Navigating the Land of If
Understanding Infertility and Exploring Your Options
ISBN-10: 1580052622
ISBN-13: 9781580052627
300 pages
Paperback
$16.95 US
Published: May 2009
About the Book
Author of the extremely successful blog Stirrup Queens and Sperm Palace Jesters, Melissa Ford presents readers with a guide for navigating the complex world of infertility. The Land of If got its name not only because “IF” is the abbreviation for “infertility” in the online world, but also because there are so many “ifs” inherent in being here. No stranger to the Land of If herself, Ford shares her hard-earned knowledge and insights, helping couples struggling with infertility understand the lingo, learn the details doctors tend to leave out, and keep their emotional sanity despite seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Navigating the Land of If gives the nitty-gritty on injections, rejections, biting your tongue during happy parent-to-be conversations, and trying not to cry over baby shower invitations. With chapters that include how-to’s for same-sex couples, and present adoption or remaining child free as plausible alternatives, Ford tells you exactly what you need to know, from one infertile to another.
 © Mary Gardella
About Melissa Ford
Melissa Ford is the author of the extremely successful blog Stirrup Queens and Sperm Palace Jesters, which receives 2000 visitors per day and has hundreds of subscribers. Her blog has been described as one-stop shopping for everything infertility, adoption, or loss related from her enormous blogroll to her on-going projects. Navigating the Land of If is a natural outgrowth from the community that has sprung up around the blog and almost 1500 bloggers and blog reader contributed their story to the book.
Melissa Ford received her BA in creative writing and anthropology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and her MFA in creative writing from the University of Massachusetts–Amherst. She worked with Jay Neugeboren and John Edgar Wideman while obtaining her MFA, and taught English and history at the middle school level for six years. She lives outside Washington DC with her family, twins conceived through fertility treatments (sparing you the trouble of asking) and her husband, writer Joshua Ford.
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