The Inconceivable Truth | Nicki Fenthum
- Kim Hunter
- Oct 13, 2017
- 2 min read
Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutes
When a 38 year old woman is given three months sick leave to recover from burn-out, what does she do? Some might lie around depressed, others might take a long holiday; the options are myriad. Nicki Fenthum took the three months to do some introspection and assess her life. Some realisations were recognised but marked as insignificant while others were momentous. One of the realisations was that she wanted to have a baby. This led her down a rabbit hole of monumental proportions. The Inconceivable Truth is a recounting of this journey; the physical and emotional fallout from it and the growth required to recognise her new-self and her new place in this modern world.
Such an amazing woman - a survivor, who has taken the years of suffering and heartache she endured and has not only written it down and is sharing it with the world, but she is also taking the learning from her journey to coach and counsel women and their families through similar situations.
An elegant and well attended launch for a book that is no doubt going to help people in similar circumstances AND spark the debate around medical intervention in trying to conceive.
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Nicki Fenthum is an accomplished 38-year-old professional who drives herself to burnout after 20 years of pushing to the limit in the corporate world. Booked off work to reclaim her health, Nicki takes until her 40th birthday to redefine her priorities, and is surprised to discover the strong desire for a child. This realisation takes Nicki and her husband on an emotionally, physically, and financially draining three-year journey through unsuccessful surgical procedures, AI, IVF, and even donor egg implants – all skillfully marketed as the science of treating infertility. Over the years, endless research and painful personal experience reveal that this ‘science’ is largely misinformation, and trial and error. And sometimes unexplained luck dressed up as success. Five miscarriages down and suffering from ongoing gynaecological complications, Nicki’s dream of being a mother ends with a hysterectomy. Nicki is forced to re-examine and re-define what it means to be a whole and successful woman in the 21st century, amid the social pressure, judgment, and grief of being childless.
Print Length: 173 pages
Publication Date: June 7, 2017
Language: English
ASIN: B072K2X4L6
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