Making Babies: A Proven 3-Month Program for Maximum Fertility Kindle Edition

I didn’t realize until I was a few chapters in that this book was published in 2009, but went ahead and finished it anyway. There are pros and cons, but overall, I’d recommend It Starts With The Egg (Fett) over this, as it has the benefit of 10 extra years of science behind it, along with a total lack of pseudoscience.Basically, this book has a huge amount of (old) info on how conception works and what problems can arise, and then there’s a section where they classify you into one of five “types” and recommend a specific diet and supplements for your type. Along the way, they plug finding both a good medical doctor and a good TCM practitioner, and getting healthy. But none of it is groundbreaking information in 2019 compared to what you can find elsewhere.Pro: If you are concerned by the idea of TCM because you prefer science over woo, don’t worry - they recommend very little TCM without oversight by professionals, and they are big on safety. Mostly, they say over and over again, “if you want to try TCM for this problem, see an herbalist or acupuncturist,” and they give advice on picking a good one. They frequently stress that it needs to be done only with the full knowledge of your medical doctor, and never without supervision of someone trained in TCM. They aren’t recommending you buy herbs and self-medicate with them, and there isn’t too much woo.Con: Of course, that begs the question - why even include TCM info in this book, if they are just plugging finding a qualified TCM practitioner? I must have read paragraphs that say something like, “the traditional Chinese worldview believes that X problem is caused by X woo concept, so an herbalist/acupuncturist will prescribe something for you” a million times. I’m glad they aren’t recommending self-medicating with herbs or keeping secrets from your doctor, but it also made the book a LOT longer without adding any new information.Pro: They explain a lot of scientific and medical concepts in a way that is accessible for a layperson, yet never condescending or cutesy (the way these books often are). They give an excellent explanation of the menstrual cycle, conception, implantation, and lots of reproductive technologies.Con: The book is 10 years old, so I can’t be sure those explanations are up-to-date. They also talk a lot about concerns with the current state of the fertility industry, but it’s hard to fully buy in knowing that the book hasn’t been updated in 10 years.Con: They recommend some things that are definitely known to be unsafe and/or unhelpful to conceiving and carrying to term (royal jelly, spirulina, evening primrose oil, l-arginine). Maybe that info wasn’t as clear in 2009 as it is today, but it means that the reader must do outside research to confirm both the safety and efficacy of any recommendation in this book - which makes it not much better than reading blogs for medical info, IMO.Con: a lot of the dietary/supplement stuff is either just obvious advice for good health that you don’t need to read a book for (like, avoid processed food, sugar, and alcohol; eat vegetables; exercise) or it is very easily found in other, newer books or by speaking to your own doctor (like, take CoQ10, don’t use lubricants, chart your BBT). So it’s not an exclusive approach only found in this book.Con: Of the few new recommendations I found in this book, all but 3 turned out, upon further research, to be bad ideas. Basically, the good ideas can all be found elsewhere, and the ideas exclusive to this book are mostly bad ones.Overall, I don’t recommend it for today’s readers unless they release an updated edition. I’m sure it helped many people a decade ago when some of this stuff wasn’t widely known, but by now, the information that isn’t pseudoscience is either easy to access in other media, or wildly out-of-date.

We had a second trimester loss and even after getting surgery to correct an injury, I was still having problems conceiving. My counts were great and our doctors were going to start more advanced testing. We were frustrated and I bought this book along with a few others.In here there is a list of medication that the father can be on that could reduce sperm count. My husband had massive stomach problems and was on high doses of proton pump inhibitors after being misdiagnosed with an ulcer. Because of this book, we stopped him taking the medication (turns out it was GERD as the PPT did nothing for him anyway). 3 months later I got a positive.We could have spent months and thousands of dollars being tested when it just needed to be a medication switch for him. We would probably still be struggling without this book. Nowhere in any of the stages we were in did anyone ask what medication my husband was on and I can’t believe it was that simple.

My husband and I tried for almost 4 years to get pregnant. We started down the IVF path; completed all the testing... But the amount of money was keeping us from continuing. We were heading towards desperate, and we were going to make an appointment at the end of the month to start IVF. It was marked on my calendar to call. I was in a Facebook group where someone suggested this book. I was working my way through the book and got pregnant within a month of implimenting some of the strategies. We never had to make the IVF appointment.My closest friends knew our struggle. They asked what I did differently. I told them to get the book. They did. Every. Single. Person. Got. Pregnant.Please note: I have endometriosis. The only way I've been able to get pregnant is to eat keto. I ate keto when I got pregnant (on accident) with my 16 year old son. I ate keto and got pregnant with our daughter (on purpose). I did not follow the dietary directions in this book. I eat keto to keep my endometriosis in check - so I've been eating this way for many years. My biggest assumption is that it would take 3 months for you to regain fertility if you started eating that way - hence the title of the book.Our daughter will be 8 months old on Xmas eve this year.

We started trying to conceive in August and had a chemical pregnancy in December. Afterward it got really frustrating since nothing happened for a while. Then in September we got pregnant again - that was exactly 8 weeks after this book arrived in the mail. My wife followed it rigorously (daily self-massages, meditation and visualizations, raspberry leaf tea, vitex, she added whole grains, seeds and warming foods to her diet and gave up sugar, added Yoga to her schedule 5x per week for about 20-30 minutes, lost 7 lbs, OPKs, regular blood work done, semen analysis, etc. We are convinced we are pregnant now because of the tips and the lifestyle changes my wife made from the book.

The package arrived a little late but its alright. The book is in good condition and I am happy with the purchase.

Helpful book. Lots of good information.

Good tips

A really detailed and informative book that's easy to read and understand. Made sense of a lot of stuff.

This book has a lot of information. I didn’t personally learn anything new, because I read like 10 fertility books by the time I read it. I found the food section frustrating. Some foods mentioned in this book were a big no no in many others. In the end, I really don’t have any idea what to eat.I like the use of eastern and western medicine though.