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Frozen Hope
Much like her amazing career, Jacqui Cooper’s IVF story is full of ups and downs, but always inspiring.
After a stellar career as a world champion aerial skier, Jacqui Cooper’s only hope to start a family was IVF. While there’s plenty of technical information out there for women embarking on this process, Jacqui yearned for some real, honest, warts-and-all advice on the highs and lows of IVF. But she couldn’t find it. So, in true Jacqui style, she decided to write it herself.
Frozen Hope is Jacqui’s own story of IVF: the emotional responses she didn’t expect, the things she wished she’d known, the things she wished she’d prepared for and those she could never have anticipated. It’s a story of hope despite disheartening odds, extraordinary perseverance and, ultimately, joy and motherhood.
After a stellar career as a world champion aerial skier, Jacqui Cooper’s only hope to start a family was IVF. While there’s plenty of technical information out there for women embarking on this process, Jacqui yearned for some real, honest, warts-and-all advice on the highs and lows of IVF. But she couldn’t find it. So, in true Jacqui style, she decided to write it herself.
Frozen Hope is Jacqui’s own story of IVF: the emotional responses she didn’t expect, the things she wished she’d known, the things she wished she’d prepared for and those she could never have anticipated. It’s a story of hope despite disheartening odds, extraordinary perseverance and, ultimately, joy and motherhood.
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Published February 26, 2018
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Jacqui Cooper
9 books2 followersJacqui Cooper is Australia’s most successful aerial skier. In a career spanning two decades, she became the first woman in Olympic history, summer or winter, to represent Australia at five Olympic Games. Jacqui won five world titles, 39 World Cup medals, 24 World Cup wins and three major World Championship medals, and is now a motivational speaker and the mother of three small children. She has also just launched a gluten-free range of frozen dough products, Food for Me
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October 17, 2018
Would be excellent as an easy read for first timers to IVF.
Took a bit to get into the process of IVF - for a short book just over 200 pages 60 odd of them were about her life as an Ariel Skier. Once into the crux of the reason for the book it was a great read.
Especially interesting read I’d imagine for those of advanced maternal age going through IVF.
I found some aspects hard to relate to, specifically age - I was much younger going through IVF. But appreciate her perspective on it none the less.
Other aspects like protocol and emotions - very relatable!
Recommend this book for first timers to IVF.
Took a bit to get into the process of IVF - for a short book just over 200 pages 60 odd of them were about her life as an Ariel Skier. Once into the crux of the reason for the book it was a great read.
Especially interesting read I’d imagine for those of advanced maternal age going through IVF.
I found some aspects hard to relate to, specifically age - I was much younger going through IVF. But appreciate her perspective on it none the less.
Other aspects like protocol and emotions - very relatable!
Recommend this book for first timers to IVF.
September 25, 2020
“Frozen Hope” by Jacquie Cooper
Jacqui Cooper is Australia’s most successful aerial skier. She opens the book by telling us about her family life growing up as a triplet. How lucky it must be to always know who you will be sitting next to in your classes!
Jacqui’s life as a risk-taker and dare devil lead her into being “discovered” by a coach who introduced her to aerial skiing, even though she was not even particularly good at skiing. She was very trainable, committed, and passionate, the traits of any true athlete!
After her career ended, she commences IVF to start her family with Mario. She has Madeline and eventually twins Thomas and Grace. Her IVF journey is full of trials and tribulations and she encourages any woman to stick to your dreams of becoming a parent. She never hides the fact that her kids are here due to IVF.
Interesting book overall. The part about her career was fascinating, however, I wasn’t particularly seeking an IvF book to learn about her athletic abilities. However, once her knight and shining amour Mario came into the picture and they wanted to start a family, I didn’t quite need the details of their relationship or his business travels.
I found the section about warming and cooling foods (charts on pages 99 and 100) especially interesting. Being Vietnamese, my mom knows and mentions a lot about these foods, and I only take it with a grain of salt until I actually see it explained to me from a Westerners point of view. It starts to make more sense to me! I will look into starting Acupunture with a person knowledgeable in fertility.
It must be heart-breaking to have been through so many cycles of IVF to have multiple miscarriages. In the end, she was happy with her three kids. The end of the book discusses her indecision about her one remaining embryo. There are many people who could use healthy embryos. She just doesn’t have it in her to donate it or destroy it. Interesting point of view from the author.
Good book for anyone thinking about embarking on the IVF journey.
Jacqui Cooper is Australia’s most successful aerial skier. She opens the book by telling us about her family life growing up as a triplet. How lucky it must be to always know who you will be sitting next to in your classes!
Jacqui’s life as a risk-taker and dare devil lead her into being “discovered” by a coach who introduced her to aerial skiing, even though she was not even particularly good at skiing. She was very trainable, committed, and passionate, the traits of any true athlete!
After her career ended, she commences IVF to start her family with Mario. She has Madeline and eventually twins Thomas and Grace. Her IVF journey is full of trials and tribulations and she encourages any woman to stick to your dreams of becoming a parent. She never hides the fact that her kids are here due to IVF.
Interesting book overall. The part about her career was fascinating, however, I wasn’t particularly seeking an IvF book to learn about her athletic abilities. However, once her knight and shining amour Mario came into the picture and they wanted to start a family, I didn’t quite need the details of their relationship or his business travels.
I found the section about warming and cooling foods (charts on pages 99 and 100) especially interesting. Being Vietnamese, my mom knows and mentions a lot about these foods, and I only take it with a grain of salt until I actually see it explained to me from a Westerners point of view. It starts to make more sense to me! I will look into starting Acupunture with a person knowledgeable in fertility.
It must be heart-breaking to have been through so many cycles of IVF to have multiple miscarriages. In the end, she was happy with her three kids. The end of the book discusses her indecision about her one remaining embryo. There are many people who could use healthy embryos. She just doesn’t have it in her to donate it or destroy it. Interesting point of view from the author.
Good book for anyone thinking about embarking on the IVF journey.
March 4, 2018
I don't find much interest in sport or in sporting people's stories so the start of this book too me awhile to get into. But following her journey was interesting and seeing people go through the same thoughts as everyone else is comforting.
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