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The Whole Pregnancy Handbook: An Obstetricians Guide to Integrating Conventional and Alternative Medicine Before, During, and After Pregnancy
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At last, everything you need to know about the latest in alternative and conventional healthcare before, during, and after pregnancyin one comprehensive, jargon-free guide.Whether you embrace the philosophy that mind, body, and spirit work together to promote good health or youre just looking for a way to have the healthiest, most comfortable pregnancy possible, The Whole Pregnancy Handbook has the information you need to make educated decisions and take charge of your prenatal care. The Whole Pregnancy Handbook features
Complementary treatments and techniques to improve your pre-conception health and fertility, such as nutritional medicine, mind-body medicine, acupuncture and herbal medicine
Comprehensive and compassionate information about genetic and prenatal testing
Techniques such as massage, accupressure, herbal medicine, and mind-body exercises to help you relax and feel more comfortable as your pregnancy progresses
A fully illustrated chapter on prenatal yoga with pose variations for all three trimesters.
How your pregnancy unfolds month by month and how you can connect with your baby while youre expecting
The best practices of doulas and midwives
The pros and cons of giving birth in a hospital, birthing center, or at home
Effective pain management for your laborfrom epidurals to hypnotherapy
Everything you need to know about inductions, assisted deliveries, and C-sections
What happens postpartumphysically and emotionally
Candid recollections and insights from other moms and patient stories from Dr. Evanss practice, The Center for Womens Health
The Whole Pregnancy Handbook is an informative and reassuring guide that will empower you to combine the best of conventional and alternative medicine with confidence at every stage of pregnancy.
On the web: http://www.wholepregnancy.com

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What the Experts Are Saying About The Whole Pregnancy Handbook:

This is by far the most comprehensive book available on becoming pregnant and carrying through to a healthy childbirth. Dr. Evans has left no topic uncovered, and his breadth and depth of knowledge is matched only by his unique ability to integrate high-tech medicine and natural-health approaches. Whether you are easily pregnant or struggling with fertility issues, this book will guide you gently and wisely through the whole process.

Martin L. Rossman, MD, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, author ofPreparing for ChildbirthandGuided Imagery for Self-Healing

The Whole Pregnancy Handbook is one of the best prenatal guides available. It presents pregnancy as a fulfilling, natural life process instead of a medical problem. This is integrative health care at its best.

Larry Dossey, MD, author ofHealing Beyond the Body,Reinventing Medicine,andHealing Words

Every OB/GYN and pregnant woman should use this book as their reference for all aspects of pregnancy. It is a comprehensive, well-researched, and easy-to-read book on everything one needs to know in order to have a healthy pregnancy. It is the ideal book for obstetricians to give to their pregnant patients as a reference guide ... it is an amazing body of work!

Judith Balk, MD, MPH, assistant professor, University of Pittsburgh, Magee-Womens Hospital

A tour de force! Everything the pregnant woman needs to know to optimize her health and the health of her baby. I especially like the stories of real patient experiences. Dr. Evans effective integration of conventional and natural medicine provides comprehensive, authoritative guidance.

Joe Pizzorno, MD, president emeritus, Bastyr University; coauthor of theEncyclopedia of Natural Medicine

We have needed The Whole Pregnancy Handbook for several years. The information surrounding how to optimize the outcome of pregnancy for the baby and mother has been exponentially growing the past decade. The problem has been making this information easily accessible. Dr. Evans, who is both board certified in obstetrics and gynecology as well as an expert in integrative medicine, has captured the latest information on how to improve the outcome of pregnancy and delivers this message in a manner that is readily applicable. On behalf of the many doctors and their patients who will find value in this book, I applaud Dr. Evans efforts.

Jeffrey Bland, PhD, chairman, Institute for Functional Medicine

I learned so much while skimming and skimming again through The Whole Pregnancy Handbook that Ill recommend it to pregnant women and health professionals as well.

Michel Odent, MD, author ofBirth RebornandThe Caesarean

The Whole Pregnancy Handbook is a wonderful gift for women. Dr. Evans has created a gold mine of informationpractical and comprehensive.

Leo Galland, MD, author ofSuperimmunity for Kids

This book is dedicated to my sons Jarad and Spencer who continually help me - photo 2

This book is dedicated to my sons, Jarad and Spencer, who continually help me to understand, on a deeply personal level, the true miracle of birth. My love and connection to them cannot be described. I thank you both for constantly reminding me that our future is in good hands.

--J. E.

Foreword

Whenever I have a question about pregnancy or childbirth, fertility or womens health, Dr. Joel Evans is the first one I call. Now I have a bookthis bookI can refer to and one that I can recommend to patients, friends, and colleagues.

Ive worked closely with Joel for almost ten years. I liked him the first time I met him, when he came as a young obstetrician/gynecologist to the Center for Mind-Body Medicines (CMBM) weeklong training in MindBodySpirit medicine. He is very bright, inquisitive, open-minded, and openhearted.

In the years since then, Ive come to know him well as a member of the CMBM faculty in the U.S. and abroad, and as a close colleague and friend. Ive come to deeply respect his professional judgment, to appreciate his mastery of the science of medicine, and to enjoy his warmth and kindness. It is these qualitiesprofessional expertise, calm, thoughtful judgment, and generous heartthat make Joel Evans such a wonderful guide to the experience of pregnancy and childbirth, and that make The Whole Pregnancy Handbook so valuable.

One of the abiding problems of childbirth in the United States is the sense so many mothers have that birth is a medical enterprise that is both incomprehensible and frightening. The Whole Pregnancy Handbook provides another, far more encouraging perspective. Joel Evans demystifies the biochemistry and physiology of menstruation, ovulation, and fertilization. He carefully explains the changes in the three trimesters of pregnancy, and the stages of labor and delivery. His message is clear, useful, and hopeful: This is your body. Understand and enjoy it. A safe, healthy, and happy birth is your birthright.

He answers the questions that pregnant women, and women hoping to become pregnant, most often ask. He encourages you to engage in an ongoing dialogue with your obstetricians and midwives. He offers new ways to think about fertility and to promote it, and tells you what you need to know about genetic testing. He explains the variety of symptoms you may encounter during pregnancy, and offers ways to ease themand to understand what they do, and dont, signify.

Joel Evanss expertise, however, extends far beyond a thorough understanding of the conventional approaches to obstetrics and womens health. He has devoted a major portion of his time to the study and integration of a variety of complementary approaches to health and healing. A majority of women may be using these approaches, and almost everyone wants to know more about them. What you need is a guide who can help you differentiate what is safe from what is suspect and give you the tools to participate in the process. Dr. Evans does this in The Whole Pregnancy Handbook.

Dr. Evanss greatest expertise in integrative approaches is probably in the use of food, vitamins, minerals, and herbs in promoting fertility and facilitating a healthy pregnancy. He presents detailed, scientifically based, easy to understand and follow nutrition recommendations. He is also skilled in integrating mind-body approaches (including relaxation, meditation, and biofeedback) into the care and lives of pregnant women and their partners. He recommends and guides women in the use of Chinese medicine, massage, exercise, homeopathy, and such hands-on energy healing methods as therapeutic touch and Reiki, and provides powerful group support for women who are, or want to become, pregnant.

Here is what Ive seen and experienced, Joel Evans says on every page of this book, and what the research literature shows us. Take a look for yourself. Share this information with your partner and your obstetrician or midwife. Make your own judgments.

Perhaps most importantly, this book is informed by Joel Evanss kindness and compassion for his patients and for the children they will bring into the world. On every page, you will feel the presence of a scientist who celebrates the wondrous biology of conception, pregnancy, and childbirth; of a physician who is as caring as he is knowledgeable; and of a man who genuinely respects and loves the women and their partners to whom hes offering guidance.

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