The baby void
Subtitle: my quest for motherhood
By: Judith Uyterlinde ; [English translation by Marion Boers]
Publisher: Summersdale
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Chichester
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
ISBN-13: 9781429400640; 9781840249811
Subjects: Fetal death; Childlessness; Human Fertilization in vitro
Work titles: Eisprong
Description: Aims to convey the anger, doubt, determination and despair of the IVF roller-coaster. This is a story of love, ambition and the choices made by a modern woman in her thirties. It describes the frustration of longing for a child.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Reviews; Reactions from Readers; The Beginning, Or How I Lost Twins And My Trust In Psychiatrists; From The Desire For A Child To A Nightmare, Or The Hunt For Tattoos And A Zest For Life; MArriage And Home, Or How I Bury Myself Alive In A Provincial Town; Isabel Is Pregnant, Or How I Became Estranged From My Best Friend; The IVF Circus, Or How I Am Moved By Quivering Raspberries; With The Courage Of Despair, Or My Longing For The End; The End, Or The Laying Of The Last Egg; Afterword; Acknowledgments; About the Author.