Before Your Pregnancy : : a 90-Day Guide for Couples on how to Prepare for a Healthy Conception
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Includes index.
Introduction: Don't just conceive: preconceive! -- So, you want to have a baby -- Lifestyle habits: smoking, drinking drugs ... and caffeine? -- Your environment at home and at work --The preconception visit -- Gynecological and obstetrical factors that influence conception and delivery -- Ancestry and age: your baby's genetic legacy -- To your health: your immune system and other medical matters -- Conception-friendly medications and herbs -- What men can do -- Pre-pregnancy nutrition -- Vitamins, minerals, and supplements -- Using MyPyramid as a guide: ready to provide womb service? -- Tailoring your preconception diet to meet your needs -- Body weight, body image -- Getting in shape before you conceive -- Your preconception exercise prescription -- Romancing the egg -- Understanding infertility -- Epilogue: After you conceive.
A resource designed to help couples prepare for pregnancy addresses a wide range of men's and women's issues, discussing nutrition, fitness, medications, herbal remedies, and pre-existing medical conditions.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Ballantine Books, ©2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: xxii, 576 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780345518415
0345518411
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Mazzullo, Lisa.
Krug, Allison.
SUBJECTS
Conception.
Pregnancy.
Fertility, Human.