Conceiving Healthy Babies: An Herbal Guide to Support... by Dawn Combs

Nearly new used library book - acquired at a library book sale. Title: Conceiving Healthy Babies: An Herbal Guide to Support Preconception, Pregnancy and Lactation Author: Dawn Combs Publication Date: September 1, 2014 ISBN-13: 978-0865717800 Summary: Conceiving Healthy Babies is a holistic guide to enhancing fertility and promoting a healthy pregnancy through natural methods. The book emphasizes the importance of lifestyle choices, particularly diet, in preparing for conception and a healthy childbearing year. It highlights the role of whole foods, organic and nutrient-dense diets, and the medicinal benefits of using whole plants in their natural forms. Drawing from the author's personal experience overcoming infertility, the book provides an individualized approach to fertility, focusing on body acceptance, nutrition, and herbal remedies. It includes detailed information on hundreds of herbs, covering their use before, during, and after pregnancy, with particular attention to lactation support. Designed to assist couples seeking balance and wellbeing, it offers guidance for those facing fertility challenges or wishing for a natural pregnancy. The author, Dawn Combs, is an ethnobotanist and herbalist, trained under Rosemary Gladstar. She specializes in using whole foods and herbs to help women restore fertility naturally.