Niels H Lauersen, Colette Bouchez

Getting Pregnant

What Couples Need to Know Right Now

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Produktbeschreibung

GETTING PREGNANT is the ultimate resource for every couple planning to have a baby, now or in the future. There is comprehensive coverage of state-of-art medical discoveries, including eight brand new fertility drugs; a fifteen-minute, in-office surgery that can restore fertility; breakthroughs in the prevention of miscarriages; sexual practices that increase the odds of conception; and safe methods for postponing childbearing. Fertility expert Niels Lauersen also provides a wealth of practical advice, from fitness activities that encourage or inhibit conception to a handy and helpful six-month personal pregnancy planner. New chapters focus on protecting, increasing, and extending fertility and explore new frontiers in the science of motherhood, providing valuable information and insights on: * The seven super fertility threats and how to avoid them * Foods that enhance fertility and safeguard a pregnancy * Natural ways to increase fertility with vitamins, minerals, and herbs * GIFT of life and other new technologies

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Atria Books
• Revised and Updated edition
• Seitenzahl: 592
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Mai 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 154mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 816g
• ISBN-13: 9780684864044
• ISBN-10: 0684864045
• Artikelnr.: 21590299

Autorenporträt

Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, and educated throughout the capitols of Europe as an obstetrician/gynecologist and fertility expert, Dr. Niels Lauersen has dedicated more than four decades to treating and educating women about their health, in both US and abroad. He is the author of over 100 medical papers published in journals worldwide and he is the founder of The New York Medical Society for Reproductive Medicine. Dr. Lauersen is the author of eight books on women's health including his groundbreaking gynecology guide It's Your Body and his international bestselling guide to fertility Getting Pregnant: What You Need to Know. Dr. Lauersen is also the medical director of GettingPregnantNow.org, the premier online site for pregnancy and fertility information.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
PREFACE:
Getting Pregnant in the New Millennium: Dear Mother-to-Be
INTRODUCTION:
The Really Good News About Getting Pregnant
Part I
New Discoveries: What Affects Fertility Most
CHAPTER ONE
HOW YOUR BODY WORKS: THE LATEST NEWS
The New Conception Chemistry The Hormones That Help You Get Pregnant
Getting Ready to Get Pregnant How Your Life Cycles Function Why You Get
a Menstrual Period How Your Personal Biology Affects Your Fertility n You
Can Prevent Infertility
CHAPTER TWO
SEVEN SUPER FERTILITY THREATS AND HOW TO AVOID THEM
Surgical Adhesions (Scar Tissue) Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Fibroid
Tumors Ovarian Cysts and PCOD PMS Abortions Ectopic Pregnancy A
Final Thought About Your Fertility
CHAPTER THREE
YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM AND YOUR FERTILITY: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
ENDOMETRIOSIS, THYROID DISORDER, AND MORE
The Secret Immune Disorder That Destroys Fertility Endometriosis,
Immunity, and Fertility A Final Thought
CHAPTER FOUR
FINALLY! THE TRUTH ABOUT MALE FERTILITY
Problem Within a Problem Understanding Male Fertility: What Every Woman
Needs to Know Seven Super Male Fertility Threats and How to Avoid Them
The Male Fertility Protection Exam A Final Word About Male Fertility
CHAPTER FIVE
SEX AND INFERTILITY: WHAT EVERY COUPLE NEEDS TO KNOW RIGHT NOW
STDs: What Are They? Who's at Risk? How STDs Are Spread How STDs Can
Affect a Woman's Fertility How STDs Can Affect a Man's Fertility An STD
Primer: The Most Common Sexually Transmitted Diseases and How to Treat Them
HIV, AIDS, and Your Fertility STDs: Are You at Risk A Final Word:
Safe Sex, Not Fearful Sex
CHAPTER SIX
YOUR FERTILITY FROM NINE TO FIVE: REPRODUCTIVE HAZARDS OF THE WORKPLACE AND
HOW TO AVOID THEM
The Workplace and Your Fertility The Reproductive Hazards: Who Is at
Risk n Computers and Your Fertility n Workplace Cautions Workplace
Fertility Protection Guide Seven Steps to a Safer Workplace You Are Not
Alone!
CHAPTER SEVEN
FERTILITY PROTECTION 2000: A COUPLE'S GUIDE TO A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE
The Lifestyle Fertility Quiz The Fertility Protection Update 2000
Drug Abuse and Your Fertility How Climate Affects Fertility The Time to
Protect Your Fertility Is Now!
Part II
The Fastest, Easiest Ways to a Safe, Natural Conception
CHAPTER EIGHT
THE PRE-CONCEPTION EXAM 2000: GETTING READY TO GET PREGNANT
How Pre-Conception Counseling Works The Personal Facts Your Doctor
Needs to Know The T.H.E. 2000 Physical Exam n The Newest Diagnostic Tests
Testing for Genetic Diseases The Final Evaluation Some Final Advice
CHAPTER NINE
BODY FAT, DIETING, AND FERTILITY: HOW YOUR WEIGHT AFFECTS CONCEPTION
Too Thin to Get Pregnant? How Your Body Fat Affects Your Fertility
Overweight and Infertile? The New Links n Finding Your Ideal Fertility
Weight Achieving Your Fertility Weight Goals Enhancing Your Fertility
CHAPTER TEN
FITNESS, STRESS, AND GETTING PREGNANT
The Body-Fat Connection Working Out: The Silent Dangers The Workouts
That Can Encourage Your Fertility How Yoga Can Help You Get Pregnant
Stress, Anxiety, and Infertility
CHAPTER ELEVEN
FERTILITY DIET 2000: THE FOODS THAT ENHANCE YOUR FERTILITY AND PROTECT YOUR
PREGNANCY
The Fertility Power Boost The Antifertility Foods Food Additives and
Fertility Caffeine and Infertility Vegetarian Diets and Your Fertility
A Food Strategy for Getting Pregnant Fertility Food Plan 2000
CHAPTER TWELVE
MOTHER NATURE'S BOUNTY: ALL-NATURAL WAYS TO INCREASE YOUR FERTILITY
The Vitamin You Need Most More Fertility Nutrients The Fertility
Vitamin-Mineral Support Guide The Fertility Plants The Herbal
"Cocktail" to Boost Fertility The Helpful Herbs That May Harm Fertility
All-Natural Male Fertility Boosters Taking the Natural Approach
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
MAKING LOVE AND MAKING BABIES: HOW TO GET PREGNANT FAST
Predicting Ovulation Love, Sex, and Getting Pregnant Sex and
Conception One Dozen New and Time-Tested Ways to Encourage Conception A
Final Word About Getting Pregnant
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
BOY OR GIRL...IS THERE A CHOICE? THE LATEST NEWS ABOUT GENDER SELECTION
How Gender Selection Works Tried and True: The Shettles Method of
Gender Selection Sex and Your Baby's Gender Do Opposites Attract? The
Whelan Method Eat Chocolate -- and Give Birth to a Baby Boy! The
Electricity of Love High-Tech Gender Selection Gender Selection
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
PREVENTING MISCARRIAGE: NOW YOU CAN!
Understanding Pregnancy Loss Your Immune System and Miscarriage Four
Powerful Immune Boosters to Save Your Pregnancy Men, Immunity, and
Pregnancy Preventing Pregnancy Loss Five Medical Breakthroughs That Can
Save Your Pregnancy Dry-Cleaning, Nail Polish Remover, and Miscarriage
Stress and Pregnancy Loss Exercise and Miscarriage Orgasm and Pregnancy
Loss How Water Beds Can Cause a Miscarriage The Skin Treatment That
Threatens Your Pregnancy Miscarriages and Men Twenty-One Super Easy
Ways to Decrease Your Risk of Miscarriage Before and After You Conceive
You Can Stop a Miscarriage Getting Pregnant Again
Part III
If You Don't Get Pregnant Right Away:
How Science Can Help
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
CAN I HAVE A BABY? HOW TO TELL
How to Test Your Own Fertility How Your Family History Can Predict Your
Fertility Take Charge of Your Fertility Your Basic Fertility Exam The
Fertility Blood Tests If You Don't Get a Period Reading Your Body
Signals The Postcoital Test for Fertility Rhythm Visualizing Your
Fertility Under the Microscope Looking Inside Your Body Underwater
Vision Where Do We Go from Here? Seeing a Fertility Expert
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
THE NEW FERTILITY SURGERIES: NATURAL CONCEPTION MADE FAST AND EASY
Can Fertility Surgery Help You? The Procedures -- and How They Can Help
The Nonsurgical Way to Save Your Fallopian Tubes The Fibroid Surgery
That Preserves Your Fertility The Surgery That Saves Your Fertility --
Even After Cancer If You Decide on Fertility Surgery Some Final Advice
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
WHEN HE'S THE REASON YOU CAN'T CONCEIVE: THE NEWEST TREATMENTS FOR MALE
INFERTILITY
Understanding Male Fertility Good Sperm - Bad Sperm The Male
Fertility Exam Can He Make a Baby ? How to Find Out Fast The Fertility
Blood Tests Hot Testicles and Infertility From Zero Sperm Count to
Fatherhood in Less Than Sixty Minutes When Sperm Can't Leave a Man's Body
Restoring His Sperm Flow The New Testicle Biopsy Zero Sperm Count --
and You Can Still Get Pregnant Love on Ice Restoring Male Fertility by
Reversing a Vasectomy Overcoming Impotence A Final Word
CHAPTER NINETEEN
SUPER OVULATION AND OTHER NEW WAYS TO A FASTER, EASIER CONCEPTION
Super Ovulation The Most Common Fertility Drugs and How They Work
Lupron and Other "Agonizing" Treatments That Help You Conceive Growth
Hormone Progesterone Are Fertility Drugs Safe? What You Need to Know
Fertility Drugs and You
CHAPTER TWENTY
THE NEW ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION: NOTHING ARTIFICIAL AT ALL
Can Artificial Insemination Help You? Not All Inseminations Are Alike
How Your Body Helps Your Partner's Sperm Getting Your Body Ready for
Insemination The Insemination Process Donor Sperm A Final Word About
Insemination
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
THE A.R.T. OF CONCEPTION: THE NEW IN VITRO FERTILIZATION AND HOW IT CAN
HELP YOU CONCEIVE
The A.R.T. of Conception How In Vitro Fertilization Works Preparing
Your Body for IVF Preparing Your Partner for IVF Making Your Baby
When Science Plays Mother Hen Giving Your Baby Back to You Confirming
Your Pregnancy Improving Your Pregnancy Rate The Natural Cycle Will
Your IVF Be Successful? Ensuring the Health of Your IVF Baby Improving
the Odds of Your IVF A Final Word
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
THE GIFT OF LIFE -- AND OTHER NEW TECHNOLOGIES
What Is the GIFT Procedure -- and What Makes It Special Increasing Your
Pregnancy Success Odds Natural Pregnancy After GIFT More Conception
Options ICSI Improving Your Pregnancy Odds Ensuring Your ICSI Baby
A Final Thought
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
THE SCIENCE OF MOTHERHOOD: DONOR EGGS, FROZEN EMBRYOS, AND MORE NEW WAYS TO
HAVE A BABY
Stopping Your Biological Clock Your Donor Pregnancy Selecting a Donor
Getting Pregnant Bonding to Your Donor Baby Egg Freezing Good Eggs
-- No Pregnancy More Pregnancy Options n The New Surrogacy Motherhood
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
THE MIDLIFE PREGNANCY: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
A Woman's Body You're Only as Old as Your Eggs Preserving Your Good
Health Your Fertility Exam Getting Pregnant IVF After Forty The
GIFT for Women Over Forty Increasing Your Pregnancy Odds Even More
Protecting Your Pregnancy Preventing Birth Defects The Older New Mom
Part IV
Your Personal Pregnancy Planner:
A Six-Month Guide to a Safe and Healthy Conception
PLANNING YOUR PREGNANCY STEP-BY-STEP
RESOURCES
INDEX