I read Dr. Sem's book after my second miscarriage. I was surprised by the title since most doctors agree that nobody knows what causes miscarriage or what can be done to prevent it. As it turns out, neither does the author. He explains ways to tell if you are currently miscarrying (but not how to prevent it), which were not helpful to me since in both of my miscarriages I had absolutely no symptoms. It is probably more helpful in explaining signs to look for in heading off pre-term labor. It also has good info on nutrition during pregnancy and does encourage mothers to try again.

I started reading this book and learned more in two chapters than I knew before! Having recently suffered my first miscarriage, I found myself wondering "why?". Dr. Semchyshyn offers more than the pat answer "Nature Knows Best" and empowers women to learn about their bodies and take charge of their pregnancy. It is great to hear someone in the medical field is fighting the archaic practices of medicine.

Losing my baby was terrible. But the doctors said there were noalternatives but to let "nature run its course." Pregnantnow, I live in fear every day. When I started having problems in this pregnancy, my new doctors said the same thing the old doctors did -- there are no treatments.

I tried everything suggested to me -- bed rest, vitamins, healthy eating, no bad stuff. I was told I could do no more. I was told there was nothing I or the doctor could do to stop my baby from being lost.

It was absolutely stunning -- and enfuriating -- to read this book and understand that there ARE treatments and preventatives. This book describes things that I can do and things my doctor should be doing. It also describes medical issues and symptoms in wonderfully helpful detail.

The author of this book has a 97.5 rate of births among his patients. Everything I have read says that 15-20% of ALL [pregnancies] end in miscarriage. Why is it this doctor is saving so many babies while other doctors are just letting them die?

I strongly recommend you read this book and learn what you -- and your doctor -- need to know.