplements, and Exercise Eating for Fertility The Controversy over Estrogen Considering Supplements — Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs, and More Exploring Alternative Medicine from China and Beyond Chanting Your Way to Conception: Meditation and Yoga Seeking Help from On High Putting Your Body in Motion: The Benefits of Exercise Chapter 10: Are We Having Fun Yet? Managing Your Emotions and Relationships Holding Your Relationship Together during Treatment Healing Your Relationship: Band-Aids and Longer-Term Solutions Dealing with Buttinskies (a.k.a. Friends and Relatives) Getting Professional Help for Very Personal Hurts Taking a Break from Your Fertility “Job” — You Deserve It
5 Part 3: Seeking Answers, Identifying Causes, and Dealing with Disappointments Chapter 11: Ladies First: Female Testing Basics Understanding the Limits of Testing Testing Your Blood for Clues Addressing Female Structural Problems Reversing a Tubal Ligation Testing to Diagnose Structural Problems Checking for Endometriosis Considering Ovulation Disorders: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Prognosis Chapter 12: Your Turn, Honey! Back to the Boys What is Male Factor Infertility? Sizing Up the Semen Interpreting the SA Test Results Checking for Structural Problems Correcting Varicoceles Looking for Clues in Your Blood Considering Potential Functional Issues Undoing a Vasectomy: Is it Worth It? Analyzing the Effects of Age and Lifestyle Chapter 13: Riding the Roller Coaster of Early Pregnancy Loss Defining What Being Pregnant Really Means Being “A Little Bit” Pregnant: Chemical Pregnancies Suffering a Miscarriage Navigating an Ectopic Pregnancy Experiencing Recurrent Pregnancy Loss How is Recurrent Implantation Failure Different?