| For those who have never experienced it, the | | | | you. Don't dismiss out of hand the seemingly simple, |
| heartbreak of infertility is difficult to put into words. | | | | common sense ideas that may come your way as |
| Of course, you know you'll be good parents. But yet | | | | well. These very many times come in the form of a |
| you look around your house and there are no children | | | | more natural approach. |
| to call your own. | | | | You Are Not Alone |
| You go outside. You see happy children, happy | | | | I'm sure this doesn't make you feel any better, but |
| couples and happy families. Why aren't you one of | | | | you're not alone in what must surely seem to you at |
| them? | | | | times as a desperate attempt to conceive and give |
| Is it fair? | | | | birth. |
| Of course not. But that's the bad news. You're | | | | Consider the following statistics if you will. There are |
| infertile. There is a silver lining -- at least that's what | | | | approximately 7.3 million women between the ages |
| you keep telling yourself. And that's the fact that the | | | | of 15 to 44 -- those peak childbearing ages who |
| time period in which you live is blessed with the most | | | | experience some problems with getting pregnant. |
| modern technology, making even the seemingly | | | | These individuals are not infertile, but they are, |
| impossible act for you -- getting pregnant -- a | | | | nonetheless, experiencing problems conceiving. |
| possibility. | | | | Another 2 million women or roughly 7 ½ percent of |
| And as long as you haven't exhausted all your | | | | the population in the 15 to 44 demographic are, |
| possibilities, you're going to keep hoping and praying | | | | indeed, infertile. |
| that one day -- very soon -- you will be pregnant. | | | | It's for these women and their partners that this |
| And that's not false hope. If you would have lived a | | | | book is written. No one can imagine the individual |
| hundred years ago, your infertility would have been a | | | | heartbreak each couple is experiencing. And no one |
| foregone conclusion. Today a wide variety of options | | | | for sure really knows how many unions have been |
| are at your disposal that may very well help you turn | | | | broken due to infertility problems. The scope of the |
| the corner from childless to loving parent. | | | | problem, the many facets of the subject -- by sheer |
| And while I'm talking right now specifically about | | | | volume alone -- prevents any in depth presentation |
| modern conventional -- in some cases high tech -- | | | | of the problems and its possible solutions. |
| treatments. Those aren't the only options available to | | | | |