Zita West
June 15th, 2007
If you live in the U.K. you may have heard of Zita West. The goddess of all things fertility and pregnancy and now also books and a million healthful supplements. Zita West has been involved in fertility and pregnancy for over 25 years, as a midwife, a nutritional advisor, an acupuncturist and as an author and consultant. Over that time thousands of couples have come to her for advice on how to get into into optimum shape - physiologically, nutritionally and emotionally - for all the vital…
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Ng Siong Miu in 
shares the wisdom of Chinese dietrary principles and the recipes of the nutritional foods essential for expectant and new mothers.
I thought Debra Waterhouse’s 
was quite helpful in making me realize after my second pregnancy that:
I couldn’t resist posting this inspirational photo…Maggie Gyllenhaal has moved to my old hood, Park Slope in Brooklyn. Here she is out with her 7 month old, Ramona. What’s amazing are all the bitchy paparazzi blogs… one wrote, “I almost didn’t post these pictures because of the whole breast feeding in public debate, but whatever. If she’s comfortable enough to do it knowing the paparazzi follow her around, then whatever…”
I have a sweet tooth which I really shouldn’t pay too much attention to but sometimes a recipe presents itself that I just can’t ignore. This one is super easy to make (no baking), is actually very nutritional and is so delicious that you will be sneaking into the fridge all the time until it is gone (that won’t take very long). The main ingredient is lots and lots of almonds.
So how much alcohol have you been drinking? With my first pregnancy I think I had a much harder time saying “no,” and very often would help myself to a glass of wine. I wouldn’t ever drink more than a glass and never drank any hard spirits but most of my friends totally abstained from alcohol so of course then I felt really guilty or would start to wonder whether I had done some serious damage to my unborn child which thankfully I didn’t.
by nutritionist Phyllis A. Balch and James F. Balch, M.D., has long been considered one of the most trusted, comprehensive sources on the mind-boggling array of vitamins, minerals, herbs, and other dietary supplements now available. I can’t tell you how many time I have referred to their bible for endless…
You might be wondering why I have included 
in a website that is dedicated to pregnant and postpartum mothers? Well I think Dr. Leo Galland is making such an important point and he provides so much useful information (too much milk ie. calcium can actually cancel out all the other great nutrients you might be giving…
is a really inspirational book. Ina May Gaskin and the midwives in her practice on a Summertown, Tenn. commune known as “The Farm,” have attended over 2,200 natural births. Gaskin, who learned the rudiments of her gentle birthing technique from the Mayans in Guatemala, has helped bring attention to the method’s remarkably low rate of morbidity and medical intervention. Couples considering natural childbirth will get inspirational coaxing from more than a dozen first-person…
The National Association of Mothers’ Centers