Getting to Baby

A Food-First Fertility Plan to Improve Your Odds and Shorten Your Time to Pregnancy

De: Angela Thyer MD, Judy Simon RDN

Narrado por: Nancy Peterson

No matter what obstacles you’re facing in your journey to parenthood, Getting to Baby will help you take control of your fertility with an approach that has already helped thousands of women achieve their dream of having a baby.

Infertility can stem from a number of challenges: PCOS, endometriosis, fibroids, egg quality, low sperm count, and more. But you can impact all of these conditions with one key shift: changing your diet. In this practical, step-by-step blueprint, fertility specialist Angela Thyer, MD, and reproductive health nutritionist Judy Simon, RDN, share the following:

-The compelling research on how food supports fertility;

-What to eat more of and less of to support conception and healthy pregnancy;

-Skills and manageable goals to make changing your diet easy;

-A six-week plan for implementing dietary and lifestyle changes;

-Stories from other women who have conceived successfully on the Food for Fertility plan;

-Plus a sample menu to kickstart your journey!

If you’re struggling to conceive, the last thing you want is vague advice—you need real answers and a plan of action. That’s where this book comes in. The fastest, healthiest way to baby is through the kitchen. Let Getting to Baby show you how.

©2024 Angela Thyer and Judy Simon (P)2024 Dreamscape Media

Holistic and informative

What I loved about this book is it was great knowledge in general because there is helpful information about food. I have PCOS and I’ve had a harder time finding resources so appreciated targeted knowledge about what helps and what doesn’t. I’ve seen doctors and dieticians in the past who made blanket statements like lose weight or be on restrictive diets. What I loved about this book is it focuses on the health of food in their respective categories, and what to avoid, so I have a better understanding of that now without focusing on a scale or restrictions. I’ve loved using this book in tandem with my dietician because I can ask informed, specific questions. Before listening to this (I used the audio book), I was frustrated with how much research I’ve done and how little I knew how food works but this book along with my dietician has helped me reposition into lifestyle changes rather than restrictive changes, which can be hard at first but I believe more sustainable in the long run. I feel like I have tangible goals now instead of guessing what to do so I appreciated the clarity this book provided.

Nothing groundbreaking here

This is a good book in that it provides a summary of general guidelines to be healthy: eat a diet full of vegetables and fish, stay active, take a prenatal, avoid toxins and microplastics etc. If you already lead a healthy lifestyle it won’t add much. I’d recommend it as a refresher. However, the audio version doesn’t include a PDF of the recipes. For this reason, avoid purchasing the audio version and get a hard copy instead.