Having Children After Cancer
How to Make Informed Choices Before and After Treatment and Build the Family of Your Dreams
Nonfiction, Family & Relationships, Babies & Toddlers, Infertility, Health & Well Being, Health, Ailments & Diseases, Cancer
| Author: | Gina M. Shaw | ISBN: | 9781587613654 |
| Publisher: | Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale | Publication: | February 22, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Celestial Arts | Language: | English |
| Author: | Gina M. Shaw |
| ISBN: | 9781587613654 |
| Publisher: | Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale |
| Publication: | February 22, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Celestial Arts |
| Language: | English |
Yes, you can have children after cancer.
When faced with a cancer diagnosis, many doctors and patients rush full-speed ahead into treatment, giving minimal attention to the potential fertility implications. Luckily, the field of oncofertility is growing quickly, and medical writer Gina Shaw, herself a cancer survivor, is ready to unravel the complex and evolving issues involved in pre- and post-cancer fertility and family-building options—for both men and women. Having Children After Cancer gives you all the tools you need to:
- Understand how different cancers can affect fertility
- Identify which treatments―chemo, radiation, and surgery―can potentially impair your fertility
- Discuss fertility-sparing treatment options with your doctor
- Select the fertility preservation method that’s right for you—from freezing eggs, embryos, and sperm to preserving ovarian tissue
- Analyze the chances of getting pregnant—using natural methods and with in vitro fertilization
- Determinethe best time to get pregnant (and which drug therapies to avoid while doing so)
- Have a healthy post-cancer pregnancy
- Navigate surrogacy and what to tell prospective candidates about your medical history
- Consider adoption and learn about survivor-friendly adoption programs and countries
- Find sample medical letters and other insurance-company red-tape busting information
- Think through the implications of mother- and fatherhood after cancer
- Figure out how to talk to your children about the big C
With a foreword by top oncologist Hope Rugo of the UCSF Cancer Center, this first and only cancer-and-fertility guide for patients and survivors will allow you to be your own best advocate throughout the journey.
Yes, you can have children after cancer.
When faced with a cancer diagnosis, many doctors and patients rush full-speed ahead into treatment, giving minimal attention to the potential fertility implications. Luckily, the field of oncofertility is growing quickly, and medical writer Gina Shaw, herself a cancer survivor, is ready to unravel the complex and evolving issues involved in pre- and post-cancer fertility and family-building options—for both men and women. Having Children After Cancer gives you all the tools you need to:
- Understand how different cancers can affect fertility
- Identify which treatments―chemo, radiation, and surgery―can potentially impair your fertility
- Discuss fertility-sparing treatment options with your doctor
- Select the fertility preservation method that’s right for you—from freezing eggs, embryos, and sperm to preserving ovarian tissue
- Analyze the chances of getting pregnant—using natural methods and with in vitro fertilization
- Determinethe best time to get pregnant (and which drug therapies to avoid while doing so)
- Have a healthy post-cancer pregnancy
- Navigate surrogacy and what to tell prospective candidates about your medical history
- Consider adoption and learn about survivor-friendly adoption programs and countries
- Find sample medical letters and other insurance-company red-tape busting information
- Think through the implications of mother- and fatherhood after cancer
- Figure out how to talk to your children about the big C
With a foreword by top oncologist Hope Rugo of the UCSF Cancer Center, this first and only cancer-and-fertility guide for patients and survivors will allow you to be your own best advocate throughout the journey.
