Do You Love Someone Who Is Infertile? : What You Can Do to Help Her, What to Say to Support Her, and What You Should Never Do or Say

Name: Do You Love Someone Who Is Infertile? : What You Can Do to Help Her, What to Say to Support Her, and What You Should Never Do or Say
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ISBN: 9780984178513

ISBN-10: 0984178511

ISBN-13: 9780984178513

Edition: 2010

Authors: Shari/DeGraff Stewart, Julia/Fichtner Krahm

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An essential guide for anyone uncertain how to love and support an infertile wife, daughter, sister, or friend.In this heartfelt collection of stories and advice, authors Shari DeGraff Stewart and Julia Fichtner Krahm help anyone who cares about one of the seven million infertile women in the U.S. translate love into supportive words and actions. Drawing from their own experiences and those of others, the authors offer compassionate guidance on how to address many common challenges that readers might face when helping a loved one through this difficult time:- For those who don't know what to saywords and responses that are helpful to her, and importantly, what she absolutely doesn't want to…

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List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Stewart Institute for Infertility, The
Publication date: 10/1/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 106
Size: 7.25" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Before we begin	p. 1
From one infertile woman to another: You are not alone.
Helping you help her	p. 4
You are one of the few people who can walk alongside her as she desperately seeks to be a mother. We will help you.
Is she obsessed?	p. 12
What looks like obsession is the love of a mother.
Her world	p. 22
Understand her feeling of barrenness and encourage her to recapture what has been life giving.
The gift of anger	p. 28
The journey of infertility is a fight-and how can you fight without anger?
She always dreamed of having children	p. 34
Husbands, while you can't ôfix it,ö here are the things that you can do to help her.
She's with other people … but feels isolated, alone, and barren	p. 41
What's helpful, what's not … and how to know the difference.
When God feels silent, offer no simple answers	p. 56
Be the rare person who listens without judgment as she reconciles her faith with her pain.
Bad news. Good news	p. 61
She is facing the crisis of infertility treatment. You will be surprised how your support, or lack of support, will change her life and your relationship.
What do I say if she's considering discontinuing treatment?	p. 77
Be relieved! She is not looking for you to provide the right answer. Here's what she is looking for.
How to recognize the hidden dangers of her everyday life	p. 84
Mother's Day, baby showers, and Christmas morning: infertility landmines and how you can protect her.
What you don't know might hurt her	p. 95
Infertility may be her time of greatest loss, resulting in her greatest risk for depression.
What you do today will change her life forever	p. 104
She will always remember that you were with her during one of the most difficult times of her life.
Personal Journal	p. 107
Authors' Biographies	p. 110
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