Healthy Parents, Healthy Baby: A Guide to Conception & Pregnancy

A simple, straightforward guide to assisting conception and enjoying a healthy pregnancy, from an author with more than 40 years' experience in healthcare.

Explaining the ways in which physical and mental health of children depend upon the parents' efforts before conception, this guide offers a preconception program to maximize fertility, as well as essential information for a natural, uncomplicated, full-term pregnancy.

Readers will find easy tips to improve diet, lifestyle, and environment; the truth about toxins in the home and workplace, and quick, nutritious recipes for prospective parents and mothers-to-be.

There are also tips on reducing stress, choosing an exercise program, quitting unhealthy habits, and deciding whether to consult a professional for help in conceiving. Includes metric measures.