The whole life fertility plan
Subtitle: understanding what affects your fertility to help you get pregnant when you want to
By: Kyra Phillips + Jamie Grifo, MD, PhD
Contributors: Grifo, Jamie
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9780373892969
Subjects: Alternative treatment; Conception; Infertility; Human Fertility; Pregnancy & Childbirth; Women's Health; HEALTH & FITNESS; Childbirth; Popular works
Description: "A proactive and comprehensive guide to help you understand and preserve your fertility options. Does stress affect your fertility? Should you be worried about chemicals in your lipstick? Should you avoid materials made with plastic? How does diet affect your chance of conception? Should you be eating only organic food? Does acupuncture increase your chances? How old is too old? In THE WHOLE LIFE FERTILITY PLAN, Kyra Phillips and Dr. Jamie Grifo answer all your pressing questions about fertility health-and address things you didn't even know to ask-whether you're planning to wait to have kids or are starting the process now. Phillips spent hers 20s and 30s building her career, and wasn't ready to start a family until she turned 40. She met with Dr. Grifo, the director at the renowned NYU Fertility Health Center, and after an uphill (but ultimately successful) battle on the road to conception, she learned that there were a number of things-simple things-she could have been doing differently over the years that would have made the process smoother. For too long, women have believed that when it came to their fertility, their bodies would cooperate when the time was right. But fertility is not unlike heart health; it's important to be proactive. As women are becoming increasingly aware of their fertility health and waiting longer to have children, they are starting to take control of their fertility long before they are ready to start trying. Whether you're in your 20s, 30s or 40s, and want to start a family now or down the line, don't leave it up to chance-educate yourself about what affects your fertility so that you can get pregnant when you want to. A proactive and comprehensive guide to help you understand and preserve your fertility options. Does stress affect your fertility? Should you be worried about chemicals in your lipstick? Should you avoid materials made with p"--

"A lifelong holistic guide for women to take control of their fertility"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface: Our stories (Jamie's story ; Kyra's story); title: Introduction: Fertility for life; title: Part one: Preserving your fertility (1. Baby, maybe ; 2. Sex and fertility ; 3. Contraceptives and abortions ; 4. Lifestyle differences for fertility ; 5. Medications and health conditions that can affect your fertility; title: 6. Don't drink that, put down that lipstick and change your shower curtain ; 7. Eat, drink, and be fertile ; 8. Preserving your eggs ; 9. BMI and fertility ; 10. Rumors, myths and truths about fertility ; 11. When you're ready to start trying).; title: Part two: Infertility (12. Going to a fertility clinic ; 13. Guys and infertility ; 14. I have to put that needle where? ; 15. Recent developments in fertility treatments); title: Afterword: Toward a new fertility mind-set.