Trying
Subtitle: love, loose pants & the quest for a baby
By: Mark Cossey
Publisher: Summersdale
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Chichester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9781849533980
Subjects: Infertility; Popular works; Treatment; Human reproductive technology
Description: Parents often remember years later the challenges they had faced during the nine months leading to their baby's delivery. A normal pregnancy has a way of testing the relationships of soon-to-be mothers and fathers, but this is especially the case whenever a pregnancy requires some assistance from modern medical science. In his first book, BBC executive producer Cossey uses humor brilliantly to relate the difficulty that he and his wife lived through when trying to start a family. Readers who have been unable to conceive naturally might recognize parallels between their own disappointment and that of the author's. Others will certainly gain insight into the various procedures and terminology encountered within a fertility clinic. The use of comedy at times is essential in relating the frustration and humiliation that the Cosseys often endured. Fortunately, perseverance through feelings of overwhelming hopelessness and loss of control ultimately pays off for the young couple.
Table of contents: title: Try hard; title: Try harder; title: Try hard with a vengeance.