Infertilities


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Locating points of conjunction between queer, feminist, and postcolonial theories, Infertilities points to the role of lesbian representation and reproductive politics in ongoing critiques of globalism."--BOOK JACKET.




Infertilities, a Curation


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Whether readers come to this book as someone personally affected by infertility or someone who wants to learn more about the experiences of individuals facing reproductive loss, Infertilities, A Curation invites readers to consider how creative practices such as art and writing can aid in efforts to heal individual traumas and more broadly as means of advocacy.




Men, Masculinities, and Infertilities


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Drawing on diverse examples from literature, film, memoirs, and popular culture, Men, Masculinities, and Infertilities analyses cultural representations of male infertility. Going beyond the biomedical and sociological towards interdisciplinary cultural studies, this book studies depictions of men’s infertility. It includes fictional representations alongside memoirs, newspaper articles, ethnographies and autoethnographies, and scientific reporting. Works under discussion range from twentieth-century novel Lady Chatterley's Lover to romantic comedy film Not Suitable For Children, and science fiction classic Mr Adam, as well as encompassing genres including blockbuster romance and memoir. Men, Masculinities, and Infertilities draws upon both sociological and popular culture research to trace how the discourse of cultural anxiety unfolds across disciplines. This engaging work will be of key interest to scholars of popular culture studies, gender and women’s studies (including queer and sexuality studies), critical studies of men and masculinities, cultural studies, and literary studies. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.




Freezing Fertility


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Welcomed as liberation and dismissed as exploitation, egg freezing (oocyte cryopreservation) has rapidly become one of the most widely-discussed and influential new reproductive technologies of this century. In Freezing Fertility, Lucy van de Wiel takes us inside the world of fertility preservation—with its egg freezing parties, contested age limits, proactive anticipations and equity investments—and shows how the popularization of egg freezing has profound consequences for the way in which female fertility and reproductive aging are understood, commercialized and politicized. Beyond an individual reproductive choice for people who may want to have children later in life, Freezing Fertility explores how the rise of egg freezing also reveals broader cultural, political and economic negotiations about reproductive politics, gender inequities, age normativities and the financialization of healthcare. Van de Wiel investigates these issues by analyzing a wide range of sources—varying from sparkly online platforms to heart-breaking court cases and intimate autobiographical accounts—that are emblematic of each stage of the egg freezing procedure. By following the egg’s journey, Freezing Fertility examines how contemporary egg freezing practices both reflect broader social, regulatory and economic power asymmetries and repoliticize fertility and aging in ways that affect the public at large. In doing so, the book explores how the possibility of egg freezing shifts our relation to the beginning and end of life.




Fertility and Sterility: A Current Overview


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This is the most complete and up-to-date medical reference work available on the newest clinical developments and scientific findings dealing with contraception, infertility, the endocrinology of reproduction, andrology, reproductive surgery, IVF technology, ethics, and research on human fertility and sterility. It contains 65 chapters by prominent international authorities. As the volume editors state in their Foreword, Whether you are a gynecologist, endocrinologist, biologist, andrologist, or basic scientist, or whatever your own interest-reproductive surgery, assisted medical procreation techniques, new drugs, contraception, reproductive endocrinology, or perhaps all of these-you will find that this book contains the appropriate answers.




Fertility Genes – The Genetic Advantage


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Top 13 Infertility and Miscarriage genes How to increase your chances of a successful pregnancy by 90% How you can finally get pregnant and have a family Solutions for fertility, infertility, and miscarriage using your own genetics, priceless information for a successful pregnancy Introduction This book contains advanced solutions to how genetics play a role in your reproductive health. Men and women who have tried to get pregnant and have been left disappointed and or discouraged, feeling that they can’t have a family of their own, have gene mutations. Genes that influence their reproductive health in a negative way, which more often than not get undiagnosed by mainstream medical science. How well your infertility genes function and or express themselves, can mean the difference between having a healthy pregnancy or experiencing infertility and or miscarriage. When you have a genetic mutation, you may have a reduced ability to produce the right balance of biochemistry that is essential to reproductive health. Understanding your fertility genes, infertility genes, how they work, and how they can affect your reproductive health, is now more vital than ever. Not only can you have your own family, but also have a healthy pregnancy, having healthy offspring with improved health for you as their parents and your new baby. Being prepared in the right way can be life-changing for how your new family, experiences their life with their genetics. In this book, we will explore the most common gene mutations that are the leading cause of reproductive health today. Much of which you won’t hear anywhere else and what you can do about them to dramatically improve your chances of having your own family. The information in this book has been used in practice to produce many healthy, successful pregnancies despite many genetic disadvantages. Contents Chapter 1 – Fertility, infertility, and miscarriage What is fertility? What is Infertility? What is miscarriage? Chapter 2 – Infertility and miscarriage genes Chapter 3 – Infertility & miscarriage genes and nutritional breaks What is a nutritional break? Chapter 4 – The fertility influencers Genes Fertility and methylation Co-factors Inhibitors Toxins, chemicals, pollutants Metals Hormones Stress Timing Impotence Folic acid Diet EMF radiation Parasites Bacteria Viruses Mycotoxins Age Chapter 5 – MTHFR gene mutations and fertility Why 5 MTHF (methyl folate) supplements can be dangerous SLC19A1 Mutations and folate absorption Chapter 6 – DHFR gene mutations and fertility DHFR and radiation and miscarriages Chapter 7 – MTR & MTRR gene mutations and fertility TCN mutations and B12 absorption Chapter 8 – APOE gene mutations and fertility Chapter 9 – VDR gene mutations and fertility Chapter 10 – FVL & F2 gene mutations and miscarriages Chapter 11- NOS gene mutations and fertility NOS & Heart health & miscarriage Chapter 12 – PEMT gene mutations and fertility Chapter – 13 GST/GPX gene mutations and fertility Chapter 14 – PON gene mutations and fertility Chapter – 15 Key fertility nutrients Essential fertility supplements Chapter 16– How to check if you have bad genes Chapter 17 – Summary & actions Resources




Nutrition, Fertility, and Human Reproductive Function


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One in six couples around the world experience infertility. Before undertaking expensive and intrusive assisted reproductive treatment such as in vitro fertilization, many seek advice from their physicians or dietitians on what foods and supplements might enhance their fertility. But health practitioners are often ill equipped to provide dietary re




Handbook of Fertility


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Handbook of Fertility: Nutrition, Diet, Lifestyle and Reproductive Health focuses on the ways in which food, dietary supplements, and toxic agents, including alcohol and nicotine affect the reproductive health of both women and men. Researchers in nutrition, diet, epidemiology, and endocrinology will find this comprehensive resource invaluable in their long-term goal of understanding and improving reproductive health. This book brings together a broad range of experts researching the different aspects of foods and dietary supplements that promote or detract from reproductive health. Section One contains several overview chapters on fertility, how it is assessed, and how it can be affected by different metabolic states, nutritional habits, dietary supplements, the action of antioxidants, and lifestyle choices. Sections Two and Three consider how male and female fertility are affected by obesity, metabolic syndrome, hormonal imbalance, and even bariatric surgery. Section Four explores the ways diet, nutrition, and lifestyle support or retard the success of in vitro fertilization, while Section Five explores how alcohol and other drugs of abuse lower fertility in both women and men. - Explores how alcohol, nicotine, and other drugs of abuse disrupt and impair reproductive health - Reviews studies of common conditions such as obesity and metabolic syndrome and their effect on fertility and reproductive health - Investigates the components of foods and dietary supplements, in particular oxidative stress and antioxidants - Presents the nutritional effects of foods and dietary supplements and their benefits and risks relating to reproductive health







Fertility, Conjuncture, Difference


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In the last forty years anthropologists have made major contributions to understanding the heterogeneity of reproductive trends and processes underlying them. Fertility transition, rather than the story of the triumphant spread of Western birth control rationality, reveals a diversity of reproductive means and ends continuing before, during, and after transition. This collection brings together anthropological case studies, placing them in a comparative framework of compositional demography and conjunctural action. The volume addresses major issues of inequality and distribution which shape population and social structures, and in which fertility trends and the formation and size of families are not decided solely or primarily by reproduction.