Natural Conception and Pregnancy - Hardcover

Having a baby can be a daunting experience. This guide to conception and pregnancy using safe, natural therapies to complement conventional health advice covers: preparing for pregnancy, nutrition for conception and fertility problems, as well as the actual pregnancy and birth, plus an extended chapter on you and your new baby up to the first six weeks. It is packed with detailed features on which natural therapies to use at which stage. Each section includes emotional matters and is punctuated with common questions and answers, including an A-Z of familiar problems with the relevant complementary therapies to help deal with them. The last part of the guide is a complementary reference, with explanations of all the suitable therapies available from aromatherapy and homeopathy to reflexology and meditation. This exhaustive reference on everything the modern parent needs to know reflects our contemporary concerns with its mix of mainstream knowledge supported by sensitive, natural wisdom.

Anne Charlish is a highly experienced medical and health writer and broadcaster. Her 40 published books include several prominent titles in this subject area. She was the 1993 joint winner of the Medical Journalists' Association Pain Relief Award for her book The Complete Arthritis Handbook (Carnell, 1993). She also contributes to magazines such as Babies, Inside the Human Body, Essentials, She and Take a Break.