Fertility, Hormone and Reproductive Health Book Recommendations
Fertility Health is about more than just making a baby. Whether you are coming off hormonal birth control for health reasons, trying to balance hormones naturally, or just understand your body more, the following books are great resources for preconception, improving egg quality, balancing hormones pre and postpartum, and overall beneficial especially when coming off hormonal birth control.
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My Awakening is a memoir and pregnancy guide and was a labor of love that I created to share my journey to motherhood and lessons learned. In this book I share over 25 lessons learned and guiding principles to prepare your mind, body, and soul for pregnancy, birth, and motherhood including:
Guidance on how to find the right practitioners or medical support to manage your individual health needs
How to overcome your genetics or family history of fertility challenges by focusing on what is in your control
How to use your menstrual cycle as a sign of your overall health and feel empowered by the knowledge of your fertility health
The importance of nutrition and gut health to help build nutrient stores prior to pregnancy
How to prepare an external and internal environment that will support a healthier pregnancy and healthier baby
The importance of stress management, mind-body practices, and self-care to help your body feel safe and ready to conceive
While there are no guarantees when it comes to pregnancy, why wait to see if you’ll have trouble conceiving when you can take matter into your own hands to improve your chances of pregnancy and minimize your chances of complications and miscarriage.
Even if you don’t have autoimmunity or are already pregnant, this book includes numerous gems on having a positive mindset for birth and motherhood as well.
Fifth Vital Sign is a book everyone should read to understand the value our monthly cycles can provide us about our overall health and how to improve it!
It Starts With The Egg is all about improving the health of your eggs. This would be a good book for anyone looking to conceive in the next 3-4 months, or who has previously struggled to conceive. This would also benefit couples looking into fertility treatment to improve chances of IUI or IVF working.
Whether you are trying to conceive, thinking about trying to conceive, or already pregnant Real Food For Pregnancy is MUST read for anyone interested in nourishing their body with nutrient dense foods!
Taking Charge of Your Fertility is a great book to learn more about hormones and cycle tracking no matter what stage of life you are in! From adolescence to menopause this is a must have for your bookshelf.
Feed Your Fertility is a great book that incorporates both food and holistic lifestyle suggestions from a Chinese Medicine Perspective.
The Better Baby Book covers it all from diet, to lifestyle, suggested supplements, and how to properly detox prior to conception. I’m still making my way through this one.
