Getting Pregnant: What Couples Need to Know Right Now - Softcover

Lauersen M.D. Ph.D, Niels H.; Bouchez, Colette

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0449906671 ISBN 13: 9780449906675

Publisher: Fawcett Columbine New York, 1992

Synopsis

No matter how long you've waited, how often you've tried, or what you've been told in the past, remarkable advances in fertility research in just the past three years, make it possible for almost every couple who wants a baby to have one. Here is everything you need to know to increase your odds of a healthy pregnancy, with state-of-the-art medical discoveries, plus: six revolutionary lab techniques to aid conception; seven medical breakthroughs to prevent miscarriage, foods that may help, foods to avoid, and much more.

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From the Publisher

GETTING PREGNANT is the ultimate resource book for couples wanting to start a family. Authors Lauersen and Bouchez map out all the basics for improving your chances -- from basal thermometers to proper diet -- and add tips for improving your baby-making skills. They also explain fertility testing and provide hopeful information for couples who are having trouble with conception. I think it's the most reassuring guide around. And I know several couples who point to this book (especially the "Dozen Ways to Encourage Natural Conception" section as the one that helped get them pregnant.

Elisa Wares, Senior Editor

From Library Journal

Lauersen, a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology andauthor of five other books, and journalist Bouchez describe how thereproductive system functions and what can go wrong. Encouragingreaders to use this knowledge to maximum advantage in order to achievepregnancy, they focus less on new technologies than on the practicalchanges couples can make in their everyday lives to enhance thepossibility of conception and successful pregnancy. The authorsexplain the effects of stress, exercise, work, and drugs, both legaland illegal, on fertility. They also provide information on the linksbetween diet and conception, the prevention of miscarriage, and anutritional plan designed to enhance fertility. The final section,"Personal Pregnancy Planner," is a six-month guide designed to "helpyou have a faster, easier, most important, healthier conception whenyou want to." This book provides practical advice without promotinga particular method, as did A. Toth's The Fertility Solution ( LJ2/1/91). It covers much of the same ground but in far less detail thanSherman Silber's How To Get Pregnant with the New Technology ( LJ2/1/91). Recommended for popular medical collections.
- Jodith Janes, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fawcett Columbine New York
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0449906671
• ISBN 13: 9780449906675
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 346