Fertility and Conception: The Future Parents' Essential Guide to Ensuring Fertility and Conceiving a Healthy Baby - Softcover

Trewinnard, Karen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1903258634 ISBN 13: 9781903258637

Publisher: Carroll & Brown Publishers Limited, 2003

Synopsis

A common sense guide for a successful pregnancy.

Giving a baby the best start in life takes planning. Even before conception, it is absolutely essential to plan for a healthy pregnancy.

Fertility and Conception presents straightforward information and advice for couples and individuals planning a pregnancy. The book covers such crucial topics as:

• Maximizing the chances of becoming pregnant
• Reproductive health issues for women and men
• The natural way of boosting fertility and preparing for pregnancy
• How to interpret the body's fertility signals
• The effects of diet and stress on conception and pregnancy
• Deciding when and how to stop or change contraception

Fertility and Conception offers practical tips and professional advice. Abundant illustrations and easy-to-read text explain the wonders of reproductive biology, every aspect of conception and pregnancy, and the latest medical technology.

This book meets the need of couples and individuals who do not want to leave their baby's health entirely in the hands of fate.

About this title

Synopsis

You may be lucky and conceive at your first try but human fertility is relatively inefficient and there is no guarantee you'll succeed even after lots of attempts. Having a baby and ensuring that he or she has the best start in life requires careful planning, which needs to start well in advance of conception. Fertility & Conception tells future parents everything they need to know and do in order to embark on the great adventure of pregnancy and parenthood. It contains all the latest information on every facet of preconception care, as well as showing you how conception works, how to interpret your fertility signals to increase your chances of getting pregnant, and the best ways to safeguard your reproductive health throughout your life. It also offers up-to-date advice and self-help tips on diet, vitamins, exercise, and lifestyle and, finally, counsels on what to do if pregnancy isn't happening as one in six couples seek specialist help. With its comprehensive coverage and friendly approach, Fertility & Conception is an invaluable resource for anyone planning a family.

- Everything you need to know to maximize your chances of getting pregnant - Up-to-date advice on managing contraception and other lifestyle factors (diet, general health, fitness, smoking...) that may affect your fertility - Choice of conventional and more natural therapies for boosting fertility and overcoming problems - Includes an action plan for future parents to follow during the three months prior to conception - Special features include: looking ahead to pregnancy, tips and hints, case studies, discussion points for talking through sensitive issues with your partner - Infertility treatments explained - Sensitively written by an expert in natural family planning methods

About the Author

Karen Trewinnard, MD, BM,MFFP, is a mother or four and a physician with 24 years of experience specializing in fertility awareness and preconception planning. She broadcasts regularly on radio and is the author of Woman Alive Family Health Guide as well as many articles on preconception.

Edition details

• Publisher: Carroll & Brown Publishers Limited
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1903258634
• ISBN 13: 9781903258637
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192