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Theresa Francis-Cheung takes an open and honest look at the phenomenon of biological clock anxiety and shows us how you can learn to cope with it positively while considering your options.

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Can you hear the clock ticking? Are family and friends growing nervous? Do you want to have children but feel that the circumstances aren't right, or contrary to society's expectations, do you already know that motherhood just isn't for you? Taking an axe to the cliched image of the irrational, dysfunctional woman, this book presents biological clock anxiety as a challenging rite of passage that will help you grow and develop your full potential as a woman. - Why we don't like talking about the clock - Am I ready to have a child? - Is later better? - What if Mr Right doesn't appear? - Choosing to say 'No'.

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You probably grew up expecting to have children one day. Read the first page

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

A helpful guide for the female mid-life crisis, 28 Feb 2001

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This book is an excellent guide for those of us who suddenly hear the biological clock ticking. The urgency and desperation we feel to suddenly produce a child can overwhelm the rational thinking needed before making such a life changing decision. This book gives arguments for and against having a baby and forces you to face reality by asking yourself uncomfortable questions about your real motives. Do you really want a baby or are you just responding blindly to an inner panic? Are you patient, unselfish, easy going, have enough time, income, a stable relationship etc? Do you really want to go it alone as a single mother? It interviews both mothers and women who have made the positive choice to remain child free (representing 20% of the female baby boomer population), highlighting the pros and cons of both situations. It also analyses the myth of the mothering instinct and looks at motherhood from a feminist perspective. In its final chapters it addresses premature menopause and alternative IVF treatments. Overall the book aims to help women make their decision, whatever it may be, with a positive outlook. It makes a comforting read, knowing that there are more options out there than you may have previously thought. Most of all it helps to silence that noisy clock while you take time to think carefully about what you really want.

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Like having counselling sessions, only cheaper!, 1 Jan 2005

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This review is from: Cope with Your Biological Clock: How to Make the Right Decision about Motherhood (Help Yourself) (Paperback)

I would thoroughly recommend this book to anyone who starts to feel the clock ticking. Once panic sets in, it is hard to stay rational about the subject of motherhood. Sadly, its also a subject which brings out extremely strong feelings in others; you may find you cannot turn to others for advice as you had imagined. As this book is part of the "Help yourself..." series i was unsure of what the quality of the content would be when i bought it, but don't let that, or the low price, put you off.

As the previous reviewer mentions, all the options are covered, for those who want to mother and cannot, those who do not have a partner, those who are sitting on the fence about the whole issue. The book is packed with questions to ask yourself about your situation, your beliefs, your personality, with many quotes from women in similar situations and 'no-frills' insights into life with and without children. The author presents everything in a calm, non-judgemental way, and brings home the point that there is no "right answer". Its a rare find; books like these are few and far between - which is odd as there must be thousands of women facing this issue these days.

At the very least this book will make you realise that you are not alone or some kind of freakish outsider! I have referred back to it on many occasions - its like a calm, rational voice when you most need it.

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