How to Get Pregnant

A guide to the issues involved in achieving a happy and healthy pregnancy, this book covers the numerous causes of infertility and the treatments available, indicates when medical help is useful, examines the deep effect that aspects of fertility can have on a couples' relationship and gives advice on emotional aspects involved for all parties.

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This is a comprehensive guide to all the issues involved in achieving a happy and healthy pregnancy. The average couple takes around six months to conceive a baby, and as many as a quarter of all couples take up to a year. After this time around one in six will continue to have problems and m ay need to seek help. Couples at all stages should find the book useful. The book covers the numerous causes of infertility and the treatments available, balancing commonsense ways of enhancing fertility with last-resort reproductive technologies, as well as information on useful complementary therapies. It indicates when medical help is called for, and exactly what the processes involve. It also examines the deep effect aspects of fertility can have on a couple's relationship and their psychological well-being, and gives key advice on emotional aspects involved for partners and their families and friends. Harriet Griffey is the author of "The Really Useful A-Z of Pregnancy and Birth", and co-author of "Give Your Child A Better Start".