THE GUARDIAN, Thursday, June 21, 2012
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PATH OF LIFE Pre - Conception / Babies
Starting early for a healthy start You’re planning for a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby. Whether it’s your first or third; whether you’ve only just started thinking about getting pregnant or if you’ve started on the Assisted Reproductive Technologies journey — now is the time to start Preconception Care. Preconception Care gives your baby the best possible start. We all know ‘‘you are what you eat’’, so the health of any pregnancy and child is affected by the health and lifestyle of both parents. Paula Harris (pictured), from Elements Natural Therapy, says that Preconception Care is vital in modern times, ‘‘because healthy adults start with healthy
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Healthy adults start with healthy babies, and healthy babies start with healthy parents.
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babies, and healthy babies start with healthy parents’’. Some of her clients have fertility issues (including menstrual problems, sperm quality issues or endometriosis), while others are simply wanting to have greater control of their pregnancy. The key, she says, is starting early. ‘‘What you eat and how
you live today affects the sperm that will be used in four months time, and the egg that will be released in three months, so a bit of forward planning is needed to ensure that those basic building blocks are as healthy as possible.’’ Paula, a qualified naturopath who is currently completing a post-graduate certificate in fertility and reproductive health, points to work by Foresight Research (UK) that shows that Preconception Care can greatly improve conception rates, with an 81 per cent success rate for previously infertile couples. Because Preconception Care is natural and noninvasive, it can also work easily alongside IVF and other ART options.
For the best possible start
Natural Preconception Care for Mothers and Fathers-to-be
Suitable for using alongside IVF and other assisted reproductive techniques Preconception health care is centred on creating healthy individuals whose genetic blueprint has been created in an optimally healthy environment. GDN210612Elements
Natural approaches to fertility have been used for centuries and offer couples the chance to feel more in control and able to contribute towards the solution to their problem. “After nearly three years of unexplained infertility we had almost given up hope of ever becoming parents. Paula took a very detailed history of my cycles, nutrition and general health and prescribed Natural Fertility Management supplements, with a personalised preconception plan. I noticed positive changes in my cycles immediately and am now pregnant with our first child after only 3 months of taking my “magic pills”! I am continuing to take NFM products as prescribed and feel fabulous! Thank you so much Paula” Andrea
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Take your next step towards a healthy pregnancy and baby. Phone for your appointment today
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