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The Fertility Diet: Groundbreaking Research Reveals Natural Ways to Boost Ovulation and Improve Your Chances of Getting Pregnant

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This book taught me that, contrary to what many of us have been led to believe, fats are not evil. We women of fertile years NEED fat. Not too much, of course, but having enough is essential to ensure our bodies are working properly. My husband and I had been trying, unsuccessfully, to get pregnant for quite some time. I considered myself a healthy eater who led a healthy lifestyle. I had been a follower of a "clean" diet (See Tosca Reno's Eat-Clean Diet books--great for staying trim, and I still recommend them to people to teach them to avoid processed foods), and I exercised regularly, being a personal trainer as well. Reading this book opened my eyes to the need to incorporate more fats into my diet in order to boost my fertility. I ate ice cream, I drank milk that wasn't skim, and I followed other aspects of this "fertility diet" in the hopes I would prove the doctors (including the fertility specialists) wrong, that we COULD and WOULD get pregnant on our own.

I was almost at my wit's end. Since I had begun tweaking my diet as the book suggested, my period had returned so I thought I was having cycles again. However, the "experts" still said pregnancy was nearly impossible since there was such a ridiculously slim chance I could be ovulating. The last statistic I was given was that I had a slim 4-5% chance of getting pregnant without an egg donor only if I was on hormone replacement therapy, but zero chance without. Meanwhile, I skipped yet another cycle. I thought it simply meant they were right, that I was going through menopause at the age of 28. This time, however, I was pregnant! I had been on the fertility diet for about 2 months, and now, almost a year later, I have a very healthy, beautiful, 4-month old baby girl. Not only that, but my cycles have been fairly regular since having her. Before pregnancy, I could expect to get maybe 4 or 5 periods a year. I have high hopes that not only has this book helped us have a child when we thought the only way for us to be parents was through adoption or an egg donor, but that we can get pregnant again when the time is right.

Let me add that I had never begun taking fertility drugs of any sort. Each doctor I saw just ran tests and then sent me to yet another specialist. The last doctor who handed me the last statistic was only looking at test results from two and a half months prior to me seeing him and was waiting to run his own tests. He was so sure of his diagnosis of premature ovarian failure that he failed to run a pregnancy test to rule out that possibility! Had he run another test to check my hormone levels, I wonder what he would have found (other than the pregnancy).

If you are trying unsuccessfully to get pregnant, you MUST read this book!

This book was an easy read and provided important nutrition and lifestyle information for women trying to become pregnant. The information seemed well-proven and effective. I put into practice some of the ideas immediately and found them easy to follow. I would highly recommend this book!

I am really enjoying reading this book. It is shares a lot of great medical facts but it is very easy to read and understand. I am not pregnant yet but I am hoping that by following some of the food and lifestyle changes that this book recommends to be pregnant soon. I like that it has food lists and and tells why that type of food is good for you. Great book.

This book was worhtless...Anyone suffering infertility for a while most likely already knows everything in this book....there were 3 meal plans not a whole section of menus and meal plans as described. The info was useless as well...As a lacto-ovo vegetarian there wasn't anything in this book that I haven't already been doing....for 8 years(with no results).....don't waste your money

I skimmed this book and I find it is GREAT book to go to during fertility questions for nutrition. Nothing in it was a shock = eat healthy, work out, drink water, eat fruits and vegetables. It is nice to have for now but if you can borrow from a friend or sit in a bookstore and read/take notes for the afternoon, then do that instead.

I love the book. During our long ttc journey I've learned to question everything and always keep researching! This book is full of usefull information that any couple trying to conceive without extreem measures first should try.

I really don't think this book is worth buying. There are much better fertility books out there (Infertility Cure, Taking Charge of Your Fertility, Making Babies). This book says not to eat coconut oil, but coconut oil is so good for you and a good fat. I didn't enjoy this book, personally; but it could be because I knew a lot of the info already.

This book is based around OVULATORY infertility. The diet is an excellent tool for women TTCing with ovulatory infertility. My husband and I are going to begin this diet next week, and I cannot wait to see how it goes!