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 \u003Cbr>PIJ  \u003Cbr>August,1996   |\n| --- |\n\nOther in-print books by Pat Johnston.  \n# Perspectives on a Grafted TreeTaking Charge of InfertilityAdopting after InfertilityLaunching a Baby's Adoption\n\nThis booklet has been adapted and revised from the 1983 bookletUnderstanding:A Guide to Impaired Fertility for Family and Friends.  \nCopyright Q1996 by Patricia Irwin Johnston.  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this book may be used or reproduced in anymanner or form whatsoever,electrical or mechanical,including  \nphotocopying,recording,or by an information storage and retrieval systemwithout permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied incritical articles and reviews.For information,address the publisher,Perspectives Press,PO Box90318,Indianapolis,IN 46290-0318.  \nManufactured in the United States of America  \nISBN0-944934-18-8  \n_ou are reading this booklet because someone you know—a co-worker,perhaps,or a neighbor,or a member of your family or a close friend—isexperiencing a problem in trying to start or expand a family.They findthemselves infertile.This person or couple needs your support at this timeas they would during any other life crisis.However,those who have notthemselves experienced infertility may find it especially hard to offer helpwhich an infertile person seems to be able to feel is appropriate.Evenfriends or family members who themselves dealt with infertility before themid-1980s and so assume they \"know what it's like,\"experienced somethingvery different from what today's infertile couples go through.  \nUp to now you may not have thought much about infertility at all.You may have conceived easily yourself—in fact you may have conceivedwithout wanting to!In high school sex ed classes they warned us to stay outof the back seats of cars,they lectured about untimely pregnancies,theycautioned us about venereal diseases,but they didn't tell us anything aboutthe one in six couples who will experience a fertility impairment.As a result,on first hearing about your friends'problem,you may have tried to comfortthem by blurting out something like,  \n\"Relax,maybe you're trying too hard.Why don't you have aglass of wine before bedtime (or take a vacation,or light a fewcandles,or hang a maternity dress in the closet)\"...or  \n\"You've got plenty of time!Really,You don't know how greatyou’ve got it with two incomes and no kids!\"..or  \n\"I don't know,it seems to be in the water around here.AllCharlie has to do is look at me!\"...or  \n\"You know,I know you're seeing some big time reproductiveendocrinologist in the city,but my friend Shirley's sister washaving trouble getting pregnant,and then she saw this doc(ornutritionist or acupuncturist,etc.)over in Smallville and she gotpregnant right away....or  \n\"You really think you want kids,huh?Here,take my three-year-old why don'tcha?\"  \nAnd what happened when you made something like one of thesemeant-to-be-supportive statements to your infertile friend?I'd be willing tobet that it was met with stony silence or a forced smile or a dropped jaw orperhaps even a sudden teary exit.This booklet is designed to offer yousome basic education so that you can understand impaired fertility morefully and respond accordingly.  \n## THE PROBLEM\n\nWhat is infertility?Infertil","cbCaiftVNYNJQpOa","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiftVNYNJQpOa","pdf",3467574,36,"English","# Understanding Infertility\n## The Problem","[{\"question\":\"How does the book define infertility?\",\"answer\":\"Infertility is defined as the inability to conceive after a year of unprotected intercourse, and it also includes inability to carry a pregnancy to a live birth.\"},{\"question\":\"Can infertility be caused by factors in both partners?\",\"answer\":\"Yes. 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