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 patients both an improved experience and a greater chance 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.
Foreword by Professor Gab Kovacs. Introduction. 1. Preparing for Fertility Treatment. Justine Bold, Senior Lecturer, Health and Applied Social Sciences, University of Worcester, UK. 2. Introduction to Assisted Conception. Karen Veness, Infertility Network, UK. 3. Obesity, Body Mass Index, Associated Factors and Their Effect on Fertility. Susan Bedford, Nutritional Therapist, private practice, UK. 4. Introduction to Female Factors in Infertility and Pregnancy Loss. Justine Bold. 5. Endometriosis. Dian Shepperson Mills, director, The Endometriosis and Fertility Clinic Ltd, London, UK. 6. Male Factor Infertility. Clare Casson, The Zita West Fertility Clinic, London, UK. 7. Coeliac Disease and Infertility Disorder. Dr Mohammed Rostami-Nejad, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases (RIGLD), Shahid Behehsti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran-Iran. Kamran Rostami, MD, PhD, Department of Gastroenterology, Worcestershire Royal Hospital, UK. 8. Unexplained Infertility and Reproductive Immunology. Louise Carder, Nutritional Therapist, Private Practice, UK. 9. Reproductive Immunology Case History. Justine Bold. 10. Dietary Factors, Key Micronutrients and Nutritional Support. Karen MacGillivray-Fallis, Vita Sana Nutritional Consultancy, UK. 11. Lifestyle and Nutritional Factors Affecting Male and Female Infertility. Susan Bedford. 12. Supporting Assisted Reproduction in Women Over 40 Years of Age. Natasha Claire Dunn, Senior Clinical Embryologist, London Fertility Centre, part of Spire Fertility, UK. 13. Acupuncture in Assisted Reproduction. Irina Szmelskyj, Co-Director and Lead Clinician, True Health Clinics and Founder, The Fertility Foundation, UK. 14. Reflexology to Assist with Fertility. Deborah Cook, MA in Higher Education, BSc (Hons) Health Studies, RGN, RNT, Member of the Association of Reflexologists, UK. 15. Yoga to Support Fertility. Lisa Attfield, Fertility Yoga, UK.
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.
