The Smart Guide to Infertility — myths and reality
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Launch September 2009
By Professor Robert F Harrison
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284pp £14.99 (Paperback)
ISBN: 978-1-905140-23-7
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- Have you been trying to have a baby for more than a year?
- Do you want to understand the complex processes involved in conception and beyond to see where things might be going wrong for you?
- Do you want to know what you can do to help yourself befo re going to the professionals ?
- And what alternatives there are to IVF?
- And if you do opt for IVF, do you need guidance on how to give this the best chance of succeeding?
Professor Harrison draws on his 36+ years of hands-on clinical, teaching and research experience to provide guidance on these key topics and more. Inspired by the needs of the very many couples he has assisted, he has put together a practical guide that comprehensively covers the investigation and management of infertility as it is – or should be – experienced today. The key facts are complemented by more detailed text for those couples who want an in-depth approach, and by the author’s personal commentary, helping his readers to decide for themselves how far they wish to take their quest for a solution.
About the author
Professor Robert F Harrison MA MD DSc FRCS(Ed) FRP(I) FRCOG DCH
Comes originally from Liverpool and qualified in Medicine from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. He trained in Obstetrics and
Gynaecology at the Rotunda and Mater Hospitals, Dublin, and then at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospitals for Women, London,
where his interest in infertility began. Returning to Ireland as Senior Lecturer and Consultant, at Trinity College and the Rotunda
Hospital, he rose to be Associate Professor and then Professor and Head of the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, at the Royal
College of Surgeons of Ireland and the Rotunda Hospital for fifteen years until his recent retirement from active clinical work.
He has a worldwide reputation as an infertility specialist through research, publication, learned society membership and training, chairing
the Task Force on Infertility for the World Health Organisation and serving as President of the International Federation of Fertility
Societies from 1998 to 2001. However, throughout his career, he has always been very much a hands-on clinician with a particular inter-
est in the psycho-social issues associated with infertility.
Contents
- From natural conception to birth
- What is infertility and who may have it?
- Things to think about before seeking help
- When and from where to seek help
- Investigation at the clinic
- Male sub-fertility
- Utero-tubal factors
- Ovulation factors
- Issues affecting both partners
- Assisted reproductive techniques
- Alternative therapies
- Coping with negative and positive out-comes
- What does the future hold?
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