Before Your Pregnancy: A 90 Day Guide for Couples on How to Prepare for a Healthy Conception

I read this book well in advance of "trying" to get pregnant. It's a very good overall book for nutrition, exercise and the reproductive system. It tells you what to do and what to avoid at least 90 days before trying to conceive. Highly recommended

I think this book was written in a very conservative and clinical manner. Realisticly, life is not that serious. It would have been helful to read a more humorous, yet realistic approach to preparing for pregnancy.

I have read many books in regard to preconception and this one seems to cover it all...in details. It is written by knowledgeble doctors and I really trust their advice like my own doctor's. It answered ALL my questions and even mentioned things I didn't even think of asking. If I had to recommend only one pre-pregnancy book, that would be this one and yet, I believe I have read them all (about a dozen). It is consistent with the other books but it goes in much deeper. Very precise and that's how it should be. Thanks for your help Dr. Ogle!

I found this book to be a good read at first. As I read more, I came upon the food pyramid and was referred to a later chapter. Disappointingly, I found separate food pyramids for Asian-Americans, Mexican-Americans, and African-Americans. I was shocked to read some of the content of the food pyramids and found it to be extremely offensive and prejudice. Lumping an entire race into a different "food consumption" category is unbelievable and very untruthful. For this reason alone, I stopped reading the book halfway through. The book has a copyright date of 2002, which makes the food separate food pyramids even more appalling.

I have found more helpful information for soon to be pregnant women on Internet searches, especially in terms of nutrition and fitness. I expected much more from this book in relation to preparing emotionally and actually evaluating if you are really ready to embark on the new journey we call "motherhood."

This book isn't for people who are trying to conceive. For those who are preparing to do it in the future it offers good information on diet and environmental hazards. Use it for what it is and it is useful. If you are trying to conceive this book isn't for you.