The Naturally Healthy Pregnancy: The Essential Guide to Nutritional and Botanical Medicine for the Childbearing Years

by Shonda Parker

Book Overview

This book asnwers all the questions about nutritional and herbal medicine for optimum health during pregnancy. Beginning with God's design for health and nutrition, the following is covered in detail:... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1929125127
• ISBN13: 9781929125128
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Naturally Healthy Publications
• Length: 323 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Great natural resource

This book was recommended to me by a friend when she learned I had possible pregnancy induced hypertension. I learned alot from this book on how to approach pregnancy from a natural viewpoint. I prefer to appraoch things from a natural way if possible, while not totally discounting traditional medicine. This, along with What to Expect were the most read during my last pregnancy.

The best all natural pregnancy book

I have read about six different all natural pregnancy books, and this one is the best. First of all, if you are looking to birth in a hospital and are against the use of herbs, this book is not for you. Shonda is very well educated in the use of herbs for she is a family herbalist and a certified childbirth educator. This definately comes through in this book. Shonda breaks the book into sections: before conception; and the importance of diet, during pregnancy; all the discomforts and herbs that will ease these things, during labor, and postpartum. She even has a section on if there is a miscarriage. she is very sensitve to this issue having experienced these herself. She also lists some herbs to help with previous miscarriage. At the end, you can find tips on good family planning if you choose to go that route. Our family believes that God is our birth controller. Excellant book if a homebirth or a midwife is what you desire. God bless you and your future deliveries!

A must for the pregnant woman!!

I love both of Shonda's books. She not only gives very good recommendations but also backs them up with sound research. This book contains a listing of potential "problems" a pregnant woman may experience during pregnancy and then she gives many possible solutions. In addition, there are sections about infertility, after baby care and miscarriage. I would highly recommend this book and Shonda's other book, "Mommy Diagnostics".