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Resources for Infertility and Parental Mental Health

Health Care Practitioners

Information and Support

Book Recommendations

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Children’s Books (for children conceived after infertility, loss, surrogacy, IVF, or third party reproduction)

Books for Adults (regarding trying to conceive, fertility treatment, parenting, and raising donor-conceived children)

  • Hilariously Infertile - adds some much needed levity for anyone struggling to conceive or undergoing fertility treatment

  • Infreakinfertility: How to Survive When Getting Pregnant Gets Hard” - another one to add some humour into an exhausting subject matter, helps women feel validated but also provides lots of laughs

  • The Trying Game - funny book but with a lot of tangible useful information about the fertility treatment process

  • It Starts with the Egg - discusses research about the impact of egg quality and gives recommendations on how to boost egg quality and increase the chances of success with fertility treatment

  • Becoming by Michelle Obama - outlines her experience of pregnancy loss and fertility treatment, can be helpful to hear from famous people who dealt with infertility to help normalize this very common struggle

  • Three Makes Baby - written by a mental health professional who is also an adoptee and an adopted mom, this book is an excellent resource about parenting non-biological children

  • Emily Oster’s Expecting Better and Cribsheet - written by an economics professor, she provides an in depth look at the research regarding many topics that trigger anxiety for new parents and expectant parents

  • Bringing up Bebe - American woman raising a baby in Paris shares her observations about the differences in the way Parisian parents and offers some guidance for new parents who want to learn this style of childrearing