Health conditions for the woman

Preparing your body for pregnancy

• Preparing your body for pregnancy
• Preparing for pregnancy information sources
• Preparing yourself for pregnancy

Nutrition, health & weight

• Nutrition and weight
• The 5 food groups
• Group 1 - breads, cereals and grains
• Group 2 - fruits and vegetables
• Group 3 - meat, chicken, fish, eggs and vegetable alternatives
• Group 4 - dairy foods
• Group 5 - fats, sugars and salt
• Daily eating examples
• What is a healthy weight range?
• Physical activity before pregnancy
• Exercise in pregnancy: getting started
• Lifestyle changes before pregnancy
• Folic acid supplements
• Folic acid and neural tube defects
• Why folic acid supplements?
• How much folic acid?
• Controversies and issues about folic acid supplements
• Pre-conceptual health check
• Genetic counselling
• Health conditions for the woman

Emotional & practical considerations

• Emotional readiness
• Realistic relationship expectations
• Work, financial and health insurance considerations
• Age and fertility

Diabetes, conception, early pregnancy

• About diabetes
• Diabetes before pregnancy
• Diabetes Australia

Epilepsy, conception and early pregnancy

• About epilepsy, preconception and pregnancy
• Seizures, medications and pregnancy register

Ovulation

• Why do I get pain during ovulation?

How conception works

• Female and male reproductive anatomy and physiology
• The female reproductive system
• The male reproductive system
• The woman's menstrual cycle
• Fertility chart and physical signs
• Detecting the fertile days
• Timing of sex for conception
• Variations for conception and emotions
• Choosing the sex of your baby
• Baby-making sex
• 10 ways to boost your fertility
• The miracle of conception
• 5 fabulous fertility foods
• The male biological clock
• Maximise your baby-making
• The A-Z of fertility terms
• How to grow healthy sperm
• 5 tips to help you make a baby
• Tracking your fertile times
• Your Monthly Cycle
• Cervical Knowledge
• Mucous and ovulation
• Ovulation and temperature

Shettles method

• About the Shettles method
• Shettles method for boys
• Shettles method for girls