Taking Charge of Your Fertility

[SweetBella]

***I bought this book a few months ago but haven't read it yet... has anyone read it that has PCOS?

Taking Charge of Your Fertility
By Toni Weschler, MPH​

Have you read this?
What did you think of it?​

*Also, someone recomended this book to me before...
but I don't remember who (sorry )...
can you let me know who you are.... thank you!​

 

[Sign Of The Fish Burger]

No I haven't read it, but that;s just because I have not been to Boarders to pick it up either.

I've had several people recommend it- my best friend back home got pregnant the first month following it (and as did one other friend). She swears by it

 

[faithingrace]

that was me surrendering all. I am so glad I read that book. I believe I have three kiddos because of God, but also because He showed me the info in that book!
Did you get it?

 

[SweetBella]

that was me surrendering all. I am so glad I read that book. I believe I have three kiddos because of God, but also because He showed me the info in that book!
Did you get it?

well.. thank you!!! yes, i got it yesterday!

 

[Lexi]

I absolutely love it and recommend it to every woman I know whether or not they are trying to conceive! I used it for two years to avoid pregnancy and have been using it for five cycles to achieve a pregnancy.

 

[DivineFiliation]

Yes but.......

I had already read a pretty thick book on NFP (natural family planning) using the Creighton model and it had much of the same information. She had a little bit more but when you have certain fertility problems, I think you can throw all of those books out the window anyway.

 

[SweetBella]

***I bought this book a few months ago but haven't read it yet... has anyone read it that has PCOS?

 

[BananaCake]

I read a much smaller book on NFP and found it to be just as helpful.

 

[Sascha Fitzpatrick]

The one issue I had with this book (apart from it being SO big!) is that she was VERY negative towards medical intervention and the like.

A more balanced approach would have been better for my situation. It doesn't help to be told that 'natural is ALWAYS the better option, and the doctors are uneducated blimps' - when you have had to rely on medical intervention for a lot of things.

Just be careful of her one-sided bias, is all I'd say!

Sasch

 

[halifaxhoney]

I have PCOS and I found that book to be very helpful. It led me to go get diagnosed. I highly recommend it.

 

[unsurekk]

Well, if you had asked me months ago I would have said I loved this book. Very informative. But I find myself after 5 (soon to be six unless this month is different) months of TTC realizing that I cannot take charge of my fertility. I thought I could, hence reading the book. I had always thought that conceiving was a simple matter of timing and if you figured that out it would be easy and fairly predictable. I charted for about 9 months, the last three months of which were months we were actively TTC using all the "tricks in the book". We've tried everything and it just hasn't happened. So I stopped charting although once you do it for that long you know your cycle in and out and you can't help but keep track in your mind anyway. I know when I ovulate... nothing seems to be outwardly wrong... but you never know, and I guess that's my point.

 

[SweetBella]

bump.

 

[Diane_Windsor]

I bought the books about 4 years ago and still no pregnancy. However, it is fascinating to learn how the female reproductive system works

 

[Mrs. Luther073082]

I answered no but I would be interested in knowing more.

 

[GraceUponGrace]

I read this book when I started charting 3 years ago and absolutely loved it. It was so helpful! After the first few chapters about the basics you can just read it like a reference book. I have used charting to avoid pregnancy and to achieve pregnancy...works great!