infertility Archives - Women Writers, Women's Books http://booksbywomen.org/tag/infertility/ Tue, 02 Jun 2015 08:37:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 Writing About Infertility: Breaking Down Social Norms http://booksbywomen.org/writing-about-infertility-breaking-down-social-norms-by-rachel-mcgrath/ http://booksbywomen.org/writing-about-infertility-breaking-down-social-norms-by-rachel-mcgrath/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2015 08:22:49 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=13468 Infertility affects approximately 1 in 10 couples, and 1 in 4 pregnancies result in miscarriage. Fertility rates decline by around 10% per month for women over the age of thirty-five. Recurrent miscarriage (over three losses in a row) affects 1% of the female population. Nowadays, everywhere I go, it feels as though these infertility statistics […]

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