The kind mama
Subtitle: a simple guide to supercharged fertility, a radiant pregnancy, a sweeter birth, and a healthier, more beautiful beginning
By: Alicia Silverstone ; photography by Amy Neunsinger
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9781623360405
Subjects: Nutrition; Nutritional aspects; Female Infertility; Pregnancy; Diet therapy; Psychological aspects; Infants; Childbirth
Description: "The bestselling author of The Kind Diet offers natural solutions for a healthier and more vibrant approach to new motherhood. When did making babies get to be so hard? Infertility is on the rise globally, affecting as many as one in six couples. But instead of considering diet and lifestyle factors, doctors pump their patients full of expensive and invasive fertility treatments. Once pregnant, women just accept that carrying a baby will be the gassy, swollen, irritable, sleepless nightmare that has become the new normal--and then assume that new motherhood will be just as challenging, from breastfeeding woes to screaming fits. It doesn't have to be that way. In The Kind Mama, Alicia Silverstone has created a comprehensive and practical guide empowering women to take charge of their fertility, pregnancy, and first 6 months with baby. Drawing on her own experience, as well as that of obstetricians, midwives, nutritionists, holistic health counselors, and others, Silverstone offers advice on getting one's "baby house" in order through nutrient-rocking foods that heal and nourish, and, once pregnant, gentle ways to boost comfort, energy, and health during each trimester. She helps readers navigate everything from prenatal testing and birth plans to successful breastfeeding and creating a supportive "baby nest." The result is an authoritative, one-stop guide that empowers women to trust their instincts during this vital milestone, while helping them embark on a healthy and more vibrant path to motherhood"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 332-342) and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / by Jay Gordon, MD; title: Introduction: I promise there's a better way; title: Preparing your baby house: getting your body ready for a beautiful pregnancy and birth; title: I'm pregnant! Now what? A trimester-by-trimester guide; title: Welcoming baby: lying-in and creating a space to heal; title: Raising baby: the first 6 months and beyond.