Getting Pregnant: What Couples Need To Know Right Now

Whether you are young and fertile, over forty and having trouble conceiving, or anywhere in between, here is the best resource to help you get pregnant.

The only must-have fertility book, Getting Pregnant, completely revised and updated, not only addresses the needs of those who cannot conceive but serves as the ultimate guide for anyone planning to have a baby, now or in the future. Addressing the newest, state-of-the-art medical treatments for infertility, Getting Pregnant gives you all the latest news on:

-eight brand-new fertility drugs
-donor eggs and donor sperm
-a new 15-minute in-office surgery that can double conception odds
-breakthrough technologies for preventing chronic miscarriage
-how both sex and lifestyle factors affect fertility, including the "Nine to Five" guide for protecting your reproductive health on the job

Getting Pregnant also provides a wealth of practical information about the exercises, foods, and supplements that encourage a faster, healthier conception, as well as brand-new, all-natural techniques that influence the gender of your child. You'll also find a helpful six-month personal pregnancy planner that addresses all of your pre-conception health and medical needs.

Don't miss the new chapters that focus on protecting, increasing, and extending fertility, while new frontiers in both the treatment of male fertility and the science of motherhood are explored.

Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, and educated throughout the capitols of Europe as an obstetrician/gynecologist and fertility expert, Dr. Niels Lauersen has dedicated more than four decades to treating and educating women about their health, in both US and abroad. He is the author of over 100 medical papers published in journals worldwide and he is the founder of The New York Medical Society for Reproductive Medicine. Dr. Lauersen is the author of eight books on women's health including his groundbreaking gynecology guide It's Your Body and his international bestselling guide to fertility Getting Pregnant: What You Need to Know. Dr. Lauersen is also the medical director of GettingPregnantNow.org, the premier online site for pregnancy and fertility information.

Coauthor of the bestselling Getting Pregnant, Colette Bouchez is the former senior medical writer for the New York Daily News. Her award-winning work has been honored by the American Cancer Society, The Medill School of journalism, and the American College of dermatology. Her reporting on women's health care issues has received an Emmy award.