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Integrated Approaches to Infertility, IVF and Recurrent Miscarriage: A Handbook
Justine Bold
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Description for Integrated Approaches to Infertility, IVF and Recurrent Miscarriage: A Handbook
Paperback. An exploration of integrated approaches to infertility. With specialist contributors, the book covers common conditions that reduce fertility, including immunological abnormalities, and explores how nutrition, acupuncture, reflexology and yoga can provide invaluable emotional and physiological support for couples undergoing assisted reproduction. Editor(s): Bedford, Susan; Bold, Justine. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: MFKC1; MX; VXHJ; VXHT1; VXHT2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 550.
A comprehensive integrative handbook on fertility treatment, and Assisted Reproduction Techniques (ART), the book is written by specialist contributors for health professionals and Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) practitioners, and for those seriously considering ART themselves. Integrated approaches to infertility offer both a greater awareness and understanding of the combination of factors that can influence the chances of success when undergoing different types of ART. Leading experts review the evidence and discuss the benefits of different approaches to support the physiological and emotional aspects of fertility and fertility treatment. The book covers everything from identifying and treating conditions that may reduce fertility, including immunological abnormalities and specific male and female factors, to how nutrition, acupuncture, reflexology and yoga can support couples going through assisted reproduction, including helping to improve some immunological aspects. There is also a chapter that looks specifically at support for the over 40's.
Product Details
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
555g
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848191556
SKU
V9781848191556
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Justine Bold
Justine Bold is a senior lecturer at the University of Worcester in the UK in the Health and Applied Social Sciences Academic Unit. She has worked for over seven years on nutrition postgraduate programmes (MSc Nutrition & Health and MSc Nutritional Therapy). She is currently researching a Phd at the University of South Wales related to the experience of infertility. Justine has also worked as a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner since 2003 with many clients with fertility and auto-immune issues. She has contributed to TV and radio programmes in the UK on the subject of infertility and ART, including BBC and Sky News. Justine has personal experience of infertility and is now a mother to twins born in 2013. She lives in Gloucestershire, UK. Susan Bedford is a highly experienced science teacher, specialising in Biology and Chemistry, with over sixteen years' experience in a variety of roles including senior management. She has an MSc in Nutritional Therapy from the University of Worcester and conducted her research into the area of fertility and nutrition. She is a fully qualified freelance Nutritional Therapist who specialises in the area of fertility. She is a member of the British Association for Applied Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy (BANT) and the Complementary and Natural healthcare Council (CNHC). She has successfully worked with a variety of patients experiencing infertility issues and undergoing ART and has authored articles in relation to fertility for a leading nutritional company and a pre-conception charity. Susan lives in Buckinghamshire, UK.
Reviews for Integrated Approaches to Infertility, IVF and Recurrent Miscarriage: A Handbook
Health Practitioners working with pregnant women continue to see increasing numbers of infertility and recurrent miscarriage and IVF issues, as the average age for first-time mothers in the UK and Europe rises to 30 years of age with more women deciding to start their families later in life. This book represents a priceless resource to health practitioners of all disciplines, from medicine to nutrition as well as complementary therapists who wish to deepen their knowledge of reproductive health whilst having easy access to well documented practice-based evidence on the subject.
Miguel Toribio-Mateas BSc (Hons) Nut Med PgDip Clin Neurosc. MSc mBANT CNHC ABAAHP, Chairman of the British Association for Applied Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy, BANT This practitioner handbook constitutes essential reading for couples experiencing sub-fertility. Whilst offering detailed information on the journey through fertility treatment, the authors build a compelling case for adverse impacts to fertility and pregnancy mediated by poor diet and lifestyle choices, genetics and environment. They raise important questions around why many of us are moving away from evolutionary reproductive norms, while offering necessarily controversial answers born out of research and clinical experience. The book should be recommended reading for all healthcare professionals.
Meleni Aldridge BSc Nut Med, Dip cPNI, Executive Coordinator, Alliance for Natural Health International This book is important for patients and all health care professionals working with infertile couples and those undergoing ART. The book reviews the evidence supporting integrated approaches to patient care and the management of infertility, and it outlines how a person-centred approach can help those trying to conceive to nurture their mind, body and spirit as they strive to bring forth new life.
Penny Abatzi, Clinical Director, Serum IVF, Athens, Greece
Miguel Toribio-Mateas BSc (Hons) Nut Med PgDip Clin Neurosc. MSc mBANT CNHC ABAAHP, Chairman of the British Association for Applied Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy, BANT This practitioner handbook constitutes essential reading for couples experiencing sub-fertility. Whilst offering detailed information on the journey through fertility treatment, the authors build a compelling case for adverse impacts to fertility and pregnancy mediated by poor diet and lifestyle choices, genetics and environment. They raise important questions around why many of us are moving away from evolutionary reproductive norms, while offering necessarily controversial answers born out of research and clinical experience. The book should be recommended reading for all healthcare professionals.
Meleni Aldridge BSc Nut Med, Dip cPNI, Executive Coordinator, Alliance for Natural Health International This book is important for patients and all health care professionals working with infertile couples and those undergoing ART. The book reviews the evidence supporting integrated approaches to patient care and the management of infertility, and it outlines how a person-centred approach can help those trying to conceive to nurture their mind, body and spirit as they strive to bring forth new life.
Penny Abatzi, Clinical Director, Serum IVF, Athens, Greece