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    The Path to Conception
    The Path to Conception
    The Path to Conception
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    The Path to Conception

    By Jess James

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    About this ebook

    I always dreamed of becoming a mother, and I had my life planned out... lifestyle, husband, house and children. Getting pregnant wasn't meant to be this difficult. I was wrong!

    As a woman who lived a healthy lifestyle I had never expected to face the challenges I did in trying to conceive... but my age was playing against me and time was quickly running out.

    This is my personal journey of trying to conceive in what they called my 'advanced maternal years' over the age of thirty five.

    My age is working against me and time is now my biggest enemy.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJess James
    Release dateJul 7, 2016
    ISBN9781310021565
    The Path to Conception
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    Jess James

    Jess James grew up in the United Kingdom and has always enjoyed writing. It wasn't until she faced one of her biggest challenges in life, trying to get pregnant, that she felt passionate about finally publishing her work. The Path to Conception was Jess' first book, a memoir detailing her journey to pregnancy. Jess is now concentrating on fantasy fiction stories, with Little Red being the first in a series of Flirtatious Fairytales she intends to publish. With the ease of self-publishing, she has been inspired by similar authors who have written and produced works and she hopes to continue writing and releasing more work in the future.

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      The Path to Conception - Jess James

      The Path To

      CONCEPTION

      My struggle through trying to conceive.

      Jess James

      Copyright © 2016 Jess James

      All rights reserved.

      ISBN: 978-1310021565

      DEDICATION

      Dedicated to my amazing and patient husband, my family and friends – everyone who has been there with me through this difficult and challenging time.

      About the Author

      Jess James grew up in the United Kingdom and has always enjoyed writing. It wasn’t until she faced one of her biggest challenges in life, trying to get pregnant, that she felt passionate about sharing her story with the public.

      The Path to Conception, is Jess’ first published work, and she hopes to now start on her next memoir which will enlighten readers to the next phase of her journey towards becoming a mother.

      Chapter One

      Hopes and Dreams

      I am one of the many women out there desperate to start my own family. From a very early age I always dreamt about becoming a mother, however, only in my late thirties did I start that journey towards parenthood. Like many women life got in the way. I hadn’t met my life partner and therefore I missed the opportunity to start having children in my early twenties.

      I met my husband in my early thirties, and like many couples we spent a few years dating, before moving in together. Only then did we start our ambitions to save for our future: a house, marriage and children. We didn’t feel rushed into this fairy tale future, and whilst a family was always on our agenda, we felt that we had plenty of time on our side.

      It was the year I turned thirty-seven that we finally walked down the aisle. It was the best day of my life, and we were all set for our future together and what that would bring us. We had decided to start trying for children almost immediately after our honeymoon. Whilst I acknowledged that I wasn’t the youngest of my friends reaching this milestone in my life, I certainly had no concerns at that stage about being a more mature mother. For us, this was the right time to begin our family planning.

      I certainly didn’t expect that getting pregnant would be difficult. Whilst I had seen a handful of my friends having problems trying to conceive, most were able to overcome these quite quickly. A few people I knew had unfortunately experienced early pregnancy loss, however I hadn’t thought that far ahead myself. I certainly never imagined that anything like that would happen to me. After all, I felt young for my thirty-seven years, I was in good shape and I looked after myself. Those are the right ingredients for a guaranteed pregnancy, right? Wrong!

      I was quickly given a

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