Missed Conceptions: How We Make Sense of Infertility Stollznow Karen
Missed Conceptions: How We Make Sense of Infertility Stollznow Karen Infertility is one of the most painful and painfully common of human experiences. In fact, infertility is a universal part of the…
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Missed Conceptions: How We Make Sense of Infertility Stollznow Karen
Infertility is one of the most painful and painfully common of human experiences. In fact, infertility is a universal part of the human experience that is mentioned in the earliest human writings. One in six couples will experience fertility challenges when they attempt to get pregnant, and while more and more people have spoken openly about infertility in recent years, the experience can still be incredibly isolating.But none of us is alone in our struggles.
Across cultures and throughout time, the experiences of people who have faced fertility problems are widely discussed in early manuscripts, medical treatises, diaries, novels, poetry, plays, and song.After her own decade-long struggle to conceive, linguist and historian Karen Stollznow journeyed through history--from ancient civilizations and religions, to early-modern folklore, to current-day
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