Is Your Body Baby-Friendly? Unexplained Infertility, Miscarriage & IVF Failure – Explained

by Beer, Alan E.; Kantecki, Julia; Reed, Jane

• ISBN13: 9780978507800
• ISBN10: 0978507800
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-10-28
• Publisher: AJR Publishing

Summary

Women who have experienced difficulty conceiving or muliple miscarriages may be suffering treatable dysfunctions of their immune systems, according to this leading authority who has worked with more than 7,000 couples and achieved pregnancy success in three months for more than 85% of his patients. The book provides details that are technical but accessible to general readers to explain how chemical therapy can temporarily regulate immune responses that might otherwise unleash "natural killer cells" to attack a pregnancy. Chapters cover the most common adverse immune problems, including tissue incompatiblity, blood clotting defects, and antibodies that fight sperm, fetal cells, hormones, or neurotransmittersand also outline clinical protocol for comprehensive immune testing. The discussion incorporates Dr. Beer's own dramatic account of his clinical breakthroughs, the rejection of his ideas by mainstream medical practitioners, and his research showing that failed IVF (in vitro fertilization) is often the result of immune reactions.

Author Biography

Alan E. Beer, MD,  is a former chairman of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Michigan Medical School and the founder of The Alan E. Beer Center for Reproductive Immunology & Genetics. He lives in Chicago. Julia Kantecki is a marketing director who conceived and had a normal pregnancy after immune therapy. Jane Reed is the founder and moderator of the reproductive immunology website on Yahoo.com and the chief patient advocate for Dr. Beer. She lives in Klamath Falls, Oregon.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Christo Zouves, M.D.	xi
Preface	xii
Introducing Alan E. Beer, M.D	xiv
Introduction	xvi
1. Reproductive Immunology: Helping to Explain the "Unexplained"	3	(4)
2. Defining Reproductive Failure	7	(8)
3. Recurring Nightmares	15	(12)
4. The Immune System	27	(12)
5. Category 1 Immune Problems: Tissue Type Compatibility	39	(8)
6. Category 2 Immune Problems: Blood-Clotting Defects.	47	(14)
7. Category 3 Immune Problems: Immunity to Pregnancy	61	(4)
8. Category 4 Immune Problems: Antibodies to Sperm.	65	(4)
9. Category 5 Immune Problems: Part One – Natural Killer Cells	69	(22)
10. Category 5 Immune Problems: Part Two – Antibodies to Hormones and Neurotransmitters	91	(22)
11. Hope for Older Mothers-to-Be	113	(6)
12. Immune Problems and Pregnancy.	119	(8)
13. Comprehensive Immune Testing	127	(14)
14. Dr Beer's Treatments	141	(18)
15. Immune Therapy: Rejected by a Body of Medical Opinion	159	(38)
16. Trials on Trial	197	(12)
17. Hope... and Inspiration	209	(28)
Addendum:
I. Fertility under Fire	237	(10)
II. The Legacy of a Toxic Pregnancy	247	(4)
III. The Toxins Eating at Our Health	251	(4)
IV. Baby-Friendly Alternatives	255	(20)
Acknowledgements	275	(2)
Epilogue	277	(6)
Notes	283	(150)
Glossary	433	(14)
Resources	447	(12)
Index	459