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Get Ready to Get Pregnant: Your Complete Prepregnancy Guide to Making a Smart and Healthy Baby
Doctors and researchers are increasingly learning that by the time a woman gets pregnant, she may have already missed a critical window of opportunity to give her baby the best start in life. In this friendly and authoritative guide, Dr. Michael C. Lu, an expert in the field, offers a step-by-step prepregnancy plan that will help you have a safer pregnancy and a smarter a
...morePaperback, 340 pages
Published
April 21st 2009
by Harper Paperbacks
(first published 2009)
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In comparison to What to Expect Before You're Expecting this one is VERY biased. Too much of the authors personal opinions on "how" baby should be prepared for and not enough of "these are your options, go ahead and choose what's best for you". Still had some good information, but I just feel like it wasn't as well rounded.
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It's ok. There were a few tips that we weren't aware of (like the benefit of olive oil over vegetable oil, or the suspected risk of parabens), but otherwise there wasn't much that was particularly helpful. One chapter includes a long list of chemicals to avoid, but without a layperson's translation of what kinds of materials or locations could harbor such dangerous substances. Overall, most tips were pretty standard for health maintenance (no smoking, regular exercise, stress-control, etc). I'd ...more
One of the few books on the market about preparing BEFORE you are pregnant. The intent is in the right place, but this comes across as an inundation of information. One walks away feeling overwhelmed (perhaps, rightly so) by the number of chemical exposures, etc. There is so much information that it is basically impossible to comply with all the advice. The nutrition chapters were helpful and could stand alone.
It's more of a "this is a good environment if your thinking about getting pregnant" I appreciated it for the perspective and the 100 questions to see if you're ready. I thought it over emphasized the "organic" side of things.
A great resource for thinking about ways to prepare your body and lifestyle for pregnancy in the year/months prior to becoming pregnant.
This author is pretty hardcore about the lifestyle changes he thinks you should make. His advice is sound, I'm sure, but also an ideal - most of us can't live in such a neurotic fashion for so long. We all want our babies to be smart and healthy, but it's also important to relax and listen to your body. Read it so you have the info, but don't obsess.
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