The most recent studies show that 40,000 cycles of IVF are carried out in the UK each year - and approximately a million are carried out worldwide. It is estimated that at least 200,000 IVF babies are born annually - and this figure is constantly rising. With assisted conception increasing year on year, THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO IVF offers an invaluable and insightful approach to the process. Packed with first-hand accounts of patients who have been through it, and Kate Brian's own experience of IVF, this book will de-mystify the treatment and give a 'behind-the-scenes' account of what really happens. Addressing the entire experience, right from the initial clinic visit through to the assisted conception cycle, THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO IVF provides an accessible, down-to-earth and reassuring account of using IVF to conceive.

There is growing recognition that baby-led weaning is the healthiest way for children to develop a love of good food. Aileen Cox Blundell used this method to successfully wean her three children. Since she began to share her delicious recipes, which are free from salt and refined sugar, on her blog, they have become a popular phenomenon. Here, in her first cookbook, she shares over 150 recipes that the whole family will love, including Three-Ingredient Banana Pancakes, Sweet Potato Super Muffins, Tuna and Quinoa Baby Bites, Avocado Pasta, Chicken Korma Pies and Buddha Bowls. Aileen also includes advice on how to get started when your baby is ready to be weaned, as well as her very own kitchen tips. Wave goodbye to wasting time on purees and preparing separate meals - with The Baby-Led Feeding Cookbook you can enjoy watching your baby effortlessly develop a happy relationship with food for life!

Congratulations on your new baby After nine months of waiting, your new baby has finally arrived. This is undoubtedly a very exciting time for you, but it can also be very stressful -and at times frightening- if you do not know what to expect. Whether you are a first time parent, or in need of a parenting refresher, this book is a must read. This book is designed as a basic guide to help you make the most of motherhood and your newborn baby's first year. A Preview of What You Will Learn about Your Raising Your Child and What You Can Expect through Baby's First Year How to Survive those first days at home Quickly master the skill of Diaper Changing. Learn the reason why your baby will cry. Discover the calming effect of music. The different stages of food for baby. Common illnesses and colds. Learn to help your child develop motor and coordination skills. And Much more Packed full of practical tips that you can use to have an amazing first year with your new baby Scroll up and Grab your copy now

Gina Ford has helped thousands of families resolve challenges over the years and her bestselling New Contented Little Baby Book has sold over 1 million copies around the world. In this life-saving new book, she offers exhausted parents clear, step-by-step solutions to resolving a whole range of sleep issues. Whether it's feeding to sleep, rocking to sleep, night-waking, co-sleeping, dummy attachment - whatever the problem - Gina knows how to fix it. You'll find out how to set gentle day and night routines that will resolve the specific issue and in just one week you'll be on your way to calm and peaceful nights!

The perfect pick-me-up for any expectant mum Whether this is your first or fifth baby, The Little Book of Self-Care for Mums-to-Be is your essential handbook for managing the joyful chaos of pregnancy. Drawing on decades of experience, doula Beccy Hands and midwife Alexis Stickland share insider tips on keeping yourself comfortable, happy and calm however your pregnancy and birth may unfold. From the best sleeping positions and simple recipes for morning sickness to relaxing essential oils and easy home remedies for aches and pains, this book will help you feel supported, empowered and understood. Beautifully illustrated in full-colour, this reassuring guide covers everything you need to know, trimester by trimester, so you can enjoy the wonderful journey to motherhood.

Baby Notes is a must-have journal for every new mum. With all the information you need in one place, it is designed to help you care for your baby's every need and stay organised as you do the all-important job of being a mum. Easy-to-use sleep and feeding logs, as well as meal planners and recipe notes, help you to provide the best possible babycare, while at-a-glance medical notes put you in charge of your baby's health. A development `firsts' section ensures you record those never-to-be-forgotten milestones and organising that Christening or name day, or baby's first holiday and festive seasons has never been easier with an easy-to-use event planner to help you stay one step ahead with tear-out shopping lists, useful contacts and a diary planner.

Motherhood can be exciting, thrilling, frightening, exhausting and rewarding all at the same time. This sourcebook for new mothers begins and ends with the premise that the better you take care of yourself during your baby's first years, the better caregiver and mother you can be. It presents 52 essays, one per week, about the different ways mothers can learn to take time for themselves. Step by step, Lisa Groen Braner shows us that infant-care and self-care are two sides of the same miraculous process.

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Just had a baby? Relax, lie down and breathe a sigh of relief. The Mother of All Baby Books has arrived! From the author of The Mother of All Pregnancy Books, comes the guide that all new parents have been waiting for, whether they know it or not. The Mother of All Baby Books is the instruction manual that Mother Nature forgot to include with your new bundle of joy. Packed with important advice and insider tips to coping with the joys and challenges of caring for your new baby, this comprehensive, refreshing guide is an excellent resource for first time or even experienced moms and dads.

Warm and delightful, The Mother of All Baby Books offers a wide range of topics including basic childcare, nutrition, health, and physical, emotional, and social development. Inside you’ll find the facts about sleeping patterns, breastfeeding, circumcision, and immunization issues, as well as charts and tables to bring you up to date on the latest information, a handy glossary of baby-related terms, and insider secrets on shopping for baby. Get the inside scoop on how to handle colic, diaper rash and all those pressing questions that have you pacing the floor at 3 a.m.! With an extra-added dose of reassurance, discover what it’s really like to become a parent in this bible to babyhood and beyond!

"The Mother of All Baby Books provides excellent advice for topics that are easily overlooked during the pregnancy/baby adventure."
–Sandra Gookin, co-author of Parenting For Dummies and Parenting For Dummies, 2nd ed.

This is a guide to pregnancy, birth and the baby's first weeks. It provides and describes all the medical facts, routines and checklists as well as considering and suggesting natural holistic approaches. How to use a wide range of natural therapies, from acupuncture, meditation, herbalism, Alexander Technique and many more, during pregnancy and childbirth. It provides complete plans for healthy eating and exercise suited to each specific stage, and explores emotional and psychological as well as physical issues. It includes clear visual guides and exercise plans, and advice on how to use natural therapies, devise a birth plan, decide on pain relief and look after your new baby. This is the ideal guide for any parent-to-be who wants all the best traditional medical advice while also making maximum use of the fund of holistic wisdom currently available. Here is information on eating and exercising for a healthy pregnancy and for the best possible birth, with a wealth of natural therapies that will improve and ease any pregnancy and make childbirth as comfortable and fulfilling as possible. Developmental changes are tracked and explained every step of the way, using clear, fully annotated artworks, while medical tests and interventions are thoroughly discussed. Home and water births are all explored, as well as any aspects of days spent in hospital. The book also offers a guide to the baby's first months, offering essential advice on caring for and bonding with an incredible new life.

So you've carried your baby around for nine months and survived the pains and stresses of childbirth itself: surely it's time you had a well-earned rest? Whether you're a new mum or you have a PhD in child-rearing, this handy little book will help you through the burping, whining and tantrums - and not just the ones from your partner!

Our Story is a gift journal available in two beautiful designs - for my daughter and for my son - inspiring parents to capture the unique story of childhood, from early baby memories through to the eighteenth year together. A beautifully designed, colour illustrated journal, Our Story provides prompts to help parents to chronicle amazing family experiences and unrepeatable moments - the child's growth, development and personality, precious family memories, and the wonderful emotional journey. The journal may also be given as a gift to the child - a priceless gift to be shared and treasured.

Sarah Buckley might be called a third-wave natural birth advocate. A doctor and a mother, she approaches the question of how a woman and baby might have the most fulfilling birth experience with respect for the wisdom of both medical science and the human body. Using current medical and epidemiological research plus women's experiences (including her own), she demonstrates that what she calls 'undisturbed birth' is almost always healthier and safer than hospital births. Her wise counsel on issues like breastfeeding and sleeping during post-partum helps extend the gentle birth experience into a gentle parenting relationship.

Pilates for Pregnancy is a straight talking, woman-to-woman exercise guide, focusing on pelvic floor and core strength, to improve your health, mood and energy during pregnancy. Clear, step-by-step Pilates exercises, tailored for the demands of each trimester, show you how to:

- improve your posture as your bump grows

- protect your back especially when lifting older children

- optimise the position of your baby for a better birth experience

- help you release tension and create a positive mindset for birth

- reconnect and restore your core postnatally, focusing on your pelvic floor muscles - including for Caesarean recovery.

You'll find helpful advice and motivational tips from mums throughout, explaining how much Pilates improved their strength, birth experience and postnatal recovery, to help you prepare physically and mentally for your new arrival.

This title includes helpful, step-by step photo ideas & tips and an engaging voice that will inspire new parents and grandparents. In this beautiful book, acclaimed photographer Me Ra Koh shows new parents how to capture the story of their baby's first year with 40 easy 'photo recipes' anyone can do, with any camera. The first year of a baby's life is full of precious, fleeting moments and heart-tugging change. In this book, new parents and grandparents are inspired with easy, step-by-step photo ideas for capturing developmental milestones and special moments, from tiny yawns to first smiles, learning to sit up and much more. Unlike most books on photographing children, which are written by photographers for photographers, ours is written by a mother in a friendly, nontechnical voice. With helpful tips and an engaging parent-to-parent voice, Me Ra shows how easy taking great photos can be.

When Nicole Nared-Washington got pregnant, she knew she was going to miss Bellinis with her girlfriends and wine with dinner. Then she realised this was an opportunity to stay social and fun without the booze. In Baby Proof, she shares the 50 recipes that got her through dinner parties, barbecues, date nights and even morning sickness. You don't need the spirits to enjoy the cocktail!

Combining time-honoured teachings with current obstetric techniques, this essential reference empowers birthing helpers and parents to create a truly woman-centred birth experience.

Sleep, or rather the lack of it, is the issue of paramount concern to the overwhelming majority of new parents. Getting enough sleep is vital for the health of a growing baby or toddler, and the sanity of mums and dads. Yet striking the right balance between their differing needs can be hard to achieve. Once sleep problems set in, they can fast demoralise and exhaust parents, undermining confidence in their ability to cope. Gina Ford has come to the rescue with her answer: the key to a good night's sleep for the whole family lies in teaching parents to understand the changing sleep needs of their growing baby. This book informs and reassures parents, dispelling many common myths and anxieties and offering practical solutions that work. By creating a structure of regular feeding, sleeping and playing times, Gina explains how parents can help their baby to find a rhythm that will be comfortable for all concerned. Whether parents want to establish good sleeping habits from the start, or find they need to cure sleep problems and get their child back on track, Gina has the answers.

'I can't get my five-week-old to sleep in her cot.' 'My six-week-old resists his naps.' 'My baby is three months old and is still waking up throughout the night.' Sleep is the number one issue that plagues parents from the moment they bring their newborn baby home from hospital. Even the lucky ones, whose babies are naturally good sleepers, wonder when their baby will sleep through the night. Tracy Hogg's incredible sensitivity and ability to read infants' cries, coos and assorted baby noises quickly earned her the admiration and gratitude of high-profile couples, including a host of celebrities. With reassuring, down-to-earth advice, her practical sleep programme will help you overcome your baby's sleep problems and works with infants from as young as a day old. A lifesaver for any busy parent.

MAKING BABIES offers a proven 3-month program designed to help any woman get pregnant. Fertility medicine today is all about aggressive surgical, chemical, and technological intervention, but Dr. David and Blakeway know a better way. Starting by identifying "fertility types," they cover everything from recognizing the causes of fertility problems to making lifestyle choices that enhance fertility to trying surprising strategies such as taking cough medicine, decreasing doses of fertility drugs, or getting acupuncture along with IVF. MAKING BABIES is a must-have for every woman trying to conceive, whether naturally or through medical intervention. Dr. David and Blakeway are revolutionizing the fertility field, one baby at a time.

A new mother's journey is a deeply personal and individual one. Yet all too often outside influences can cloud her innate judgement, causing confusion, doubt and unhappiness. In Rosie Newman's new book Trust Your Body, Trust Your Baby, she argues that every mother already knows what she needs to know. Exploring ideas from other cultures, from new science and from the past, Rosie uncovers universal truths that are at once liberating and reassuring. This book hands the power back to the reader, providing the tools and information that parents need to make their own choices, to trust their instincts and believe in their babies. Rosie demonstrates how she found letting go and listening transformed the toughest, most important job in the world, into one that was satisfying, empowering and fun.