Getting Pregnant: A compassionate resource to overcoming infertility and avoiding miscarriage

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No one has a 100 per cent chance of conceiving or, if they've had a baby before, of conceiving again. Getting pregnant is always a matter of chance. This book aims to help you increase the odds. It explains: why infertility is more normal than you think; and when using the new reproductive technologies is sensible. Written by a leading practitioner in the field, this is a straightforward, no-nonsense book that gives you all the facts you need to make sensible decisions and plan your life.

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Robert Jansen is a physician and gynecologist practicing in the super-speciality of infertility. He was a member of the Australian government s Medical Research Ethics Committee in 1982 when it produced the world s first national guidelines for ethical IVF and embryo research. He has been medical director at Sydney IVF since 1986 and is clinical professor at the University of Sydney, where he teaches reproductive medicine and surgery.