Authors: Heidi Murkoff, Sharon Mazel, Sharon Mazel
ISBN-13: 9780761152767, ISBN-10: 0761152768
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company, Inc.
Date Published: May 2009
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Heidi Murkoff is the author of the What to Expect® series and author of Eating Well When You're Expecting, The What to Expect Pregnancy Journal & Organizer, What to Expect the First Year, The What to Expect Baby-Sitter's Handbook, and the What to Expect Kids series from HarperCollins. Her interactive website is www.whattoexpect.com, and she lives with her family in Los Angeles, California.
Expecting to Expect? Plan Ahead.
Everything you need to know before you’re expecting to help you prepare for the healthiest possible pregnancy and the healthiest possible baby. Filled with practical tips, empathetic advice, and savvy strategies all designed to help you get that baby of your dreams on board faster. How to get your bodies into tip-top baby-making shape. Which foods feed fertility. Which lifestyle habits to quit and which to cultivate. How to have sex for conception success (from timing to positions to logistics). And when to seek fertility help. There’s even a fertility planner to help you keep track of your conception adventure.
Answers to all your baby-making questions:
Pregnancy guru Murkoff (What to Expect When You're Expecting) explains that a healthy pregnancy actually begins long before sperm and egg meet. In fact, she suggests that couples add at least three months to the requisite nine in order to prepare both their bodies for the best outcome. Backed by research and expert advice, Murkoff and Mazel present a preconception program that includes tips on what to eat (and not eat), how to maintain a healthy weight and advice about preconception medical care, such as having a physical and dental checkup. The text points out that dads are vitally important to pre-pregnancy health, with warnings that heavy drinking and smoking can damage or reduce sperm, as can certain sports such as spinning, cycling or heavy workouts. (Shaded boxes throughout the text address the ways in which men can contribute to baby-to-be's successful arrival.) The text also covers fertility issues, clearly explaining "the biology of baby making" and outlining the options available to couples who are facing conception problems. Readers who like to think ahead will also benefit from a detailed fertility planner, which includes a fertility chart to track ovulation and space to record various pre-baby appointments and information. Couples who are trying to conceive will find plenty of useful ideas to consider and implement in the months preceding their baby's debut. (May)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.Acknowledgments iv
Foreword Charles J. Lockwood vi
Introduction: What Can You Expect Before You're Expecting viii
Part 1 Getting Ready to Make a Baby
Chapter 1 Prepping Before You're Expecting 2
Chapter 2 Weighing In Before You're Expecting 36
Chapter 3 Eating Well Before You're Expecting 49
Part 2 Making a Baby
Chapter 4 The Biology of Baby Making 72
Chapter 5 Predicting Ovulation 84
Chapter 6 Figuring Out Your Fertility 94
Chapter 7 Getting Busy Making a Baby 100
Chapter 8 Are You Pregnant? 124
Part 3 Bumps on the Road to Baby
Chapter 9 Challenges to Fertility 138
Chapter 10 When You Need a Little Help 151
Chapter 11 Beginning Again After a Loss 178
Part 4 Keeping Track
Chapter 12 Your Fertility Planner 194
TTC Glossary 254
Your TTC Journal 256
Index 263