The Fertile Female: How the Power of Longing for a Child Can Save Your Life and Change the World

I found The Fertile Female during my long search for answers in the world of "unexplained infertility". I read it cover and cover, but it took me another year to go back to the book and actually take its advice and practices to heart. I am glad that I finally did but wish I had done it sooner.This is an amazing book for anyone who is looking for answers, especially in the category of "why me?" and "why is this happening to me?" and "what is supposed to happen next?" and "Am I doing all this in vain?"The book is educational and inspirational - everyone will surely take something away from the material inside. Aside from advice on the physical (such as diet, exercise), there is also the much overlooked mental aspect of trying for a baby and how important it is to "meet the baby halfway". You will encounter many real stories of women that did not think it was possible for them, but managed to do it.After wrestling with myself and switching around various foods, supplements and herbal teas I had to face the fact that the problem was psychological and decided to contact the author for help. Look her up - she runs workshops in Woodstock NY.After 6 years of unexplained infertility, at the age of 35 I finally got pregnant naturally after 3 weeks of Julia's individually prescribed 30 minute meditations and visualization practice. It might just be a crazy coincidence but after 6 years I am not so sure. The practice worked for me and that's all I can say. She is an expert with decades of experience - it does not hurt to give it a try. There was a little girl appearing in most of my meditations, Julia predicted I would have a girl and - I did meet her halfway after all. She is on her way. Knowing how desperate people can become in search for their baby, buying this book is really a small price to pay. Everyone will get something out of it.

My journey through the ups and downs of the baby making process is nearly 5 years long. I wish I had read this book before I even got married. I got married in my early 30s and gave birth to my baby a few months after my 40th birthday. My baby is an IVF baby. Without this book and Julia's Fertile Heart practice, who knows how long it would have taken me, and how many more IVF cycles I would have gone through, and whether I would have even become a biological mom. It still sometimes feels unreal. Next week my little one turns 2 years old. We welcomed our little baby in this world only after countless blessings and discoveries and healing moments we experienced while walking the path of Fertile Heart Birthing practice.My partner was supportive of my explorations, however only to a certain extent. Our roller coaster ride started with an early miscarriage when we had conceived naturally while we had just started to "try". For the next 1.75 years, natural trying did not get us pregnant. So we tried 6 IUIs, one every month, I don't know what I was thinking then. I guess only 6 IUIs were covered for a lifetime by insurance and we exhausted them all while desperate to have a baby. And now that option was exhausted, we got sucked into the ivf industry. With "really" no time to reconsider our choices. And my partner often brought up surrogacy, which I did not want to do. Part of me always knew being capable of carrying a baby full-term and delivering her. It is that part of me that Fertile Heart practice helped support, nurture, grow, speak up and finally take charge. I finally found my voice with the help and encouragement of a very small number of friends who could relate and who I opened up to.I read Fertile Female before our first IUI. I went to Julia's Fertile Heart workshops, not once, not twice but three times. Part of me wanted to get fixed by someone and turning away from real inner work, which I kept doing over the course of 3 years in which I attended workshops and biweekly conference calls. Even for folks doing IVF, which can be a real blessing, this path can be a life saver. I can go on and on about the many gifts this birthing practice has given me. The fertile female book and fertile heart practice, helped me to say "no" to a second hysteroscopy after our first ivf frozen embryo transfer had failed. It helped me to say "no" to more egg retrievals when my partner wanted me to keep going. It helped me to finally take a real break from everything and lay out a plan to improve the chances of our second transfer a success. I reconnected with another healing modality in which I had found strength while also walking the Fertile Heart path.I attended every free fertile heart chat that Julia offered. Even during my pregnancy and through lactation challenges, I continued to be part of the amazing and supportive fertile heart community via the conference calls.Every person's journey to parenthood is unique. The power of turning around the challenge into a healing exploration/journey is within our reach. Julia is the only person I have come across in my long journey who truly is a magician. She deeply cares about the world, and how babies come into this world. When we decided to do ivf, we did not know even the ivf path would take us 3 years. I thought it was a short cut to my baby - it was anything but that. And I met personally some people who have spent longer on ivf path and were empty handed still.I hope this review helps someone to read this book. Trust your own gut and give this book one chance.

A truly life changing book.... and approach not to the fertility journey in isolation, rather to life in its entirety. This book has completely changed my attitude to my journey to motherhood... the stories of inspiration... the practical straightforwards imagery exercises and the overall shift in perspective to seeing this journey as an exciting journey of self-discovery and evolution with an abundance of gifts along the way. Thank you with all my heart ❤️

First of all, I read 'Inconceivable' by Julia. Whereas that is a story about her journey to have a baby, this one provides practical advice. A great reference book.

This book has been a wonerful read and very informative i hightly recommend this book to anyone trying to concieve in their later years it has given me hope after years of trying to concieve.

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I can't really properly express in words, how much I want to say "thank-you" to you. I started reading "inconceivable" and "The fertile female" after I was told by the medical profession that it was impossible for me to conceive, and was so moved by your story. It seemed so similar to my own. I remember reading the page when you got the news you were pregnant. I felt I could burst with happiness for you - and I wondered if I would ever feel that kind of happiness for myself. I felt that you were so brave in your own endeavours to get pregnant, that what I really needed was a good dose of courage. The gift that you gave me was to have the courage to dare to dream that it was possible for me to have a baby, and now I have a beautiful baby girl. Your books gave me the knowledge that I had the power within myself to change the world. I really cannot thank you enough. You a truly an inspiration.