Holistic Herbal for Mother and Baby Offers natural strategies to help you to health, happiness and confidence throughout pregnancy childbirth and your child’s infancy. Comprehensive and practical, it:
- recommends ways in which you and your partner can achieve optimal health during preconception, including effective detox programmes.
- lists the signs of pregnancy and explains the advantages and disadvantages of conventional antenatal testing, proposing natural alternatives
- suggests ways to minimize risk factors through diet, relaxation and exercise, offers herbal remedies to alleviate common ailments during pregnancy and indicates when you should seek the attention of your GP
- advises on conventional and natural childbirth options, control of pain and hospital interventions
- addresses a wide variety of postnatal issues such as care of the new-born, needs of premature babies, vaccination and its alternatives, recovery care and breastfeeding problems offers appropriate herbal treatments for common babyhood conditions
- reveals how to choose and prepare herbal remedies, and keep a herbal first aid kit