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Preconception
What is Preconception Health Care?
You can make a difference to the physical emotional and mental
health of your baby. The long-term health of this new and
unique person as he or she grows from a tiny fertilized egg
to a fully grown adult human depends on a constant supply
of nutrients to provide the basic building blocks essential
for growth and development.
These same nutrients also improve fertility in the adult
woman, help conception to occur, help to prevent miscarriage
and create the environment for a healthy full-term pregnancy
and an easy trouble-free birth and breastfeeding experience.
How do I choose a good supplement?
The Natural Way to Better Babies is a helpful book
based on the research of Sydney-based naturopath and herbalist,
Francesca Naish, who has extensively studied the preconception
nutritional and environmental requirements for a healthy pregnancy
outcome. For the past 20 years Francesca and her associates
have worked with thousands of couples to help them prepare
for pregnancy and overcome infertility and other reproductive
problems. Many of these couples now have beautiful, bright
and healthy children as a result of following Francesca’s
comprehensive preconception and pregnancy programs.
Choose a range of preconception health care products especially
developed to meet the nutritional needs of both mother and
father prior to conception and of the mother and baby during
pregnancy. These supplements should provide the correct balance
and dosage of nutrients essential for the best possible health
of both parents to ensure optimum health of sperm and egg
at the time of conception. They can also be used during pregnancy
to supply nutrients to mother and child at therapeutic levels
which have been shown to be beneficial. Physiologically balanced
formulations are available. These contain all essential nutrients
to ensure adequate absorption, assimilation and utilization
and avoid high levels of one nutrient at the expense of another.
They also provide nutrient and herbal remedies to aid gentle
detoxification from harmful chemicals and heavy metals.
Seek the advice of your health care practitioner to choose
preconception health care products that have been designed
as a complete program, providing essential nutrition in the
correct balance.
Do supplements interfere with IVF or GIFT?
For couples undergoing assisted reproduction, vitamins, minerals
and essential fatty acids can be used safely with your program.
For information regarding supplements for use as part of
a preconception health care plan, contact your health care
practitioner, or read:
- The Natural Way to Better Babies—Preconception Health
Care for Prospective Parents, Francesca Naish & Janette
Roberts, Random House, Australia, 1996
- The Natural Way to a Better Pregnancy, Francesca Naish
& Janette Roberts, Doubleday, Australia 1999
- The Natural Way to Better Birth and Bonding, Francesca
Naish & Janette Roberts, Doubleday, Australia, 2000
- Natural Fertility, Francesca Naish, Sally Milner Publishing,
Australia, 1991
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