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What to Expect Before You're Expecting By Heidi Murkoff
By Rita Cook

From the author of the already successful "What to Expect" pregnancy and parenting books with over 31 million copies in print, now it's time to consider what to expect before you're expecting. What do you need to do? With many months often going into the preconception period for couples hoping to conceive, "What to Expect Before You're Expecting" is all about what medical experts encourage as vital to the conception of a healthy baby.

Have you always been told there are certain body types that conceive better than others? Not so, but weight on both him and her does make a difference.

Are there foods that can help you get pregnant? You bet, a healthy, balanced diet is always the best option.

If you are looking for a step-by-step, all-in-one, preconception plan then look no further than opening this book. Indeed, from planning and prepping to baby-making how-tos to just a little preconception information that can really make the difference, Murkoff is your one stop shop for information even discussing fast-track fertility so you can breathe a little easier during the journey.

If you always wanted just the right advice compiled in one place consider this book with its tips, information and even strategies that are as diverse as explaining specific baby-friendly foods you should be eating (think yams) to the foods that won't help you conceive like saturated fat. What kind of lifestyle tweaks do you need to make, Murkoff suggests stop drinking alcohol and cut the caffeine as well as the sushi when you do get pregnant. Keep in mind too that a healthy weight always makes a big difference.

Read about when you're ovulating for the perfect timing for baby making as well as conception facts and fiction. Truth, for example is that it really can take up to 12 months for the average couple to make a baby and no the position does not really matter.

Learn how to keep sex sexy even when it has to be planned and forget about sperm-killing lubricants and underwater romance. In the long run too you might just consider fertility treatments so read Murkoff's details about Clomid or IVF and find out when that should become an option.

Indeed, considering the fact that being pregnant is a nine month timetable, Murkoff asks you to consider as well that before your conceive you're looking at an even longer time commitment. She notes that according to experts from the Center for Disease Control, The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American College of Pediatrics that the baby making ninth month timetable might not really stand up to the truth as the traditional nine-month figure is now being challenged by a surprising new suggestion; It's time to add more months to pregnancy. Good news is that Murkoff quickly points out that the additional three months that have been added or all about getting ready for the nine months when you are pregnant and again, this is the book to tell you how to do it.

No matter if you are already trying to get pregnant, just thinking about it or somewhere in between it's time right now to begin to take this information to heart for a healthier pregnancy when the time does come. You want to give your baby the healthiest start in life possible and with "What to Expect Before You're Expecting" you can bet you will quickly learn how.

As Murkoff says of getting pregnant, "It takes two healthy bodies to make a healthy baby. Though moms do the heavy lifting once conception takes place, a dad's contribution to conception is just as important as a mom's."

Indeed, it might just be true that what you don't know can hurt you and your baby so let Murkoff start you off right, right now.

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