Three informative books that may help you have a baby
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When searching for informative books to help you conceive, there can be so many books from which to choose. A sense of being overwhelmed quickly sets in. You don’t have to fall down an internet rabbit hole – I did a little research for you. I read a lot and have an extensive collection of informative texts on infertility. Consider these three texts as excellent resources for your library.
Planting the Seeds of Pregnancy: An Integrative Approach to Fertility Care
Integrative fertility care is central to Rosefinch Health, which is why I recommend this book. A collaboration by fertility acupuncturist Stephanie Gianarelli, LAc, FABORM, and fertility doctor, Lora Shahine MD, FACOG, Planting the Seeds of Pregnancy is like a collegial conversation between experts. They describe how they use their respective expertise to support patients. Full disclosure, I know these two authors in real life and am huge fans of their work, advocacy, and excellence. There are several books on infertility and East Asian medicine. The book is an excellent, accurate, and practical handbook that is also a quick read. It concisely outlines tangible steps patients can take to prepare for pregnancy when trying naturally or when going through conventional reproductive medical interventions like in vitro fertilization. They also describe how to successfully integrate acupuncture and East Asian Medicine into your fertility treatments with case examples from their practices. If you don’t have a lot of time and want some quality information and pragmatic advice on lifestyle, diet, toxin risk reduction, and potentially improving your chances of having a baby, Planting the Seeds of Pregnancy is an excellent text.
It Starts with the Egg
Egg quality is a vital factor to successful fertilization, implantation, and subsequent full-term pregnancy. Can you improve it? While you cannot increase the number of eggs, this popular book by Rebecca Fett, now in its second edition, It Starts with the Egg, empowers the reader with ways to reduce the impact of aging, poor diet, and a less than healthy lifestyle on egg quality. She takes a deep dive into reproductive physiology without alienating a reader with excessive jargon. This book covers a lot of ground on toxins that harm fertility, supplements to support egg health, fertility-friendly dietary suggestions, and even ways to address sperm quality. Fett made wading into the research science approachable, and even enjoyable, reading.
Not Broken: An Approachable Guide to Miscarriage and Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
I highly recommend this third book if you are one of every four who have had a miscarriage at some point in your attempts to build your family. Because miscarriage is sadly a prevalent occurrence, I wanted to include this book, Not Broken, by Lora Shahine MD. Yes, this is the second recommendation to include this author. In addition to her collaborations with integrative medicine, Dr. Shahine is a fertility doctor who is also a nationally recognized expert on miscarriage and recurrent pregnancy loss. I am recommending this book for two reasons. First, Dr. Shahine is a compassionate writer who explains what we know about miscarriage and what can you can do to reduce your risk. Second, the book is another quick read but chock full of expert advice aimed at supporting eggs, womb, or sperm through modifications to diet and lifestyle. She also spends some time discussing common reproductive toxins encountered in our daily lives and how to reduce your exposures.
Three books stacked upon one another on a wooden table.