The Baby Wait: Lessons Learned While Trying to Become a Mum

What if the journey to becoming a mum was nothing like you imagined?

For so many women, fertility is something we never think to question — until the months pass and the longed-for positive test doesn't come. Lyn Sharkey knows that feeling intimately. After years of navigating her own fertility challenges, she didn't just find her way through — she became her own expert, and now she's sharing everything she learned with you.

The Baby Wait is a deeply personal, honest, and practical guide for anyone on the winding road to motherhood. Whether you're just starting to think about having a baby, actively trying to conceive, or facing your own fertility challenges, this book meets you exactly where you are.

Inside, you'll find compassionate, clear guidance on:

• How to prepare your body to give yourself the best possible chance
• The tests, treatments, and medical terms you're likely to encounter
• Common causes of infertility — explained without the overwhelm
• How to cope with the emotional weight of fertility struggles or pregnancy loss
• Ways to support a friend or partner going through the same

Lyn wrote this book to break the silence around fertility — because no one should have to figure this out alone.

Your personal guide to understanding and managing your fertility, written by someone who's been there.

‘This book is a wealth of information for a hard and emotional journey to have a baby. 
I would highly recommend this as a gift or a piece of information in any IVF Clinic or GP 
Surgery. Told beautifully, funny and honest. It made me laugh, cry and pray.’
Amazon UK review 2013

‘In this practical guide, Sharkey… explores the physical and emotional dimensions of 
infertility. Urging women to learn about their own fertility, charting, nutrition and exercise. 
More significantly, the author considers the “emotional layer cake” of hopefulness and 
grief… Sharkey’s voice is astute and appropriately funny… Readers may wish to hand out 
copies of the very useful concluding chapter on how to help a friend who struggles with 
infertility. This book is a welcome addition to the pregnancy and parenting shelves.’
American Publishers Weekly June 2013

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