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Summary: Comforting & Empowering
Review: After five years on the infertility roller coaster I found this book has been part of helping change my attitude on life. Katie's lessons allowed me to laugh, or at least smile, at some painful situations that I was allowing to ruin my quality of life. She did not offer any one sure fire cure or lead me to believe that her miracle will be mine. The most challenging aspect of infertility is that no one can give any one a sure fire solution-and that is the one thing you want. This book is about researching every option and choosing the approach that best suits your needs. The book does start out negative, which was how I was feeling. But as the story goes on she evolves into a healthier, more optimistic person, one that I felt inspired to be like. She has reminded me that miracles can, and do, happen. I may never conceive a biological child, but I know, as Katie did, that my child will come to me. Katie's story has reminded me of the importance of taking care of my spirit so that my spirit can take care of you. I realize that sounds like an Oprahism, but I've grown tired of being angry. Yes, I was bothered by her failed marriage, but that actually made me more aware of the damage that can occur when the only focus of your marriage is on having something else instead of what you have.
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Summary: A loving, inspirational, informative message to women
Review: After reading Lalou Abrams scathing review of this book, I feel compelled to respond. I seem to have read a different book than she. I found Ms. Boland's book to be encouraging, inspirational, humorous, personal and informative. In fact, the theory that a more relaxed attitude and positive mental state does indeed result in greater numbers of women concieving can be supported by the higher than average numbers of pregnancies resulting in couples who attend the infertility seminars being conducted at Harvard by Dr. Alice Domar, whose work is documented in Ms. Boland's book. Additionally, she mentions medical treatments which have been successful and which are not universally practiced by the greater number of infertility doctors. At no point in this book are women blamed for their infertility. Ms. Boland's loving message is to explore the alternative methods which worked for her to produce her miracle child. I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: Not helpful or inspiring.
Review: How hearing some woman's sad, sad story and all the sad stories of her famous (but she can't say exactly who) friends helps anybody with infertility is completely beyond me. What a dumb book. I could'nt even make myself finish it. So, unless the second half of the book instantly becomes helpful, I think it is a waste of time. It's not very well written on top of its total uselessness.
However, if you don't believe me , I know where you can get a used copy in fabulous condition.
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Summary: This is in response to il fiore's review
Review: I have read Kate's book. I also worked for her and therefore felt compelled to respond to il fiore's comments. When Kate had her daughter she was married and her husband was making a good living. Shortly thereafter that marriage ended and from that point on Kate struggled as a single parent, living on limited funds, while dealing with a very serious, very active and debilitating disease -lupus. When I went to work with Kate she was opening The Mind Body Fertility Clinic based on Ali Domars work at Harvard because she so wanted to help other women "find their babies" either biologically or thru adoption. Most importantly she wanted to help women learn to take control of their lives again, stop the insanity that infertility creates, save their marriages, stop hating themselves and their lives, and have hope. The tips that she advocates are for women of any economic background - relaxation, diet, meditation, journaling, time with your partner. The program that she started was open to anyone and if the couples could not afford it then Kate would work out a way for them to attend anyway...even if it meant that she lost money. She is an amazing woman and your review was mean spirited. Kate wrote about her experiences so that other women could see that there are options outside of endless medical tests and last time I checked she had received little to no money for all the time and effort she put into writing I Got Pregnant You Can Too. I recommend this book and if you are in LA I recommend attending The Mind Body Fertility Clinic - which is now being run by Dr. Laurel Kline.
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Summary: Response to Il Fiore's review
Review: I have read Kate's book. I also worked for her and therefore felt compelled to respond to il fiore's comments. When Kate had her daughter she was married and her husband was making a good living. Shortly thereafter that marriage ended and from that point on Kate struggled as a single parent, living on limited funds, while dealing with a very serious, very active and debilitating disease -lupus. When I went to work with Kate she was opening The Mind Body Fertility Clinic based on Ali Domars work at Harvard because she so wanted to help other women "find their babies" either biologically or thru adoption. Most importantly she wanted to help women learn to take control of their lives again, stop the insanity that infertility creates, save their marriages, stop hating themselves and their lives, and have hope. The tips that she advocates are for women of any economic background - relaxation, diet, meditation, journaling, time with your partner. The program that she started was open to anyone and if the couples could not afford it then Kate would work out a way for them to attend anyway...even if it meant that she lost money. She is an amazing woman and your review was mean spirited. Kate wrote about her experiences so that other women could see that there are options outside of endless medical tests and last time I checked she had received little to no money for all the time and effort she put into writing I Got Pregnant You Can Too. I recommend this book and if you are in LA I recommend attending The Mind Body Fertility Clinic - which is now being run by Dr. Laurel Kline.
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Summary: I GOT PREGNANT, YOU CAN TOO!
Review: I would truly recommend Katies book to any woman whom is going thru this roller coaster of infertily. What I liked best about her book is that it made me realize that stress plays a major role in getting pregnant. Reading her story and how she didnt take NO for answer, she had faith. I realize now that positive thinking has to work. I myself have had two miscarriages, my latest was in March. I am taking Katies book to heart, and hoping that my child will come to me too. I realize things happen for a reason/and happen when they are suppose to. I firmly believe my child will come to me when it feels "I AM READY"..This book also inspires you to look and think more about your over all well being and how its important.
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Summary: Seems a bit far fetched, but positive inspiration
Review: Katie Boland's story is a bit extreme for most people, but for me it helped to read her positive messages and not give up on trying to get pregnant. It may be coincidence, but the month I read the book, we became pregnant!
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Summary: Let's be fair :) A great place to start.
Review: Some of the lower-rated reviews of this book focus on the author's "privilege." Personally, I didn't see it that way at all. I'm a fairly middle-class woman who doesn't have the freedom (or cash) to jet off to Arizona, but the advice and esecially "life lessons" in this book helped me enormously! Reading this book made me feel like I was getting advice from a big sister who's been through it all. Yes, there are some New Age references in the book, but they seem awfully tame and in no way inconsistent with her also speaking of God. Her best advice (and I wish more doctors felt this way) is that a positive attitude can aid the fertility process. Katie (I hope she doesn't mind me saying that!) is in no way blaming women for their infertility. Rather, she's asking women to evaluate their readiness and prepare themselves mentally and spiritually for parenthood, something more of us (even the fertile!) should be thinking about. Nor is she arguing that her book is somehow a bible for getting pregnant. This book introduced me to the work of Louise Hay, Susun Weed, and Alice Domar, and she definitely encourages women to learn as much as they can about their condition in order to help their doctors help them. In this respect she's a lot more rational than some New-Age fertility "gurus"--she advocates an informed use of technology aided by positive thinking. And, as someone who's also gotten more than a few gold stars from the school of hard knocks, I really admired her resiliency and emotional depth. Her story alone is well worth the read. I wish I'd had this book when I was starting out on the "roller coaster" in 1996--it could have saved me a lot of grief. As it is, her suggestions have improved the quality of my life immensely, and I now have the satisfaction of knowing that my husband and I will be much better parents than we were in '96 (and more balanced people). So--a big hug for Katie and Mimi!
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Summary: Let's be fair :) A great place to start.
Review: Some of the lower-rated reviews of this book focus on the author's "privilege." Personally, I didn't see it that way at all. I'm a fairly middle-class woman who doesn't have the freedom (or cash) to jet off to Arizona, but the advice and esecially "life lessons" in this book helped me enormously! Reading this book made me feel like I was getting advice from a big sister who's been through it all. Yes, there are some New Age references in the book, but they seem awfully tame and in no way inconsistent with her also speaking of God. Her best advice (and I wish more doctors felt this way) is that a positive attitude can aid the fertility process. Katie (I hope she doesn't mind me saying that!) is in no way blaming women for their infertility. Rather, she's asking women to evaluate their readiness and prepare themselves mentally and spiritually for parenthood, something more of us (even the fertile!) should be thinking about. Nor is she arguing that her book is somehow a bible for getting pregnant. This book introduced me to the work of Louise Hay, Susun Weed, and Alice Domar, and she definitely encourages women to learn as much as they can about their condition in order to help their doctors help them. In this respect she's a lot more rational than some New-Age fertility "gurus"--she advocates an informed use of technology aided by positive thinking. And, as someone who's also gotten more than a few gold stars from the school of hard knocks, I really admired her resiliency and emotional depth. Her story alone is well worth the read. I wish I'd had this book when I was starting out on the "roller coaster" in 1996--it could have saved me a lot of grief. As it is, her suggestions have improved the quality of my life immensely, and I now have the satisfaction of knowing that my husband and I will be much better parents than we were in '96 (and more balanced people). So--a big hug for Katie and Mimi!
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Summary: Miracles do happen
Review: This book gave me hope that miracles do happen and it gave me back my life. I am a thirty-eight year old woman who has been trying for the last 6 years to have a baby. I have gone through 7 IVF attempts all of which have failed. I have a low egg count and my tubes are also blocked. I had two pregnancies (naturally) one ended in miscarriage and the other was an ectopic which caused me to lose my left tube in April of '98. After this very long and difficult struggle my husband and I decided to let go and live our lives. I have left my demanding job in retail and I am pursuing my dream...that of becoming a teacher. I start school in January. Your book gave me hope that miracles can and do happen. Thank you for your inspiration. I would recommend this book highly for anyone experiencing the pain and despair of longing for a child. The book is hopeful, uplifting, and reassuring. Bless you Katie!!!
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