Infertility : genetic factors, treatment risks and benefits, social and psychological consequences / Renato Nascimento and Henrique Vilas Boas, editors.

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INFERTILITY: GENETIC FACTORS, TREATMENT RISKS AND BENEFITS, SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES; INFERTILITY: GENETIC FACTORS, TREATMENT RISKS AND BENEFITS, SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Infertility: The Traditional Chinese Medicine Approach to Fertility Management, Menstrual Health, Fertility Awareness and Emotional Well-being; Abstract; Introduction; Part 1:; Meta-analyses of the Effect of Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine versus Western Medicine in the Management of Infertility.

Meta-analysis of RCTsMeta-analysis of Cohort Studies; Part 2: TCM Pattern Diagnosis and the Menstrual Cycle; Discussion; Conclusion; Parts 3 and 4:; Interviews with Women Seeking Holistic Therapies Including Traditional Chinese Medicine to Overcome Infertility; Prologue; Part 3: Listen to your Body; Story 1: A Fertile Menstrual Cycle; Menstrual Cycle; Trying to Conceive; My TCM Experience; Coping Emotionally; The Difference between TCM and Western Practitioners; Story 2: Overcoming Recurrent Miscarriages; My TCM Experience; Coping with the Emotions; Raising Awareness.

Story 3: Overcoming Conception ProblemsSuccess; Trying to Conceive; Turning Point -- Believe in Oneself; Trying Alternative Therapies; My TCM Experience; Finding out I Was Pregnant; Doctors' Influence and Responsibility; My Second Pregnancy with Twins; Story 4: Overcoming Secondary Infertility; My First Two Children; Trying to Conceive for the Third Time; My Experience with Naturopathy; Miscarriage; IVF or Not?; The Idea of Traditional Chinese Medicine; My TCM Experience; Menstrual Changes; Diet Influences Basal Body Temperature, Fertility and General Well-being.

One Step Forward, Two Steps BackMy Experience with TCM Herbal Therapy; Part 4: Unexplained Infertility Explained; Story 5: Temperature Charts; Unexplained Infertility; Unexplained Explained; Regulating the Menstrual Cycle with TCM; Complementing of IVF Treatment with TCM; Story 6: Low Temperature and Oligomenorrhea; Unexplained Infertility; Treating Oligomenorrhea and low BBT with TCM; Story 7: High Temperature and Recurrent Miscarriages; Story 8: Intestinal Candida; Unexplained Infertility; Holistic Approach to Infertility through TCM; Story 9: Candida and Temperature.

Unexplained InfertilityUnexplained Explained; Story 10: Inflammation and Food Intolerance; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 2: Adverse Outcomes of Assisted Reproduction Techniques; Abstract; Introduction; Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome; Diagnosis; Treatment and Prevention; Ectopic Pregnancy; Diagnosis; Human Chorionic Gonadotropin; Transvaginal Ultrasound; Treatment; Medical Treatment; Surgical Treatment; Expectant Management; Multiple Pregnancy; Perinatal Outcomes; Children Conceived by ART; Birth Defects; Chromosomal Abnormalities; Epigenetic Inheritance; Growth and Physical Health.

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