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Miscarriage, Medicine & Miracles | 
 enlarge | Manufacturer: Bantam
Category: EBooks
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 33398
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Dewey Decimal Number: 618.392
ASIN: B00182XI62
Publication Date: April 29, 2008
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Product Description
From one of the foremost doctors in the field and a woman who has experienced miscarriage herself comes a comprehensive, encouraging, and accessible guide on both the causes and, more important, the prevention of miscarriage. Though one in four American women will lose her pregnancy, this heartbreaking experience remains a taboo subject, fraught with myths and misinformation. But with the right prepregnancy evaluation and ongoing care, for many women miscarriage can be prevented. During forty years of practice, Dr. Bruce Young has treated hundreds of women who experienced the heartbreaking loss of miscarriage and helped them bring babies to term. Now he has teamed up with one of his patients who experienced miscarriages herself, Amy Zavatto, to write this informative, compassionate guide that combines the medical facts with insights from the patient's and doctor's viewpoints. Dr. Young thoroughly explains the basics of pregnancy and miscarriage, and provides in-depth answers to the questions: Why did this happen to me? and What can I do to prevent it next time?
Including case studies of patients who'd experienced recurrent miscarriages, Dr. Young illustrates a variety of reasons for pregnancy loss-from diabetes to genetics, from hormonal deficiencies to autoimmune disorders-explaining why each miscarriage occurred, as well as how to diagnose and in many cases treat the underlying problem.
Providing the most up-to-date information on physical and mental health, nutrition, and technology, Miscarriage, Medicine & Miracles is a proactive tool and comforting resource-from an expert with real-life reasons to give every woman hope for a successful pregnancy.
From the Hardcover edition.
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I highly recommend this book October 2, 2008
This is a wonderful book. It is a perfect blend of valuable, well-explained medical information and encouraging, uplifting real-life stories of how different couples overcame a variety of fertility issues to realize their dreams of parenthood. It is very positively written and I would recommend it to anyone who is having trouble conceiving, especially if they have suffered a miscarriage.
A Must Read September 27, 2008
If miscarriage hasn't happened to you, it's happened to someone you know. But why aren't we supposed to talk about it? This book starts a long overdue conversation about miscarriage, and covers all of the emotional and physical ground that comes with the spontaneous, grief-inducing end a pregnancy. The writing is spectacular and relateable--finally, women don't have to feel like they're alone. I'm so glad this book is here!
A Must Read!!! September 15, 2008
This book contained a lot of information and you don't need a medical degree to understand the terminology. After 3 miscarriages, I wanted to be as informed as possible about causes and prevention because I know miscarriage is not something that "just happens". This book answered a lot of questions and made my discussions with my doctor more productive. I strongly recommend this book to anyone who has experienced even one miscarriage.
 Comprehensive but at times insensitive August 15, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This medical-based book on pregnancy loss is a very traditional doctor-to-patient manual.
The book contains all the classic elements: signs of an impending loss, common causes, treatments, and thoughts on prevention. It has a nicely expanded section on the impact of health conditions that can complicate a pregnancy. Some of the stories were out-and-out riveting, including patient histories where one twin was failing and they had to make a careful decision on when to deliver for the safety of both, and the harrowing case of a woman with kidney disease trying to delay the birth so her baby would survive, even though she was risking death herself.
However, I have some very sharp criticisms. First, I was shocked at the tone of the Table of Contents.
I'm not sure who thought glib chapter titles such as "scarred and scared" for scar tissue or "misplaced trust" for ectopic were a good idea, but miscarriage is not and will never be funny. Do not try to be clever or use flip word play about women who are in real pain.
This happened again in the myths section. Young calmly talks about how working out, having sex, and caring for your other children are perfectly safe activities. Then, inexplicably, he gets cute, saying that because of the association between night work and an increased risk of miscarriage, "...You can work very hard, only not at night!"
Is that supposed to be funny? Are all the women who have evening shifts, nurses and factory workers and 911 operators, supposed to read that and think -- I killed my baby? Once again I sat the book down and reflected on whether or not I could recommend it.
Since it does its job efficiently most of the time, I will, with some reservation, say, yes, I can recommend it to you. But don't read it when you're upset. Take up this book when you ready to plod through some of the insensitive writing to get at the heart of the research and information.
You can read the full review at www.pregnancyloss.info
very inspirational June 27, 2008
This books handles a delicate topic with sensitivity and compassion. It offers invaluable medical information. A very informative and inspirational book.
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