Empty Womb, Aching Heart: Hope and Help for Those Struggling With Infertility
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Hope and Help For Those Struggling With Infertility When the professional advice isn’t enough, and you’ve had your fill of well-meaning comments from those who haven’t experienced infertility, Marlo Schalesky wants you to know you are not alone. The true stories she tells of couples who share your hopes, fears, frustrations, and the comfort only God can bring will encourage your heart. Infertility strikes at the core of what it means to be a woman or man, tests marriages, and shakes faith. The honest, open, and emotionally resonant first-person stories in Empty Womb, Aching Heart will touch your life—as you “cry in the diaper aisle,” wonder if you “are less of a woman,” ask “How far should we go?” or whisper to God, “It’s not fair.”… More >>
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Empty Womb, Aching Heart: Hope and Help for Those Struggling With Infertility
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Comments
This book is incredible. I read it last night and cried through most of it! As a Christian battling infertility, its so nice to hear the message that it’s okay to hurt, cry, and be angry. You won’t find any Pollyanna cliches about just “trust God” or “have faith.” Instead the message is that while, of course, we must trust and have faith, the fact is that infertility is a painful, horrible experience and its okay to grieve this. I feel like I’ve been given permission to drop my “Happy Christian” mask and just be myself– grief and all– with both God and other people.
Rating: 5 / 5
Along with the pain of not having a child, there is often another–loneliness, the perception that others do not know what you’re going through. Schalesky puts arms of understanding around the reader with her book Empty Womb, Aching Heart. The twenty-four stories of those who’ve wondered “Why NOT me?” lead the reader to comfort and trust in God. This book is a wonderful help for those facing infertility, a wonderful gift from friends who want to help.
Rating: 5 / 5
When the professional advice isn’t enough, and you’ve had your fill of well-meaning comments from those who haven’t experienced infertility, Marlo Schalesky wants you to know you are not alone. The true stories she tells of couples who share in the collective hopes, fears, frustrations, and the comfort only God can bring will encourage your heart.
Our family knows that infertility strikes at the core of what oit means to be a woman or man, it tests marriages, and shakes the faith. This honest, open, and emotionally resonant first-person collection of stories will touch your life, and if you’re looking for a good dose of Christ-centered encouragement for the journey of infertility, this is it.
We looked for months for a book like this, and we hope you are encouraged like we were.
A very highly recommended book!!!
Rating: 5 / 5
This book has a great message at its core-if you are experiencing infertility, you are not alone. The men and women who shared their stories in this book give truly heartwrenching accounts of their experiences with infertility. I read this book after my 2nd miscarriage, and appreciated the Christian perspective, as there are not too many other such books out there. The first time I read the book through, I thought it lacked one major thing-hope that someday it would be possible to have a child. There are only a few stories in this book that detail the couple’s experiences ending in the birth or adoption of a child. I felt like I must have missed something in the book, so I read it again. This time, with a more open heart and mind, I found inside this book its true message-infertility is not always “cured” with a child. It is ok to let go of dreams for a child and fill your life with God and other things, and maybe someday there will also be a child. This wasn’t the message I had hoped to get out of the book, but it was one I desperately needed to hear. I recommend it to all who are looking for God’s voice in the midst of infertility. An excellent companion, and one that is even more helpful to me is Ginger Garret’s Moments for Couples who Long for Children.
Rating: 4 / 5
This book is a collection of short stories, based on the experiences of real men and women who struggled with infertility. Each story explores a slightly different aspect of infertility, but all have a strong Christian foundation.
Those in the middle of the infertility journey will find this book encouraging and comforting for several reasons. First, stories such as “Crying in the Diaper Aisle” help you to realize that you are neither alone nor crazy – your experience is just the same as many others. Second, this books avoids the all-too-common “and then we had a baby!” happy ending. While all the stories end on a hopeful note, more often than not it is because the characters learn new ways to cope or rely on God for comfort. Finally, both men’s and women’s perspectives on infertility are addressed. Stories from a man’s perspective include a husband whose low sperm count is causing the couple’s infertility, and a man who just can’t understand his wife’s pain.
I enjoyed this book tremendously (though I did cry at several of the stories) and felt comforted after reading it. I highly recommend it to couples facing infertility, as well as their family and friends.
Rating: 5 / 5
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