Family Bound : One Couple's Journey Through Infertility and Adoption

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Summary: What an eye-opener!
Review: This book truly opened my eyes to the life of infertility and adoption. For the author (Carrie) to let others inside her personal experiences is extremely admirable. It was inspirational to read about a couple's journey to become parents from her own perspective.

Rating:
Summary: What an eye-opener!
Review: This book truly opened my eyes to the life of infertility and adoption. For the author (Carrie) to let others inside her personal experiences is extremely admirable. It was inspirational to read about a couple's journey to become parents from her own perspective.

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Summary: Interesting but annoying
Review: This book was interesting and sucked me in quickly. It's Ostrea's diary that she kept starting from when she and her husband attempted to get pregnant. They went through fertility drugs, IUI, IVF and still could not get pregnant. They then investigated domestic adoption and ended up eventually adopting a boy from Russia. The story was touching, but I really resented her thoughts on Russia - treating it like a big dangerous, third-world country. She did concede that Moscow has some benefits that the outer regions of the country don't have, but I got tired of her attitude. Plus her insistence that they must have a white baby was pretty annoying as well. Also, the book was really poorly edited (if at all), which got annoying to notice all the errors. I'm guessing it was self-published due to the low quality of the editing.

Rating:
Summary: Very Informative
Review: This journal was a fast read and easy to stay with. It helped me understand a lot of the medical aspects of infertility as well as the emotional side. Similarly with adoption. It helped to explain the multitude of issues that are involved in adopting. I would recommend this book to anyone who knows someone who is going through similar experiences.

Rating:
Summary: Very Informative
Review: This journal was a fast read and easy to stay with. It helped me understand a lot of the medical aspects of infertility as well as the emotional side. Similarly with adoption. It helped to explain the multitude of issues that are involved in adopting. I would recommend this book to anyone who knows someone who is going through similar experiences.