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Informationen zum Autor Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, and educated throughout the capitols of Europe as an obstetrician/gynecologist and fertility expert, Dr. Niels Lauersen has dedicated more than four decades to treating and educating women about their health, in both US and abroad. He is the author of over 100 medical papers published in journals worldwide and he is the founder of The New York Medical Society for Reproductive Medicine. Dr. Lauersen is the author of eight books on women's health including his groundbreaking gynecology guide It's Your Body and his international bestselling guide to fertility Getting Pregnant: What You Need to Know . Dr. Lauersen is also the medical director of GettingPregnantNow.org , the premier online site for pregnancy and fertility information. Klappentext GETTING PREGNANT is the ultimate resource for every couple planning to have a baby! now or in the future. There is comprehensive coverage of state-of-art medical discoveries! including eight brand new fertility drugs; a fifteen-minute! in-office surgery that can restore fertility; breakthroughs in the prevention of miscarriages; sexual practices that increase the odds of conception; and safe methods for postponing childbearing. Fertility expert Niels Lauersen also provides a wealth of practical advice! from fitness activities that encourage or inhibit conception to a handy and helpful six-month personal pregnancy planner. New chapters focus on protecting! increasing! and extending fertility and explore new frontiers in the science of motherhood! providing valuable information and insights on: * The seven super fertility threats and how to avoid them * Foods that enhance fertility and safeguard a pregnancy * Natural ways to increase fertility with vitamins! minerals! and herbs * GIFT of life and other new technologies Introduction: The Really Good News About Getting Pregnant When I was in medical school in the 1960s, the birth control pill was the prescription of the decade. Indeed, young men and women were far more concerned with avoiding pregnancy than with getting pregnant. Happily, this is no longer the case. Today, getting pregnant is something more and more couples view as a joyous life-expanding experience to be celebrated and cherished. And, too, we have seen the "birth" of the single mother, with many women choosing to honor the alarm on their biological clock by becoming mothers whether or not they have a suitable mate in mind. Fortunately, along with these changes in our attitude about pregnancy came some equally important scientific advances that made it faster and easier for all women to get pregnant, and for most couples to achieve their parenting goals. New information about both male and female biology has given us ways to encourage not only faster but healthier conceptions, with fewer chances for miscarriage and birth defects. Discoveries concerning the cause of infertility have given us new ways for men and women to protect their childbearing ability as well as their sexual vitality while they safely postpone childbearing. Outstanding advances in nutritional therapy have given us new ways to harness the power of vitamins and minerals and in the process helped us not only reduce the risk of birth defects but also protect and even increase fertility, in both men and women. Stellar progress made in the treatment of infertility itself -- including powerful new medications, new forms of microsurgery, and brand-new laboratory-assisted procedures -- has not only allowed more previously infertile couples to get pregnant, but has given us new ways that even parents over age thirty-five can have a safer, healthier pregnancy. In fact, thanks to what we have learned in the past several years alone, almost every woman who wants to have a baby can have one! W...
