Book Launch - This is Infertility

A fantastic night last week (24 Nov) to celebrate the launch of my debut book 'This is Infertility' at Readings bookstore, St Kilda.

This is Infertility is about my 6 year IVF and surrogacy journey. I share our positives experiences but also our obstacles and challenges and everything I learned.

Order at:

• Barnes & Noble

• C&R Press

• Amazon US

• Amazon Australia

Advance Praise “Kirsten’s journey is a remarkable book… It educates and entertains. It describes the natural reproductive process, the reasons why it failed, and the steps needed to overcome it. It entertains the reader with personal experiences that show the fear, sadness, frustration people go through on their journey to parenthood. I could not put it down until I had read every page.” – Russell A. Foulk, MD, Utah Fertility Center

IVF Babble Surrogacy Ambassador releases debut book

Thanks to IVF babble for this wonderful article!

Author and IVF Babble Surrogacy Ambassador Kirsten McLennan is proud to share her debut book ‘This is Infertility’ and we couldn’t be more proud!!

Over the last few years, Kirsten has been a constant source of guidance and support, for men and women who have visited ivfbabble.com for guidance on surrogacy. So, it feels only right that she has written a book about everything she learnt on her own surrogacy journey.

The book is an honest, compelling and inspiring story about the six-year journey of Kirsten and her husband as they navigate against tremendous odds to be parents.

In Kirsten’s own words:

“Infertility can be brutal, raw and often lonely. It’s frequently misunderstood. But for anyone struggling with infertility, you are not alone. There are many of us out there. My story is but one of many.

“I wrote this book to share my personal experience of infertility. I give an honest account about the realities of fertility treatment, the IVF industry in Australia and the United States, and international surrogacy. I share our positive experiences but also our obstacles, disappointments and heartbreak. And ultimately what I learned from it all.”

We are so proud of Kirsten and everything she is doing to highlight the issues surrounding infertility and the options men and women have through surrogacy.

We want to send Kirsten huge congratulations on her debut book and for also winning the C&R Press Non-Fiction Award for 2021.

You can follow Kirsten on Instagram @straight.up.infertility.

Advance Praise

“Kirsten’s journey is a remarkable book… It educates and entertains. It describes the natural reproductive process, the reasons why it failed, and the steps needed to overcome it. It entertains the reader with personal experiences that show the fear, sadness, frustration people go through on their journey to parenthood. I could not put it down until I had read every page.” – Russell A. Foulk, MD, Utah Fertility Center

Order at:

• Barnes & Noble

• C&R Press

• Amazon US

• Amazon Australia

This is Infertility - Pre-sales now open

I’m so excited to share that you can now pre-order my debut book ‘This is Infertility’.

You can order a copy here: C&R Press

This book was a labour of love for me. We had a long and difficult six-year infertility journey, filled with many high and lows, until our son Spencer was born through gestational surrogacy in the United States.

This is Infertility is my personal experience of infertility. I give an honest account about the realities of fertility treatment, the IVF industry in Australia and the United States, and international surrogacy. I share our positive experiences but also our obstacles, disappointments and heartbreak. And ultimately what I learned from it all.

Thank you to my publisher C&R Press @CR Press for publishing my book and helping to raise awareness of an issue that impacts millions. I’m also proud to have received @CR Press Non-Fiction award for 2021.

Thanks also to Dr Russell Foulk at Utah Fertility Center @UtahFertilityCentre for all your support and for writing the Introduction to This is Infertility.

If anyone has any questions or comments, please feel free to send me an email through Contact (in the menu) or DM me anytime through my Instagram @straight.up.infertility

Love Kirsten x

Advance Praise

“Kirsten’s journey is a remarkable book… It educates and entertains. It describes the natural reproductive process, the reasons why it failed, and the steps needed to overcome it. It entertains the reader with personal experiences that show the fear, sadness, frustration people go through on their journey to parenthood. I could not put it down until I had read every page.”

–Russell A. Foulk, MD

Blurb

This is Infertility is a must read for anyone experiencing infertility, a world-wide issue affecting millions of people. An honest, compelling, and inspiring memoir, it follows the six-year journey of Kirsten and her husband Ryan as they navigate against tremendous odds to be parents. Moreover, this memoir offers sound advice on how to travel the infertility journey and avoid the pitfalls.

This is Infertility combines Kirsten and Ryan’s personal experiences with factual insights and research into fertility treatment and surrogacy and what people can expect. Ultimately, it’s a story of optimism, hope and perseverance. Kirsten doesn’t sugar coat the struggles involved but she hopes what she learned can inspire and help others. Despite endless adversity and heartbreak spanning three countries (Australia, the United States and Canada), Kirsten and Ryan welcomed their long-awaited son Spencer in 2019.