"[Coming to Term] offers an important education about the science of miscarriage, and investigates all its facets-including the most personal, human pain. It's a book anyone who knows the agony of miscarriage, or is trying to understand what someone close to them is going through should take a look at. Coming to Term also highlights an area of medical research that gets nearly no attention. We are doing a disservice to moms and dads by downplaying and ignoring this painful subject."-New York Post "Jon Cohen has written a book that millions of couples have long needed. If you or a loved one has had a miscarriage, this book will help you overcome the fear, confusion, and grief that comes with the experience. In clear but sensitive prose, Cohen explores the murky biology of miscarriages, and reveals many surprising facts-including some that can be causes for hope."-Carl Zimmer, author of Soul Made Flesh.

After his wife lost four pregnancies, Jon Cohen set out to gather the most comprehensive and accurate information on miscarriage-a topic shrouded in myth, hype, and uncertainty. The result of his mission is a uniquely revealing and inspirational book for every woman who has lost at least one pregnancy-and for her partner, family, and close friends.

Approaching the topic from a reporter's perspective, Cohen takes us on an intriguing journey into the laboratories and clinics of researchers at the front, weaving together their cutting-edge findings with intimate portraits of a dozen families who have had difficulty bringing a baby to term.

Couples who seek medical help for miscarriage often encounter conflicting information about the causes of pregnancy loss and ways to prevent it. Cohen's investigation synthesizes the latest scientific findings and unearths some surprising facts. We learn, for example, that nearly seven out of ten women who have had three or more miscarriages can still carry a child to term without medical intervention. Cohen also scrutinizes the full array of treatments, showing readers how to distinguish promising new options from the useless or even dangerous ones.

Coming to Term is the first book to turn a journalistic spotlight on a subject that has remained largely in the shadows. With an unrelenting eye and the compassion that comes from personal experience, Jon Cohen offers a message that is both enlightening and unexpectedly hopeful.

Jon Cohen won the Science in Society Award from the National Association of Science Writers for his previous book, Shots in the Dark . He currently is a correspondent for Science and has written for the Atlantic Monthly, the New Yorker, the New York Times, and other publications.