Zita West

Almost as soon as i had processed that we were going to need IVF i went on the search for a book, i wanted to know as much as i could. I was looking for one in particular but waterstones didn't have it but the recommended a book by Zita West, i think most people in the UK who need IVF would have heard of her, she owns and works at her own clinic and in this book she writes about all the aspects she goes through there, including counselling, diet, options and alternative therapies. So i get this book thinking i will have read it in a day or 2, well that was like back when i was told we were in need of IVF which has been months and i am barely half way through. I am trying to give it a go but all the case studies are of ladies in their 30 and above, and there is always little bits that she writes about how older ladies this and older ladies that and at one point, to me, it sounded like she was saying that older people should be given more chance than younger ones, i feel this by a lot of the things that are written like, if a couple are young they may do all the necessary checks then ask them to keep trying a little longer but they would like to advise older ladies to go through the options as they have less time. This really bothered me, i thought this book was going to be an overall and a for instance book not a we don't care about younger ladies until you have waited long enough for you to be a year or 2 from the ages limit. I wanted to read a book about the process and case studies but i don't understand why it is aimed at older ladies and not just to everyone......In the beginning i was looking into her clinic on the Internet if our 1 free try doesn't work or if we want treatment in the future but the further into this book the further away from her i would like to be. I will be finishing the book as it was quite expensive but i am going to see about the book i was originally going to get and check to see if that one is ageist before i buy it. If other people haven't had this problem with her book then good for you but i just found it too patronising to give it a good review.