In vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment is a complex process that can involve multiple medical teams and points of contact, and it is a significant financial investment. The cost for treatment includes numerous medications, appointments, daily tests, and procedures. Predictably, IVF is the theme of endless books, websites, blog posts, and articles. Based on her personal experiences with IVF, author Monica Bivas created this journal to help you organize the process, handle stress better, and bring focus and clarity to your personal IVF journey. She created The IVF Planner both as an information guide and for you to write your own story. She touches on everything from the basics of the process to financing to a support network and more. Bivas communicates that the IVF journey, no matter the end result—negative, positive, or even cancelled cycles—takes strength, takes courage, and teaches you to be disciplined. Though expensive and challenging, it’s a journey to be proud of.

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 females fertility declined with the age, which lead the partners to proceed with In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) as the only option. In todays 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 authors 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 patients 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 couples 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 practitioners to better understand patients physical and emotional needs and improve the service in IVF clinics. Quote from the book: My greatest hope is that reading this book leads to positive outcomes for as many women and couples as possible!

While I'm Waiting, A Journey through Faith and Fertility is a journal that will help you align your fertility journey with your faith in what God has promised.

Laughing your way to self-love and selfless leadership In I See You!, professional development keynote speaker and facilitator Erin Diehl has paired her eighteen years of leadership experience with her improv-honed sense of humor to create a mindset shift for busy, stressed-out leaders. Using laughter, positivity, and empathy, Erin will take you on a journey of self-exploration to discover a newfound sense of self-love and inner peace that translates into improved leadership performance. As you work, and giggle, your way through the curriculum of Energy U—a comprehensive coursework in investing in yourself first so you can emanate and give others your positive energy—you will learn how to master leadership-optimizing skills including the following: • Transitioning from burnout to consistent, sustainable energy • Fostering a magnetic company culture that attracts and retains the best employees •Creating a long-lasting impact on the people you lead Between easy-to-use activities and glimpses into the highs and the not-so-highs of Erin’s own personal and professional leadership journey, I See You! is bursting with actionable, sanity-saving advice. By learning to embrace radical empathy, for both yourself and others, you will be empowered to magnetize and attract top talent and ultimately evolve into the human being you were meant to be—all while having fun on the journey.

There is a limiting belief around in vitro fertilization (IVF) that must be reframed: the idea that it is only a technical, difficult, painful and artificial process. IVF is another one of those wonderful proofs of God's love towards us. Therefore, it is nothing but a christic alternative to enable men and women to achieve their paternity and maternity dreams. It was from this perspective that the author, Gabriela Lacerda, a former trying woman and mother of two children via assisted reproductions, shares with her readers a spiritual perspective about the most advanced treatment for couples who have difficulty to get pregnant. In this book, she talks about the metaphysical teachings that were essential to achieve her much-dreamed-of positive in her first in vitro fertilization attempt, giving life to her son Gael, and again, three years later, from the transfer of a single frozen embryo that enabled the arrival of her second son, Benício. What may be seen as good fortune from a distance, for her, who experienced it with a lot of energy, it was the certainty that there was a spirituality watching over every detail of her journey as a conscious trying woman. The one that goes beyond physical symptoms and scarcity thoughts. The one that acknowledges that life goes beyond the visible, the material world. Welcome to the wonderful world of assisted reproduction from a spiritual perspective. Read each page with an open heart. It is safe to get pregnant easily via in vitro fertilization.

I began writing to my unborn child as soon as my wife and I decided to have a child. Never could I have imagined what an amazing journey was set in motion. These intensely personal letters capture my hopes and fears as my wife and I progress through the various stages of IVF, our daughter's stay in the NICU, and our first year as a family. From giving my wife daily shots to staring at the various screens monitoring my newborn daughter, the book attempts to capture the emotions of a loving husband and father trying to be the man both his girls need. The book concludes with my honest, unadulterated reflections on having going through IVF and the NICU. My hope is that my candid sharing may help others gain a greater sense of the emotions involved in having an IVF or NICU baby.

Infertility affects about 15 percent of couples globally, yet somehow infertility and In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) are taboo subjects, often hidden and un-talked about. 1000 Needles: How to Increase Your Odds and Take Control of Your IVF Journey removes the stigma with a touch of sass and an unapologetically honest voice, exploring one couple’s IVF challenges and discoveries in order to normalize the infertility conversation. This guidebook: addresses the medical and personal sides of the fertility coin, suggests research-backed lifestyle changes to boost your odds of success, sifts through drug and treatment options, dispels myths, breaks taboos, and more! Most importantly, 1000 Needles offers that elusive kernel of hope, whether you are just beginning IVF or nearing its desperate end. The combination of meticulous research and personal experience that resulted in a successful pregnancy and birth for the author provides a solid cheat sheet of what to expect as you traverse your own IVF journey.

How far would you go to have a baby? Does it occupy your every thought, your every basic human need? Have you found yourself asking Why me? and choking on the announcement of yet another persons pregnancy? In a world full of abundant pregnant bellies everywhere we look, its easy to start questioning obsessively when falling pregnant is not as easy as wed once believed. Its time to take charge. Forget the advice to stop trying so hard or to take a holiday and become empowered to take control of your own journey. Mindbodyresearch.

After living through an emotionally turbulent journey of infertility and the birth of one son, Fabiana was thrilled to discover that she was pregnant again, this time with twins. She did not expect to encounter a tumultuous road until she was told that one of her twins had no chance of survival. Then, only weeks later, she gave birth prematurely. Her surviving twin spent months in a neonatal intensive care unit and later became a child with special needs. From Surviving to Thriving is about finding the joy; making the choice to see hope where others only see despair, pain, loss, and sorrow. The book teaches the reader valuable life lessons, including how to face any adverse event and find something to be thankful for. One can only feel inspired and connected with Fabiana as she recounts how she took her family on a journey from surviving to thriving.