Get Ready to Get Pregnant: Your Complete Prepregnancy Guide to Making a Smart and Healthy Baby

Get Ready to Get Pregnant: Your Complete Prepregnancy Guide to Making a Smart and Healthy Baby

by Michael C Lu
Get Ready to Get Pregnant: Your Complete Prepregnancy Guide to Making a Smart and Healthy Baby

Get Ready to Get Pregnant: Your Complete Prepregnancy Guide to Making a Smart and Healthy Baby

by Michael C Lu

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Overview

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 and healthier child.

Dr. Lu's plan explains how you can help prevent pregnancy complications such as gestational diabetes or preeclampsia, and minimize the likelihood of many childhood conditions, from asthma to autism. His expert advice includes:

  • Ten brain foods you should eat more
  • Ten toxic foods to avoid
  • Ten steps to strengthen your stress resilience
  • Ten steps to tune up your immune system
  • Ten steps to detoxify your environment
  • And much more!


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780061740305
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 04/21/2009
Edition description: Original
Pages: 352
Sales rank: 994,349
Product dimensions: 5.30(w) x 7.90(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Dr. Michael C. Lu is an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology and public health at UCLA. He is the director of the UCLA Preconception Care Clinic and has been voted one of the Best Doctors in America since 2005. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and their two smart and healthy girls.

What People are Saying About This

Laura E. Riley

“This is the book that patients and doctors have been waiting for. Dr. Lu has pulled together a huge amount of critical information to help families prepare for pregnancy.”

Linda Rosenstock

“Dr. Lu provides a smart, evidence-based approach to help would-be parents understand how the decisions they make before getting pregnant can have a lasting impact on their children’s lives.”

Alan Fleischman

“Dr. Lu’s pregnancy preparedness program is essential for every couple thinking about getting pregnant.”

Alan H. DeCherney

“This information is invaluable and a ‘must read’ for anyone planning to get pregnant in the 21st century.”

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