Fertility and Conception: The Essential Guide to Maximizing Your Fertility and Conceiving a Healthy Baby [Hardcover]

Dr. Karen Trewinnard (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 12, 1999

Ensuring that your baby has the best start in life requires careful planning, which needs to start well in advance of conception. In this remarkable guide for both mothers- and fathers-to-be, Karen Trewinnard, M.D., gives all the information needed to conceive and ensure a healthy pregnancy, including:
-- The most recent advice on all nutrition, fitness, lifestyle, and environmental factors that may affect reproductive health -- and what to do about them
-- When and how to stop or change your contraception
-- Natural approaches to boosting fertility and overcoming any problems with conception
-- Practical tips and hints as well as special action plan to follow in the three months prior to conception
-- The sensitive issues to discuss with your partner, with real-life accounts from future parents and special features that look ahead to pregnancy

Editorial Reviews

Review

Practical tips and advice... topics including when and how to stop contraception, natural ways to boost fertility... interpret fertility signals. (Erie Time-News )

A book I would recommend for all women of reproductive years who have yet to complete their childbearing. (Journal of the National Medical Association ) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Karen Trewinnard, M.D., has developed an expertise in prepregnancy counseling in her 14 years' experience working in family planning clinics. The author of The Woman Alive Family Health Guide, she now runs a preconception planning clinic and lectures widely on preconception health. A regular contributor to many trade and consumer magazines, she lives in Southampton, England.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Golden Books Adult Publishing (June 12, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1582380163
• ISBN-13: 978-1582380162
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,253,179 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exactly what I was looking for, August 14, 2007

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C. Anthony (Dublin, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fertility and Conception: The Essential Guide to Boosting Your Fertility and Conceiving a Healthy Baby -- From Learning Your Fertility Signals to Adopting a Healthier Lifestyle (Paperback)

Without anybody or anything to guide me I came across this book and went to see it in person before I bought it. Not only did the colorful pictures illustrate ideas and concepts nicely, but the layout of the book makes this an easy read. I couldn't put it down! I found myself amazed at all the things I learned about the female body. Oh, I can't forget the male body too, that's just as important. One side note, the book talks about possible complications during pregnancy and since I already have high blood pressure, I started to get a little anxiety reading the part about pre eclampsia, a condition you can have during pregnancy (high blood pressure). So when you read this part, just take it with a grain of salt. Otherwise, the book is great and gives you much knowledge on how to conceive, the best time, how to chart it out, etc. This book went beyond my expectations. I'm glad I read it now since I can take some of the advice and become healthy now for our unborn child. I would recommend it to anybody thinking about trying to have a baby.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly Thorough!, May 17, 2007

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M. Rousseau (Heartland, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fertility and Conception: The Essential Guide to Maximizing Your Fertility and Conceiving a Healthy Baby (Hardcover)

I was really surprised at how much this book covers!!!
The food advice is invaluable- esp. in increasing Dad's fertility. I love how it also warned about the enviromental factors that lead to decreased fertility for both Mom/Dad-to-be. After reading this, I didn't let dh apply the pesticides/herbicides to our yard anymore.
The book isn't magic, but it sure can help.

Ascetically, it is very pleasing to touch and read, even though it is older now.

Recommend to anyone considering conceiving.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good information, March 2, 2006

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firetresses (Madison, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fertility and Conception: The Essential Guide to Maximizing Your Fertility and Conceiving a Healthy Baby (Hardcover)

This book has a lot of good info. It has a lot of straight to the point facts and numbers. If you worry a lot like me this book will give you good info but don't take the statistics to heart. It does cover a lot of areas of concern and things you wonder about when you and your partner are considering having a baby. Things to do things to not to and how to prepare your body for pregnancy.