Conceiving Healthy Babies: An Herbal Guide to Support Preconception, Pregnancy and Lactation

Find balance and enhance fertility with whole food and whole plants

This is a wise, truthful empowering book, and offers some of the best advice I've seen on the subject of creating healthy thriving babies. —Rosemary Gladstar, herbalist and author, Herbal Healing for Women

…a vivid testament to our natural health and the options available to both men and women to revive and experience it —James Green, herbalist, author of The Male Herbal and The Herbal Medicine-Maker’s Handbook

Drawing on the author’s own personal triumph over infertility, Conceiving Healthy Babies is a unique herbal guide which focuses on plant-based strategies to help couples achieve balance in preconception, pregnancy, lactation and beyond. Its individualized approach to fertility challenges prospective parents to take responsibility for their own well-being using natural methods while explaining the importance of:
• Understanding, accepting and celebrating our own bodies
• Basing our diets on organic, nutrient-dense foods that have been traditionally prepared
• Using whole plants in their original form for their nutritional and medicinal benefits.

Packed with detailed information on hundreds of different herbs, with a focus on their roles in building healthy babies, this comprehensive manual is a roadmap to wellbeing. The reference guide is rounded out by complete information on herbal use before, during and post-pregnancy, and special attention is paid to supporting nursing and lactation. Whether you have experienced challenges in conceiving or just want to ensure that your pregnancy is as natural and uncomplicated as possible, Conceiving Healthy Babies is an indispensable guide.

…a wonderful book and a welcome addition to any herbal or natural birthing library.
—Stephen Harrod Buhner, author, Herbal Antibiotics and Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm

Straightforward, practical advice on natural methods for fertility support from a place of personal experience… every couple struggling to conceive should read this book. —Emily Ruff, herbalist, director, Florida School of Holistic Living and Florida Herbal Conference