Get Ready to Get Pregnant - by Michael C Lu (Paperback)

From the Back Cover

Doctors and researchers are increasingly learning that by the time a woman gets pregnant, she may have already missed a critical window of opportunity to give her baby the best start in life. In this friendly and authoritative guide, Dr. Michael C. Lu, an expert in the field, offers a step-by-step prepregnancy plan that will help you have a safer pregnancy and a smarter and healthier child.

Dr. Lu's plan explains how you can help prevent pregnancy complications such as gestational diabetes or preeclampsia, and minimize the likelihood of many childhood conditions, from asthma to autism. His expert advice includes:

• Ten brain foods you should eat more
• Ten toxic foods to avoid
• Ten steps to strengthen your stress resilience
• Ten steps to tune up your immune system
• Ten steps to detoxify your environment
• And much more!

Review Quotes

"This is the book that patients and doctors have been waiting for. Dr. Lu has pulled together a huge amount of critical information to help families prepare for pregnancy. Information is presented in a no nonsense and easy to understand manner. Dr. Lu provides you with action items which really will positively impact your pregnancy outcome and I think women will find that empowering." - Laura E. Riley, MD, Medical Director of Labor and Delivery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Author of You and Your Baby: Pregnancy
"Dr. Lu's pregnancy preparedness program is essential for every couple thinking about getting pregnant. It's never too early to consider how to increase the chances of having a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby. Get Ready to Get Pregnant is the road map - it is full of important and practical information that every couple needs to know even before they consider getting pregnant. Every couple thinking about getting pregnant should have a copy and read it together." - Alan Fleischman, MD, Senior Vice President and Medical Director of the March of Dimes Foundation
"Great strides have been made in the past decade in providing a scientific understanding of pre-pregnancy events and how they impact the future life and health of an infant. Dr. Lu has refined this scientific data and has made it understandable for people who are planning to have a child. This information is invaluable and a "must read" for anyone planning to get pregnant in the 21st century." - Alan H. DeCherney, MD, Editor-in-Chief, Fertility and Sterility, the official journal of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine
"This is the book that patients and doctors have been waiting for. Dr. Lu has pulled together a huge amount of critical information to help families prepare for pregnancy." - Laura E. Riley, MD, Medical Director of Labor and Delivery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Author of You and Your Baby: Pregnancy
"Dr. Lu's pregnancy preparedness program is essential for every couple thinking about getting pregnant." - Alan Fleischman, MD, Senior Vice President and Medical Director of the March of Dimes Foundation
"This information is invaluable and a 'must read' for anyone planning to get pregnant in the 21st century." - Alan H. DeCherney MD, Editor-in-Chief, Fertility and Sterility
"Dr. Lu provides a smart, evidence-based approach to help would-be parents understand how the decisions they make before getting pregnant can have a lasting impact on their children's lives." - Linda Rosenstock, MD, MPH, Dean, UCLA School of Public Health