The new comprehensive guide to healthy conception, pregnancy, and postpartum that every woman over thirty must read. More and more women are choosing to have children later in life, but since fertility declines starting at age thirty, many moms-to-be face conception and pregnancy with fear, uncertainty, and anxiety. Women thirty and older who wish to conceive naturally are often told it is a "bit too late" for easy conception, or they are forced to...

Most people have heard of post-partum depression. What many people do not know is that anxiety and depression can be experienced during pregnancy, as well, and the impact can be both debilitating and devastating. This book is a unique combination of one woman's story of her struggle with perinatal distress and actionable advice from a professional in the field. Rebecca Fox Starr shares her personal story of marriage, motherhood, prenatal anxiety and...

Nurse Barb provides readers with a comprehensive guide to the changes, challenges, and joys that are in store for them, as well as a guide to preparing for baby's arrival. A joyful, healthy pregnancy can be just a read away.

This useful book gives sound, straightforward advice about prenatal care, analyzing and diagnosing high-risk factors, and describing the tests, medications, and procedures necessary for a healthy pregnancy. The authors offer specific ways to cope with the rollercoaster of emotions and medical issues that arise during this process. Beginning with a general guide to successful conception, the book explains the risks and addresses the most pressing concerns....

Thankfully, pregnant women no longer have to disguise their condition or confine themselves to the home. They're free to do other things-like enjoy an active sex life. This no-nonsense guide helps mothers-to-be maintain intimacy through all three trimesters and beyond. Using the real-life experience of one author and the professional expertise of the other, it covers a wide range of issues regarding sex and pregnancy, including the unanswered, difficult,...

"It is the mind-body connection that will allow parents to fully experience and appreciate the emotional, physical, and spiritual beauty of childbirth. Better Birth will help guide parents through this journey of creation and destination to birth." Donna Karan Pregnancy should be a time of joy and celebration. But if you're not emotionally, physically, intellectually, and spiritually prepared for childbirth, it can also be a time of stress and anxiety....

5 Week Step by Step Guide to Experience an Empowered, Natural, Easy and Pain Free Birth. This course reveals the tools and knowledge you need to have a fulfilling birth, with little to no pain. All of these you can do in the comfort of your own home and at your own pace. The Hypnobirthing Home Study Course is a 5 week complete birth education course. You can be fully prepared for your best possible birth experience. There is no need to attend any...

The essential guide to caring for a preemie in the hospital, at home, and through the first years.

Banned From Baby Showers (aka Donna Ryan) began blogging about birth, breastfeeding, and parenting in 2008. Her posts remain relevant for parents of all ages and stages of this crazy journey and now come to life in the form of a book! Donna has big opinions on natural birth and attachment parenting. You noticed her caricature on the cover, right? Big hair, big hat, and a big mouth! She's been asked if she has a Texas-size opinion on all topics...

Flipping the Script on Infertility is a self-therapy immersion for women coming to whole and peaceful terms with their infertility or their challenging journey to motherhood. Dive deep with Kezia Okafor, mother and infertility warrior, counsellor and coach, as she takes you on a journey of understanding into what it means to be a mother and how this is key when we are striving to become mothers again or for the first time. Guiding us to become responsible...