The Book You Should Read Right Now

Early in my husband and I’s journey to get pregnant, months before we knew I had Endometriosis, I was having some irregularities in my cycle that left me feeling concerned about getting pregnant. Although it had only been a few months of trying, I was worried that something was broken, a feeling I believe many couples experience when trying for a baby, even couples who don’t deal with any infertility issues. So one day I was expressing my concerns to my sister in law who suggested I read this book called “Taking Charge of Your Fertility”. She said that it had lots of valuable information in it and that if there was a problem with my cycle it would point it out. So I borrowed the book from her and read it cover to cover (despite it being fairly large in size) and what I learned from it blew my mind and I couldn't help but ask “why was I never taught this?” and “why isn’t this a book that is used in high school health classes?” The information I learned was so beneficial to me in my journey of having a baby and now I refer to it as the Infertility Bible.

Here are a few things it covers:

• Awareness about Fertility
• Your Reproductive Anatomy
• Making Sense of your Menstrual Cycle
• Three Primary Fertility Signs
• Charting Your Fertility Signs (ever heard of temperature tracking but not have a clue how to do it?)
• Anovulation
• Natural Birth Control
• Maximizing your chances of getting pregnant
• Tests and Treatments that may be necessary to get pregnant

Seriously this book covers it all. If you aren’t a heavy reader then pick and choose the chapters that apply to you and just read those. I truly believe that being educated is one of the first steps you can take to getting pregnant and this book is a great source to educate yourself about your body and what it should and shouldn’t be doing each month. Believe it or not it’s not as simple as you might think!

-Kamryn