YOU MAY FEEL A BIT OF PRESSURE

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You May Feel a Bit of Pressure: Observations from Infertility's Heart-Wrenching Ride tells the maddening, mysterious story of one woman's unexplained infertility through a spectrum of emotions that will be familiar to each of the millions of women fighting their way to motherhood. From Hope to Shame, Courage to Grief, Disappointment to Dread to Uncertainty, this book, with unflinching honesty, explores the many painful, palpable human truths at the heart of a most common experience we've only scratched the surface of understanding.

You May Feel a Bit of Pressure: Observations from Infertility's Heart-Wrenching Ride tells the maddening, mysterious story of one woman's unexplained infertility through a spectrum of emotions that will be familiar to each of the millions of women fighting their way to motherhood. From Hope to Shame, Courage to Grief, Disappointment to Dread to Uncertainty, this book, with unflinching honesty, explores the many painful, palpable human truths at the heart of a most common experience we've only scratched the surface of understanding.

Praise for YOU MAY FEEL A BIT OF PRESSURE

“An unsparing, intimate and deeply honest account of infertility. For all the women out there who feel alone in their struggles—this book is your lifeline.”

—Jessica Zucker, PhD, author of Normalize it: Upending the Silence, Stigma, and Shame That Shape Women's Lives and I Had a Miscarriage: A Memoir, a Movement

"This raw, honest, beautifully written memoir centers around Ryan’s singular pursuit of giving birth to a child, and how infertility—and the loss of trust in her body—upends her very beliefs about herself. You May Feel a Bit of Pressure is as sharply observed as it is moving, buoyed by humor and grace. It will stay with me for a very long time."

—Rae Meadows, author of Winterland

“You May Feel a Bit of Pressure is a raw, rare window into the deep pain and endless hope of infertility, a brave and honest examination of the excruciating journey to motherhood and the love that endures it all.”

—Taylor Hahn, author of A Home for the Holidays

“Amy Gallo Ryan’s You May Feel a Bit of Pressure is a gift to women—those going through fertility struggles as well as anyone who wants to understand more of the roller coaster that is womanhood. At times heart-wrenching, Ryan’s story is also reassuring, and her soothing voice offers a lovely dose of hope in a world where female viewpoints and experience do not often get their deserved air time. Honesty prevails—as do the nitty gritty details we all wonder about—in this heroic call to empathy.”

—Sarah Hoover, bestselling author of The Motherload

 

About AMY GALLO RYAN

Amy Gallo Ryan is a Brooklyn-based writer and former magazine editor whose work has appeared in Elle, Cosmopolitan, Self and Real Simple, among other publications. Her personal essays have been published on Motherwell, Literary Mama and MER Literary. You May Feel a Bit of Pressure, an infertility memoir-in-essays, is her first book.

 

  • Genre: Nonfiction (memoir)

    ISBN: 978-1-963115-58-1

    Publication Date: October, 21, 2025

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