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Big Fat Negative

The Essential Guide to Infertility, IVF and the Trials of Trying for a Baby
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Big Fat Negative (BFN) exposes the often hidden struggles of infertility, a journey faced by one in six couples. This candid guide from Emma Haslett and Gabby Griffith, hosts of the Big Fat Negative podcast, breaks the silence and stigma surrounding infertility. Combining heartfelt personal stories with expert advice, it offers support, humour, and reassurance for those navigating diagnoses, IVF, and the emotional toll of trying for a baby.
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This book is perfect for individuals and couples experiencing infertility, as well as friends or family seeking to better understand and support loved ones through the journey.

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The essential guide to TTC, fertility, infertility, IVF and the trials of trying for a baby

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Big Fat Negative (BFN) - a term commonly used on internet forums to refer to a negative pregnancy test.

Infertility can be a lonely journey. One in every six couples will struggle to conceive but, despite this, many don't feel comfortable talking openly about their experiences and sharing what they are going through. As a result, they feel isolated and alone.

It doesn't have to be this way. By talking, laughing and shouting about our experiences, we can start to lift the cloak of shame that so often engulfs those going through it. Big Fat Negative does just that. This no-nonsense, honest guide to infertility from the hosts of the Big Fat Negative podcast smashes the taboo around this isolating and heartbreaking illness, offering first-hand experience, an understanding voice when friends don't get it, expert advice, reassurance for when you feel alone and - most importantly - humour when you need it the most.

Using first-hand accounts of the various hurdles of infertility, from work to diagnoses and IVF, coupled with advice from leading experts, Big Fat Negative will hold your hand on the not-so-simple journey to motherhood - helping you to face and defeat the trials of trying for a baby.

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"This book is totally brilliant - informative, sensitive, funny and wise. Reading it is like talking to a fairy godmother who also happens to be a gynaecologist and expert on all things fertility. I so recommend to any woman - or man - who wants to feel less alone while going through this process" — Sophia Money-Coutts

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780349427324

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 20 January 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Piatkus Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 32.0mm

Width: 154.0mm

Height: 232.0mm

Weight: 435g

Pages: 352

About the Author

Emma Haslett and Gabriella Griffith met while working as business journalists, where they bonded over their fondness for bright lipstick and their loathing for confusing corporate doublespeak. They launched their podcast, Big Fat Negative, in August 2018, in an effort to wrangle the equally confusing doublespeak surrounding infertility and IVF, and debunk some myths while they were at it. The podcast, which mixes a humorous take on infertility with expert interviews, has received wide acclaim, with mentions on BBC Woman's Hour, the Telegraph, The Metro, and Refinery 29.

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