My review of The Baby Void: My Quest for Motherhood, by Judith Uyterlinde was in yesterday's Birmingham News. An excerpt:
"I know that I have had a miscarriage, but I cannot comprehend the meaning of what has happened. All I feel is physical relief. I stand up to look, but I cannot identify an embryo in the glistening bloody mass." So begins Judith Uyterlinde's journey into infertility. Her book, "The Baby Void: My Quest for Motherhood," describes what it feels like for a woman to gradually lose her ability to conceive a child.
Her family and friends speak in whispers as, one by one, everyone around her begins to bear children. Meanwhile, Uyterlinde tries to conceive with her husband. As the book progresses, she experiences one miscarriage, two ectopic pregnancies, four failed in vitro fertilization attempts and the removal of her only functional fallopian tube.
Dear Laura,
You made my day when I found your review on the internet! Not that I am scrolling the internet every day to try and find my name somewhere, but as I was just preparing my very first weblog and website for the book, I looked if there already was something I could mention on my blog. As far as I can see, you were the first person to write a review on it.
For me, who lives in a small country (the Netherlands)it's a very exciting idea that my book is now out there in a US edition and that people can actually read it there. I am so glad to hear that you liked the book.
Warm greetings! Judith Uyterlinde
Posted by: Judith Uyterlinde | March 18, 2008 at 06:31 AM