Making a Baby: A clear and comforting guide to natural conception and IVF (Making Friends – a series of warm, supportive guides to help you through life’s biggest challenges.)

Is worry about your fertility keeping you awake at night? Do you feel time is running out and increasingly under pressure to do it now? Are you gay and trying to conceive a baby which uses your sperm or eggs?

From Senior Fertility Counsellor Tracey Sainsbury and bestselling author Sarah Rayner (Making Friends with Anxiety, One Moment, One Morning and The Two Week Wait) comes a clear and concise guide to Making a Baby. In this comforting and supportive little book Sarah and Tracey draw upon their own experiences and their wit and wisdom with the world.

Packed with simple and effective tips, and fully illustrated by Sarah, this must-have handbook explores:

• Why 1 in 6 heterosexual couples experience infertility
• How those who are single or in same sex relationships might have a baby
• The onset of periods and puberty
• Egg and sperm production
• Trying to conceive naturally
• Intercourse, orgasm and pregnancy
• Timed sexual intercourse
• IVF, IUI and ICSI
• Self-nurturing and using alternative therapies

And for those keen not to parent, there are insights into accepting the decision to remain child free. The result is a handy, practical primer that makes these complex and sometimes distressing issues less confusing and overwhelming, supporting each individual so you can make a baby – or not – and feel comfortable in your own skin, content your life choices are right for you, no matter what your age or sexual orientation.