Non­fic­tion

Own Your Fer­til­i­ty: From Egg Freez­ing to Sur­ro­ga­cy, How to Take Charge of Your Body and Your Future

  • From the Publisher
September 1, 2025

Own Your Fer­til­i­ty is a mod­ern fer­til­i­ty guide ground­ed in sci­ence, decades of clin­i­cal expe­ri­ence, and the sto­ries of patients from all walks of like who have built fam­i­lies on their own terms. By age 32, about 90 per­cent of a woman’s eggs are gone, mak­ing preg­nan­cy more dif­fi­cult, just as many peo­ple are focused on find­ing a part­ner, build­ing their careers — or both. Repro­duc­tive med­i­cine has advanced so dra­mat­i­cal­ly that an unfor­giv­ing bio­log­i­cal clock no longer needs to dic­tate — or derail — those choic­es. Near­ly every­thing about the way we can, and increas­ing­ly do, make babies has changed, with impli­ca­tions that extend beyond fam­i­ly plan­ning. Not every­one wants chil­dren, or knows if they might one day. But any­one who hopes to keep par­ent­hood as an option deserves clear, accu­rate infor­ma­tion about today’s expand­ing paths to fam­i­ly build­ing so they can make proac­tive, empow­ered deci­sions. Before it’s too late. Dr. Knop­man debunks per­sis­tent fer­til­i­ty myths, reframes fer­til­i­ty preser­va­tion as pre­ven­tive med­i­cine, and demys­ti­fies the prac­ti­cal real­i­ties of mod­ern repro­duc­tion for indi­vid­u­als and cou­ples of all kinds.

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