Karissa Stelma1000 Needles
How to Increase Your Odds and Take Control of Your IVF Journey
Karissa Stelma, forever a New Yorker at heart, has been domiciled in Dubai for the last nine years while working in finance. She resides with her greatest loves—her husband, Kyle, and their three children.
Preface: IVF Is SIMPLE
Part 1: Diligence Is the Mother of Good Fortune
Chapter 1: Down the Rabbit Hole We Go
Chapter 2: The Chicken or the Egg?
Chapter 3: Great White Whales (Sperm)
Chapter 4: Become Your Own Compounding Pharmacist (Vitamins and
Antibiotics)
Chapter 5: Acupuncture and Other I-Told-You-So’s
Part 2: Let the Games Begin
Chapter 6: Drug Protocols, Hormones, and Depression
Chapter 7: Medical Minefields and Innovations (It’s a Brave New World)
Chapter 8: The Big Five (Questions to Live By)
Chapter 9: This is Not the Missionary Position
Chapter 10: You Are…Pregnant!! (And Scared to Breathe)
Epilogue
Glossary
Resources