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A Spiritual Companion to Infertility
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Infertility is difficult physically, financially, emotionally and mentally. But it can also affect us spiritually. Before long, our relationship with Godand with one anotherbegins to suffer. But in A Spiritual Companion to Infertility, author Julie Irwin Zimmerman understands the disease of infertility a little differently: as an opportunity for spiritual growth. Special situations addressed in this book include: Infertility, Miscarriages, Secondary Infertility, Step-parenting, The Morality of Treatment, Moving On, Adoption, Deciding to Live "Childfree." |
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Pages 112
Dimensions: Length: 8.3" Width: 5.4" Height: 0.6"
Weight: 0.6 lbs.
Binding Softcover
Release Date Jan 1, 2009
Publisher ACTA Publications
ISBN 0879463899
EAN 9780879463892
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 | Unique Faith-Based Look at Infertility Apr 25, 2009 |
| This book is a refreshingly different look at the heartache of infertility. Unlike the many other books I've read on the subject, this book acknowledges how being unable to conceive a child affects every aspect of your life as well as those around you. The author not only gives a very candid account of how infertility challenges your faith in God, your marriage and your relationships, she also provides thoughtful scriptural references and spiritual insight to help you meet those challenges. I highly recommend this book as a unique resource for anyone struggling with infertility and for those who love them. | | | | Woderful Resource Apr 16, 2009 |
This book is a wonderful resource for those that are struggling with infertility as well as friends and family members of the couple. The author is very open about her own struggles within herself, marriage and faith during her quest for motherhood. The book gave a lot of insight on how infertility affects all areas of your life and can help those around the couple have empathy and compassion when discussing their decisions. I highly recommend this book to couples and their friends and families.
A Spiritual Companion to Infertility | | | | Solid research combined with personal experience Mar 17, 2009 |
Julie Irwin Zimmerman, a journalist and mother of two, has combined her professional expertise and her personal story to produce an excellent resource on infertility. The eleven chapters begin with scripture quotations and end with prayers and reflections. Along with solid research, Zimmerman shares her own experiences and emotions as she discusses the effects of infertility on relationships and religious beliefs.
The chapter on morality of treatment opens with questions that arise from ongoing discoveries that facilitate biological parenthood, then addresses the ethical, legal, and moral dilemmas our culture has faced since the birth of the first in-vitro baby in 1978. Zimmerman concentrates on the positions of Christian denominations on such issues as fertility medications (and selective abortion), artificial and in-vitro insemination, and surrogacy. In the end, Zimmerman advises couples to learn as much as possible about their faith's positions, then decide together on their values before beginning treatment. "To do any less is unfair to ourselves and any children we might create," she writes.
The prayer and reflection section contains a passage from Philippians asking for "knowledge and full insight to determine what is best." There is also a prayer for God's guidance by St. Teresa of Avila, and a prayer of trust by John Henry Newman. The original prayer, O Lord, Help Me Decide, thanks God for a wide range of technologies in our lives today and asks for help in deciding "what is of you and from you" and courage to follow God's guidance "especially when it is hard to do so."
The chapter on special situations looks at infertility and step-parenting, miscarriage and stillbirth, and secondary infertility (having one or more children but being unable to conceive another). The final three chapters deal with the decision to give up the quest for biological parenthood. Adoption and choosing to be "childfree" are explored.
Throughout the work Zimmerman tackles thorny questions like what to tell others and how to weather frustration, disappointment, and loss. Each chapter's prayers and reflections are rich resources. A list of print and web-based references rounds out the story.
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