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

This book is very comprehesive, well-organized, and easy to read. It reinforced many things I knew - but whenever I thought of a question, all I had to do was open the book for an answer. I would, of course, suggest meeting with your doctor to talk about your family planning - but this book is a great supplement to your doctor's recommendations. 4 months later - we are expecting!

I purchased this book 6 months ago and now am one month pregnant! This was like my bible! Anytime I had questions, I referred to it. Definitely the best of its kind out there!

My husband and I bought this book a few months ago when we were getting ready to start trying to conceive, and we found it very informative without being too dry. It not only tells you what to do to start preparing (mentally and physically), but it tells you why. A really thorough look at vitamins and nutrition was my favorite part, along with a nice set of exercises that I should be doing more often now that we've conceived (!). This book gives you way more than the standard "quit drinking and smoking", although of course that advice is there too. Highly recommended.

I am usually too lazy to bother to type reviews. However, I HAD to write on on this book. If you are like me in that you want from a pre-pregnancy/pregnancy book:

- thoroughness
- inclusiveness
- reliability
- readibility

then you will not be disppointed by this book. I bought this first, before I conceived, to make sure that I was doing all I could/ should to prepare my body for pregnancy. This book addressed the whols range of issues related to this, and in a very clear, readable (lots of graphics to explain things) yet completely trustworthy manner. The authors have their credentials and this comes through clearly.

I have very high expectations of books, especially when they are on such an important topic as pregnancy. Up-to-date info. is mandatory--not optional--and this books has it.

After I became pregnant, I bought many other pregnancy books, but kept coming back to this one. The others are better for describing what is goig on month-by-month, etc., but NONE are better for medical info. For example, this is the only book I have found that breaks down herbs into 3 categories ("Safe During Pregnancy", "Herbs That Warrant Caution" and "Herbs to Avoid") and clasifies every major herb you are likely to encounter (in teas, body creams, etc.). They also describe common concerns/ probelms in a very user-friendly yet authoritative manner.

I can't say enough about this book. It is my pregnancy bible.

I am usually too lazy to bother to type reviews. However, I HAD to write on on this book. If you are like me in that you want from a pre-pregnancy/pregnancy book:

- thoroughness
- inclusiveness
- reliability
- readibility

then you will not be disppointed by this book. I bought this first, before I conceived, to make sure that I was doing all I could/ should to prepare my body for pregnancy. This book addressed the whole range of issues related to this, and in a very clear, readable (lots of graphics to explain things) yet extremely authoritative manner. The authors have their credentials and this comes through clearly.

I have very high expectations of books, especially when they are on such an important topic as pregnancy. Up-to-date info. is mandatory--not optional--and this books has it.

After I became pregnant, I bought many other pregnancy books, but kept coming back to this one. The others are better for describing what is going on month-by-month, etc., but NONE are better for general medical reference info. For example, this is the only book I have found that breaks down herbs into 3 categories ("Safe During Pregnancy", "Herbs That Warrant Caution" and "Herbs to Avoid") and clasifies every major herb you are likely to encounter (in teas, body creams, etc.). They also describe common concerns/ probelms in a very user-friendly yet authoritative manner, and told me all I needed to know about continuing to exercise safely throughout pregnancy. Plus the tone of the book is very positive, reassuring and upbeat.

I can't say enough about this book. It is my pregnancy bible.