Resources for Your Family Building Journey

A Baby at Last! by Dr. Zev Rosenwaks, Dr. Marc Goldstein, and Mark L. Fuerst

The trailblazing fertility program at New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center has pioneered many of the procedures that are now standard practices in fertility centers around the world. If you can’t get to New York for a consultation with Dr. Zev Rosenwaks and Dr. Marc Goldstein, A Baby At Last! puts the doctors’ expertise down on paper, offering all the information you need on the latest fertility treatments in order to make informed decisions. In this comprehensive, practical, and up-to-date handbook for diagnosing and treating infertility in both men and women, you’ll get invaluable advice on when to seek help; finding the right doctors, and knowing the tough questions you need to ask; what tests to have for him and her, when to have them, and why; and whether or not you’re a candidate for advanced treatments, including IVF, ICSI, and beyond. Covering everything from the latest technologies to the emotional hurdles associated with infertility, Drs. Rosenwaks and Goldstein share the knowledge and expertise that make the pregnancy success rates for Weill Cornell patients among the highest in the world. Here, as never before, is a book that can help you, too, bring home a baby at last! For more information, follow this link.

Almost A Father by Denny Ceizyk

“I will honestly never be the same after all of this.  I believe I am a better man for having survived the last 6 years.  I am thankful I didn’t kill myself when the pressure and pain seemed unbearable and that I didn’t get lost in my macho feeling of inadequacy, resentment and anger when it seemed they would consume me. I have become a better man because of my wife and my infertility.  My wife’s unflinching desire to see my eyes in our baby is inspiring. I hope that I can be as brave as she is someday.  She is truly my hero.” Why would Denny Ceizyk write Almost A Father, a book that reveals all the gory and humiliating details of evolving from strong silent bystander to passionate empathetic advocate for his wife’s unquenchable urge to find their soul baby? The answer starts with the loss of a baby four years into their infertility journey.  The whisper of a song in Denny’s soul, combined with the brief flicker of motherhood he saw in Lisa’s eyes before the miscarriage, inspire him to persevere despite the odds and unbearable heartbreak of each failure.   Almost A Father takes the reader on a 2,310 day, 17 hour and 1 minute roller coaster ride through every infertility procedure known to medical science, while recounting how two people can fall in love, out of passion, and find their way back. For more information follow this link or visit http://www.almostafather.com/.

Grade A Baby Eggs: An Infertility Memoir by Victoria Hopewell

Over seven million couples in the United States struggle with infertility and the hope and pain surrounding it. More and more of them are turning to in vitro fertilization as a path to parenthood, using egg donors and sperm donors and sophisticated medical procedures to achieve their dream of creating a family. Victoria Hopewell entered into this world upon her second marriage, when she found herself unable to become pregnant with a much wanted child. Follow the poignant and informative story of her search for a “Grade A” baby egg in today’s unregulated donor egg market and learn the processes, procedures, and pitfalls that lie in wait for anyone hoping to conceive via in vitro fertilization. For more information follow this link or visit http://gradeababyeggs.com/.