Making Babies, Jill Blakeway
Making Babies, Jill Blakeway
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Making Babies
A Proven 3-Month Program for Maximum Fertility

Author: Jill Blakeway, Sami S. David

Narrator: Chris Kayser

Unabridged: 13 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/22/2017

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

Making Babies offers a proven 3-month program designed to help any woman get pregnant. Fertility medicine today is all about aggressive surgical, chemical, and technological intervention, but Dr. David and Blakeway know a better way.

Starting by identifying "fertility types," they cover everything from recognizing the causes of fertility problems to making lifestyle choices that enhance fertility to trying surprising strategies such as taking cough medicine, decreasing doses of fertility drugs, or getting acupuncture along with IVF.

Making Babies is a must-have for every woman trying to conceive, whether naturally or through medical intervention. Dr. David and Blakeway are revolutionizing the fertility field, one baby at a time.

About Jill Blakeway

Dr. Jill Blakeway is the founder and director of The YinOva Center in New York City and the coauthor of the bestselling Making Babies: A Proven 3 Month Program for Maximum Fertility (Little, Brown 2009). She is also the author of Sex Again: Recharging Your Libido (Workman 2013), and the host of CBS Radio’s popular weekly podcast, “Grow, Cook, Heal”.  Blakeway teaches gynecology and obstetrics at the Doctoral Program at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in San Diego and Chicago and founded the acupuncture program at NYC Lutheran Medical Center.  She is an authority on alternative medicine and women’s health and has appeared in such media as The Dr. Oz Show, CNN, The Early Show, Good Morning America, NBC News, ABC News, The New York Times, Elle, Martha Stewart Living and more.  She was also the first acupuncturist to deliver a TED Talk called “The Placebo Effect” at TED Global in 2012. 

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ciara on December 02, 2011

i haven't read a ton of books about trying to conceive, so i don't have much to compare this book against, but i liked it. much of what i have read about trying to conceive seems to be pushing an agenda (ie, go to ART as soon as you possibly can! hold out against ART as long as you possibly can! thi......more

Goodreads review by Paula on October 25, 2021

So far I love this book, makes me feel not so broken...just slightly off balance.......more

Goodreads review by Yuliya on February 14, 2021

I'm strongly recommend to read this book for people who are planning their pregnancies or have troubles to conceive. First of all, the book has an overview to the whole process explaining in details of what can go wrong at each simple step. Second, the book is written by 2 doctors with Western and Eas......more

Goodreads review by Camille on March 07, 2011

As someone who is dealing with infertility issues I found this book very helpful. It is co-authored by a reproductive endocrinologist who was the first doctor in New York to perform a succesful IVF, and a licensed acupuncturist and board certified herbalist. This blending of Western and Eastern medi......more

Goodreads review by Heather on September 19, 2018

My cousin's wife recommended this book. I can't really write a fair review for it, because I started reading it after reading Taking Charge of Your Fertility: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement, and Reproductive Health. After learning how to chart my cycle and unders......more

Quotes

"These days the name of Sami David, M.D., is on everybody's lips....He's a prophet, a sage, a poet, a priest. He's the answer to every mid-thirtyish woman's prayers."—Wendy Wasserstein, New York Woman

"Making Babies is an excellent, well-organized guide on how to get pregnant naturally. It combines the best of both Western and Chinese methods."-Marc Goldstein, MD, co-author of the upcoming A Baby At Last! and Surgeon-in-Chief, Male Reproductive Medicine and Surgery at New YorkPresbyterianHospital/ WeillCornellMedicalCollege

"Ask a fancy reproductive endocrinologist about acupuncture and you're likely to hear, 'If it relaxes you, it's fine with me.' In other words, the official position of the high-tech fertility folks on traditional fertility medicine amounts to benign ignorance. Making Babies will change that. Here's proof that traditional and modern methods work, and not only that: they work better together. This is very good news for mothers, fathers, and babies."-Nina Planck, author of Real Food for Mother and Baby: The Fertility Diet, Eating for Two, and Baby's First Foods.

"Making Babies is a must read for any woman who wants to become pregnant. Its unique, holistic approach to conception encompasses traditional Western and Eastern medicine, proven alternatives, and lifestyle modifications. It offers women (and couples) solid medical information and advice that can help them increase their chances of conception, often in the quickest, most cost-effective, and least invasive manner."-Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph.D., coauthor of The Unofficial Guide to Getting Pregnant and Body Signs: How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective

"Filled with invaluable guidance from two seasoned, brilliant clinicians, Making Babies can speed up the arrival of your child without depleting your ovarian reserve or your bank account. It might even save your life."-Julia Indichova, author of Inconceivable

"Making Babies is a marriage made in heaven. The best of western medicine combined with the yin-yang approach of the east. The end result? Restored fertility and vibrant health. Lovely."-Christiane Northrup, M.D., author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom

"We applaud the main message of this book: improving your health improves your chances of fertility. Making Babies is a must-read for couples wanting to increase their chances of conceiving."-William Sears, M.D. and Martha Sears, R.N., co-authors of The Pregnancy Book and The Baby Book

"This dynamic medical team provides easy to understand viewpoints from the ancient system of Chinese medicine along with practical advances in Western reproductive technology. Simple, informative, and entertaining, Making Babies gives you answers, and hope."-Randine Lewis, author of The Infertility Cure

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