Having Children After Cancer
How to Make Informed Choices Before and After Treatment and Build the Family of Your Dreams
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January 3, 2011
Shaw, a health and medical writer, breast cancer survivor, and mother of three, focuses on both practical and personal matters in this accessible, comprehensive look at becoming a parent after cancer. Diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 36 and wary of pregnancy when her treatments ended, Shaw adopted a child, but later gave birth to two more. She maintains that while cancer treatment can put fertility at risk, damaging sperm and/or eggs, there is no reason why the disease should close the door to future parenthood. And while both cancer itself and treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation may cause fertility problems ranging from premature menopause to damaged DNA, there are many available solutions. The author urges couples to talk to their physicians about fertility issues as soon as possible, and walks readers through such options as egg, embryo, and ovarian tissue freezing for women and sperm banking for men. She maintains that the odds of getting one's fertility back after cancer may be better than expected, but helpfully also covers such alternatives as egg donors, surrogacy, and adoption. This is an invaluable guidebook for couples journeying into parenthood after cancer.
January 1, 2011
Health writer Shaw explores her own attempts to have children after surviving breast cancer; she both adopted and had a biological child after completing her treatment. She explains her decision-making process and the alternatives available to those who recover from cancer. Freezing eggs in advance, surrogates, and other forms of assisted reproduction also are addressed. She offers specifics that may not have occurred to many, e.g., the rejection of some applicants with a history of cancer in the adoption process and breastfeeding after mastectomy. This first-person narrative employs a personal and friendly tone. Shaw includes practical questions to ask yourself if you're considering different procedures along with a helpful list of resources. Though she does mention men who have had cancer and those who survived childhood cancer, most of the book is directed to women who survived early adult cancers. VERDICT Practical and helpful, this is recommended for cancer survivors and others facing fertility issues.--Elizabeth Williams, Washoe Cty. Lib. Syst., Reno, NV
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