When I was little, I always assumed that I would have a family, my ideal dream was that I was going to marry a farmer, and have four little ones, a older girl, then two boys and then a little girl, all my aunties had little ones and I come from a big family.. it never even occured to my young self, that I might not get to have children.
When I meet my Dh, we were in our mid 20’s and we both said right away, we want a family and got busy! in fact a little more faster then either of us planned, and I was expecting my little girl, when she was born to early and only lived five days, my heart broke and I took a long time in grieving, I also had a number of very early miscarriage’s, then a raither late miscarriage, then I was expecting my son, who was also born to early and only lived a matter of a short time, and since then I am back to either not conceving and or having very early miscarriages..
Time has slipped by so rapidly is down right scary, and I just keep getting older..
The current books on my bedstand in regards to making little ones include ones I consider ok, good and excellent, and I thought I would share them, and also take recommendations from my readers on if they thought they knew of a good one that I should add to my current reading..
Fertility foods, optimize ovulationa nd conception though food choices by Jermeny Groll and Lorie Groll- this book is a very good overview for the average person, and there are parts that I will use but overall I am giving it a 3 out of 5. It loses a whole point because it wants you to use lots of foods that are high processed and not available for me on the farm to produce.
You having a baby by Michael Roizen and Mehmet Oz, its a good solid book with alot of postive info, I like it, buts its more for those that can get and stay expecting.. still I will give it a 4 out 5..
Getting Pregnant, what you need to know right now.. by Neils lauersen, the new updated version.. I like this book, its very good, it covers all the basic’s and then some.. it has a very good menu and includes a good section on both vit (how to get them from food) and herbs that you can grow and use to encourage your fertility, the one gets a solid 4.5 out of 5.
My newest book is Taking Charge of your Fertility by Toni Weschler, I also got the matching computer software (I like the software) and I devoured this book, and by taking the informtion I had been tracking over the past year and putting it into the software program, it was very interesting to see that I had patterns that I was not able to see on the calander but that the charts showed very clearly.. I am going to give this one a 5 out of 5, its without a doubt one of the most detailed I have ever read and to have the abiltiy to use the software just takes it right over the top..
So anyone got any other books that they think that are “must” have to that collection?
Just another Day on the Farm 
Oh my, you have me in tears! My heart bleeds for all the heartache you and your DH have suffered.
My only child is now deeply into the “terrible teens” (he was an absolute angel at two) but your posting makes me sit back and reconsider how incredibly lucky we are to have him in our lives at all.
May the light that lives in all of us show you what you need.
Pax, Peace, Shalom: xo Deb
Thanks for the kind words and thoughts Deb!
Hello, My name is Wendy and I am from the Netherlands. Read your blogs for a while now. I admire you deeply of all the (heavy) work you do, the great recipies, your knowledge of things, your humor, your honesty etc.
And now this blog……wowie. I know now what I whish (for you) for X-mass 🙂
Books by Katie Singer; The Charting Booklet, Honoring Our Cycles, and The Garden Of Fertility. These are all very good books by Katie Singer. She gets into practical nutrition as well as detecting problems such as thyroid conditions, etc, that lead to infertility, preterm labor, etc, etc. She is a very good friend of ours who lives in New Mexico.