Getting Pregnant: How to Improve Your Chances of a Healthy Conception

Getting Pregnant: How to Improve Your Chances of a Healthy Conception

by Anne Charlish (Author)

Synopsis

This book is a guide to help couples planning a pregnancy and for those who have been trying but have so far been unsuccessful. In "Getting Pregnant", the author unravels the issues surrounding fertility and conception. The reproductive system is clearly explained, as are the medical factors that may affect the likelihood of you getting pregnant. The text also offers practical yet simple methods to help improve your lifestyle and suggestions for dietry changes will help ensure that you have the optimum chance of conception. Alternative remedies are also explored to keep a healthy body and mind. The text looks at what happens to your feelings, your relationship and your body when conception is delayed, and suggests ways of coping with this. A range of alternative actions - both medical and non-medical - are outlined to complement the conventional methods.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
Edition: 01
Publisher: Mitchell Beazley
Published: 14 Feb 2002

ISBN 10: 1840004622
ISBN 13: 9781840004625

Author Bio
Anne Charlish is a medical and health writer and also a broadcaster. She has written numerous books including Your Natural Baby: Complementary Therapies for the First Three Months; Your Natural Pregnancy: A Guide to Complementary Therapies, and Birth-Tech: Tests and Technology in Pregnancy and Birth. She was also the 1993 joint winner of the Medical Journalists' Association Pain Relief Award for her book The Complete Arthritis Handbook.Anne is a regular contributor to magazines such as Essentials, SHE and Babies. She lives in Sussex Donald Gibb is an independent consultant obstetrician at The Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth and The Portland Hospital, London. His practice ranges from high-risk pregnancy to natural birth. He regularly writes and lectures on childbirth for specialists as well as the public. He lives in London.