According to this reference from a leading authority who has worked with more than 7,000 couples, women who have experienced difficulty conceiving or multiple miscarriages may be suffering from treatable dysfunctions of their immune systems. Providing details that are both technical and accessible, this book explains how chemical therapy can temporarily regulate immune responses that might otherwise unleash natural killer cells. Sections cover the most common and adverse immune problems, including tissue compatibility, blood clotting defects, and antibodies that fight sperm, fetal cells, hormones, and neurotransmitters, and also outline clinical protocol for comprehensive immune testing. The discussion incorporates the author's own dramatic account of his clinical breakthroughs, the rejection of his ideas by mainstream medical practitioners, and his research showing that failed in vitro fertilization (IVF), infertility, and repeated miscarriages are often the result of abnormal immune reactions.
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"A wonderful resource for all those struggling with recurrent failure and loss." -- Christo Zouves, M.D., Founder and Director of the Zouves Fertility Center and author of “Expecting Miracles: The Path of Hope from Infertility to Parenthood.”
"Finally, a clear message that recurrent IVF failure, infertility and loss can be categorized and treated. " -- Christo Zouves, M.D., Founder and Director of the Zouves Fertility Center and author of “Expecting Miracles: The Path of Hope from Infertility to Parenthood.”
"This book certainly makes a complex subject reader-friendly from a personal perspective." -- Zita West, Founder and Director of the Zita West Clinic and author of “Fertility and Conception.”
"Well thought out and researched and an important addition to the literature regarding reproductive health." -- Noah Chalfin at the Center for Ethics and Toxics in California.
"Finally, a clear message that recurrent IVF failure, infertility and loss can be categorized and treated. " -- Christo Zouves, M.D., Founder and Director of the Zouves Fertility Center and author of “Expecting Miracles: The Path of Hope from Infertility to Parenthood.”
"This book certainly makes a complex subject reader-friendly from a personal perspective." -- Zita West, Founder and Director of the Zita West Clinic and author of “Fertility and Conception.”
"Well thought out and researched and an important addition to the literature regarding reproductive health." -- Noah Chalfin at the Center for Ethics and Toxics in California.
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A unique book - the first of its kind. No longer do patients have to accept that their infertility is "just bad luck" and they just have to "keep on trying." No longer should women with recurrent miscarriages have to listen to their doctor telling them that their loss was "God's will" or that they ought to be thankful because their baby was probably chromosomally abnormal. The statistics simply do not support such claims - in fact, they show that repeated reproductive failure can be a symptom of wider health problems in the mother. Furthermore, the root cause can be treated - not only to promote the chances of a successful pregnancy, but to improve the mother's health long-term.
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50 of 52 people found the following review helpful
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If your best friend was a book it would be this one. Dr Beer describes in easy to understand words how the immune system can go into overkill in some women. The result is miscarriage, IVF failure and infertility. But these outcomes can be prevented with the right tests and treatments. I read this book and found it technical when necessary but with lots of human interest stories and studies to back everything up. The authors did a good job making this book accessible to ordinary women and also credible for when they take it to show their doctors. It is not dry like the other reviewer said, it is factual and makes a complex subject understandable. The book is ahead of its time and will make infertility and miscarriage a far less frequent event if only it was more widely known to the medical profession. I had twins as a result of Dr Beer's treatments. I wasted many years and many $ thousands consulting with narrow minded doctors before finding him. I recommend this book with all my heart to all those women who were once suffering like I was. The tests and treatments are out there and this book tells you where to find them.
I wrote this review for Amazon.com but as I have friends in the UK who have also been successful through the Sheffield and Nottingham Care clinic and ARGC in London (who all provide immune treatment) I am posting it here too.
I wrote this review for Amazon.com but as I have friends in the UK who have also been successful through the Sheffield and Nottingham Care clinic and ARGC in London (who all provide immune treatment) I am posting it here too.
27 of 29 people found the following review helpful
By Lizzie1999
Format:Paperback
I had three miscarriages before I found this book. After blood tests and a course of treatment I conceived and carried to term for the first time in 5 years. This book is the best ever written on the subject and all doctors should have a copy. IVF does not prevent miscarriage, it just makes it more expensive. Save yourself from more heartache and pain and read this book. Infertility, IVF failure and miscarriage happen for a reason and now you can discover what it is and get treatment to stop it happening again. I now have two beautiful baby boys.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By VeeW
Format:Paperback
For anyone who's been told that the reason for them not conceiving, naturally or assisted, was just 'unlucky', after many years of trying like my husband and I, don't listen to them. Buy this book and find out that there may just be other explanations why we still aren't hearing the bitter patter of tiny feet which we so long for.
There are quite a few medical terms which go over my head, but I still understand the basis of what Alan Beer is informing us.
After reading this book it has encouraged me to go out there and do something about it, instead of waiting for my so called 'luck' to change!!!
There are quite a few medical terms which go over my head, but I still understand the basis of what Alan Beer is informing us.
After reading this book it has encouraged me to go out there and do something about it, instead of waiting for my so called 'luck' to change!!!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By M. A. Quinn
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I was advised by women to buy this book for work as I work in a fertility clinic and seeing that this kind of medicine was very new to me I took their advice. The book is very informative and clear to understand. Anyone trying to conceive without any luck will find this book gives clear reasons and answers for fertitlity problems. It is of great help into understand the very delicate balance of fertility. It's also a book that any woman can read and also would be good info for any woman wishing to start a family. A+ book.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Pucca84
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After a diagnosis of infertility and 15 subsequent miscarriages I really thought it was the end of the road for us, but this book has answered so many questions that that NHS seems to blatantly ignore.
I really hope after reading this book and seeing a specialist to get the appropriate treatment, this time next year I'll be reading this message back with a baby on my knee!
I really hope after reading this book and seeing a specialist to get the appropriate treatment, this time next year I'll be reading this message back with a baby on my knee!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Excellent Book. A must-read if you are thinking about IVF or have had even 1 failed IVF or pregnancy
4 Dec 2010
By Sally
Format:Paperback
I have never taken the time to write any kind of online review before, however, after stumbling across this book whilst conducting my own research on IVF, I can see it has been written by a very caring fertility expert to help many women out there in a similar situation to myself; women who are trying so desperately to fulfil their greatest wish, not knowing why they are failing and often being dismissed by the medical profession.
The book has certainly been written from a medical perspective with all the terminology, yet at the same time it manages to be very informal. Don't be put off! Keep your concentration by digesting just a few chapters at a time and you will find it a fascinating and eye-opening read. I have marked so many pages that I want to refer back to.
After one failed IVF embryo transfer - a devastating experience no different to a miscarriage in the emotions it produces - I have actually learned through this book (not from my fertility specialist or embryologist!)that I am automatically in a high-risk category for possible immune reactions to accepting and carrying a pregnancy. I am therefore going to follow the advice of Dr Beer and seek the appropriate immunology tests before I try for my next embryo transfer. Had this been identified prior to commencing treatment for my first embryo transfer, it may well have made the difference between success and failure to implant.
Since we prepare to sacrifice many things and often all our life-savings in the unstoppable quest to experience the wonders of parenthood, I would strongly advise anyone to read this book and investigate the immune tests, if relevant. It really is a very small price to pay for something so great. Good luck.
The book has certainly been written from a medical perspective with all the terminology, yet at the same time it manages to be very informal. Don't be put off! Keep your concentration by digesting just a few chapters at a time and you will find it a fascinating and eye-opening read. I have marked so many pages that I want to refer back to.
After one failed IVF embryo transfer - a devastating experience no different to a miscarriage in the emotions it produces - I have actually learned through this book (not from my fertility specialist or embryologist!)that I am automatically in a high-risk category for possible immune reactions to accepting and carrying a pregnancy. I am therefore going to follow the advice of Dr Beer and seek the appropriate immunology tests before I try for my next embryo transfer. Had this been identified prior to commencing treatment for my first embryo transfer, it may well have made the difference between success and failure to implant.
Since we prepare to sacrifice many things and often all our life-savings in the unstoppable quest to experience the wonders of parenthood, I would strongly advise anyone to read this book and investigate the immune tests, if relevant. It really is a very small price to pay for something so great. Good luck.
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This book is a great basic to ivf and immunes. I found this book extremely supportive when i went through failed ivf. Read more
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After 4 years, 3 miscarriages, 1 ectopic, a blighted ovum and a round of failed IVF we were losing hope, 2 days after the failed IVF I read this book from cover to cover and it... Read more
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Is a book which opens so many doors in your body so many things I never thought and I learn and advised even my Dr,
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