[.ca] Pennies From Heaven (ISBN 014025529X)

Worth Reading, But...:
...it didn't really strike any deep chords with me. There isn't much emphasis on the spiritual aspects of infertility (e.g.: "Why does God let this happen?"), so if you're not interested in spiritual things, you'll love this. If you *are* a religious/spiritual person, you'll probably be left wanting. Overall, this is a worthwhile read, and it does offer some encouragement.

Very good motivational book:
This is not a book to read cover to cover. It is is good to read when your feeling down or have lost faith in your infertility treatment. The couple who wrote the book have been there and can help you through.

Read out loud to each other and discuss....:
One of the "benefits" to infertility is that you really get to work on your marriage and become much closer than couples that have babies easily. One of the things that we have started doing each night right before we go to bed is to read one page from this book out loud--kind of like a little joint prayer/meditation. I never thought my husband would go for something as "touchy-feely" as this, but he has really come to like it. The amazing thing is that each night I pick a page at random--and without fail it is always on a topic that we were struggling with that day!

Pennies from Heaven is a treasure from the human heart.:
Pennies from Heaven is as much about marriage as about infertility. Although infertility is the focus of the book, it could be about almost any important issue that forces a couple to take an honest look at themselves, their marriage and their dreams. I felt drawn to the authors' candor and their revelations of struggles I'd experienced in my own marriage. The wife reveals deep feelings of love and friendship, exasperation and rage, dissapointment and isolation. The husband's voice is more guarded, more protective of his private feelings; still he offers real support to men reading this book. They both get very specific when it comes to the mechanics of infertility tests- a "how to" on getting through an emotionally exhausting experience. I appreciated the clarity of the authors' writing. It humbled me, made me cry from a place of sadness and joy, and articulated the complicated emotions that come from loving another person.

For heterosexuals in the very early stages of infertility:
This book would be appropriate for heterosexual couples who are still trying to conceive and have not yet seen a doctor about it. Its an extremely simple book and not for the seriously infertile. THe book also never addresses the possibility that a woman may be trying to conceive a child without a man in her life or with another woman. A good book if your sad that you didnt get a positive on a home pregnancy test after your first cycle of trying.