The lucky egg understanding your fertility and how to get pregnant NOW
Comprehensive, compassionate, and refreshingly clear, The Lucky Egg is the fertility guide we've all been waiting for. Imagine if your best friend also happened to be a top reproductive endocrinologist--the kind who could break down the complexities of conception with warmth, humor, and real-world i...
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New York :
St. Martin's Press,
2026.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Understanding your fertility. Mind the gap: the fertility knowledge void and why it matters ; What does it actually take to get pregnant? (Spoiler alert: a lot) ; Ticktock goes the biological clock: getting wiser about getting older and what it means for your fertility
- Preparing for pregnancy. Adopting the fertility goddess lifestyle ; Before the bump: preconception testing ; The rhythm of reproduction: cracking the code of ovulation and the menstrual cycle ; The scoop on supplements ; Fertility outside the box: alternative therapies explored
- Investigating your fertility. Fertility SOS: when to bring in the experts and where to find them ; The fertility workup: demystifying the diagnostic process ; Man up: understanding male infertility and sperm health ; Where sperm meets egg: what you need to know about the fallopian tubes ; Womb with a view: everything you need to know about the uterus and fertility ; More than eggs on a timer: the ovarian spectrum, from hormones to health
- Treating infertility and taking steps to build your family now. Getting started: your fertility treatment game plan ; Matchmaking for fertility: IUI (aka sperm delivery) ; Great egg-spectations: everything you need to know about IVF egg retrieval ; Your embryo's first report card: the good, the bad, and the chromosomally balanced ; Embryo transfer: the final step in getting pregnant with IVF
- Building a family is a team sport. Need egg-stra help? Here's the ultimate donor egg IVF guide ; Keep calm and have someone else carry on: using a gestational carrier to build your family ; Love makes a family: the LGBTQ+ path to parenthood ; Single and ready to parent: the solo fertility journey
- When things don't go as planned. The rainbow after the storm: finding answers and a path forward after pregnancy loss ; When the egg hunt falls short: understanding and overcoming failed egg-retrieval cycles ; When hope meets heartbreak: troubleshooting failed embryo transfers
- Preserving your fertility. Hitting snooze on your biological clock
- The fertility mindset-nurturing your mental health. Riding the emotional roller coaster: what to expect when you're not expecting (yet).
