
instant national bestseller · st. martin’s press
The Lucky Egg
Understanding your fertility and how to get pregnant now
Two starred trade reviews
Everything I explain in clinic, in the order you actually need it, with the science kept intact. Part science, part patient memoir, and all heart.
An accessible and reassuring manual for navigating fertility treatment...Sekhon expertly balances urging early planning so readers can keep their options open with a calming, empowering tone.
Like a reassuring friend with an M.D., Sekhon conversationally breezes through, beginning with what it takes to get pregnant and ending with what to expect when you're not expecting…Thanks to Sekhon's informative and friendly guide, prospective parents can feel well prepared.
readers are saying
The most incredible resource! I can't even count how many times we've referenced this book during our fertility journey.
Calm in a book.
A must read for anyone wanting to start their fertility journey.
This book should be mandatory reading for all who are trying to get pregnant.
Evidence based research distilled into a reader friendly format.
Before reading The Lucky Egg, I felt driven by urgency and fear… After reading it, I feel calm, informed, and confident.
It explains fertility concepts in such a gentle, easy to understand way that makes a very complex process feel much less overwhelming.
I'm three years in and still learnt some new things.
It gives so much information on how bodies work and the biological clock.
This book demanded to be written.
The Lucky Egg is the roadmap I wish existed when I started my own journey. It’s part science, part patient memoir, and all heart. It’s about reclaiming agency in a world that too often leaves people confused, dismissed, and bombarded with misinformation.
Dr. Lucky Sekhon · author- I wrote this for everyone who’s gone through cycle after cycle—stim shots, ultrasounds, retrievals—only to come up empty-handed, wondering how much more they can take, and still choosing to try again.
- I wrote this for the ones still bleeding, still grieving, still trying to make sense of their pregnancy loss.
- I wrote this for the perfectionists, the planners, the Type-A “I-did-everything-right” women who feel blindsided.
- I wrote this for the ones on the bathroom floor, holding a negative test and holding their breath.
- I wrote this for the people who want a family, however that looks, and deserve better support navigating how to get there.
This book was written for you.
What's inside
Nine parts, twenty-nine chapters. Open a part to see its chapters.Nine parts, twenty-nine chapters. Tap a part to see its chapters.
- Introduction
- Mind The Gap: The Fertility Knowledge Void and Why It Matters
- What Does It Actually Take to Get Pregnant? (Spoiler Alert: A LOT)
- Tick-tock Goes The Biological Clock: Getting Wiser About Getting Older and What It Means For Your Fertility
- Adopting “The Fertility Goddess” Lifestyle
- Before the Bump: Preconception Testing
- The Rhythm of Reproduction: Cracking the Code of Ovulation and the Menstrual Cycle
- Fertility Boosters: The Scoop on Supplements
- Fertility Outside the Box: Alternative Therapies Explored
- Fertility SOS: When to Bring in the Experts and Where to Find Them
- The Fertility Workup: Demystifying the Diagnostic Process
- Man Up: Understanding Male Infertility and Sperm Health
- Where Sperm Meets Egg: What You Need To Know About the Fallopian Tubes
- Womb With a View: Everything You Need To Know About The Uterus and Fertility
- More Than Eggs on a Timer: The Ovarian Spectrum, From Hormones to Health
- Getting Started: Your Fertility Treatment Game Plan
- Matchmaking for Fertility: IUI (a.k.a. Sperm Delivery)
- Great Eggspectations: Everything You Need To Know About IVF Egg Retrieval
- Your Embryos’ First Report Card: The Good, The Bad, and the Chromosomally Balanced
- Embryo Transfer: The Final Step in Getting Pregnant with IVF
- Need Egg-stra Help? Here’s The Ultimate Donor Egg IVF Guide
- Keep Calm and Have Someone Else Carry On: Using a Gestational Carrier to Build Your Family
- Love Makes a Family: The LGBTQ Path to Parenthood
- Single and Ready to Parent: The Solo Fertility Journey
- The Rainbow After the Storm: Finding Answers and a Path Forward After Pregnancy Loss
- When the Egg Hunt Falls Short: Understanding and Overcoming Failed Egg Retrieval Cycles
- When Hope Meets Heartbreak: Troubleshooting Failed Embryo Transfers
- Pressing Pause on Your Biological Clock
- Riding the Emotional Rollercoaster: What to Expect When You’re Not Expecting (Yet)