My Pregnancy Guide: Ensuring a healthy pregnancy & labour
About this ebook
My Pregnancy Guide explains what to expect in pregnancy, problems you may experience and what to do about them, the impact of COVID-19, an optimal pregnancy diet, supplements to take, pregnancy for dads and how to reduce your baby’s chances to developing autism.
It explains what tests you can have and the various dangers to your baby and how to avoid them, from chemicals in the environment, in foods, cosmetics and household products to pollution, plastics, heavy metals and pharmaceutical drugs.
Advice is given on how to minimise your baby miscarrying or developing any abnormalities and how you can enhance your health for optimal breast-milk production and post labour health.
In-depth explanations are given on how to optimise your lifestyle from exercising, work, sleep to clothing, footwear and even baths versus showers all based on the latest cutting-edge research together with the tried and tested theories of Chinese medicine.
Week by week explanations on how your baby is growing is given along with advice on how to enhance your baby’s development. A large range of supplements are listed to improve mother and baby's health.
Based on the latest scientific research, My Pregnancy Guide also explains how to deal with various pregnancy problems that may develop from gestational diabetes, preeclampsia to constipation and slow baby growth.
Explanations are given on the stages of labour and how to prepare for each step. Fact-based research is given advising on going over 40 weeks and how to prepare for labour, treat a breech baby, pain relief options and acupressure points to encourage labour and a reduction in labour pain. A large range of natural herbs are given to help reduce miscarriage and aid labour.
Dr (TCM) Attilio D’Alberto has been supporting women in pregnancy and labour since 2004, from those who fell pregnant naturally to those that conceived with IVF. This book is a treasure-trove of information that is invaluable to all women who are pregnant.
”I safely delivered a baby boy. I defiantly feel he helped to reduce the pain too, as I felt ready to give birth all over again the next day”-Dr (TCM) Attilio D'Alberto - Bachelor of Medicine (Beijing), BSc (Hons) TCM
About the author
I’ve been practising since 2004, using acupuncture and Chinese herbs to treat infertility. During this time, I’ve treated all types of pregnancy problems – for example threatened miscarriage. morning sickness, poor baby growth, breech baby, labour induction - for couples in their early twenties through to those in their late forties.
My studies in acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine started a long time ago, with a five-year full-time jointly run degree programme in Traditional Chinese Medicine at Middlesex University in London and Beijing University in China. Since graduating I’ve had numerous articles published in medical journals and healthcare magazines in various languages.
I’ve learnt from some of the best acupuncturists in the world and now coach and advise other Chinese medicine practitioners. I am passionate about acupuncture and Chinese medicine, the awareness it gives me and how I can use this to show people how to improve their health and their pregnancy.
I blend ancient theories of Chinese medicine with modern scientific research to give a deeper insight into illness and disharmony, and then employ several treatment strategies to tackle the problem creating a higher success rate.
I believe it’s important to explain to people what’s going on with them and the disharmony they have, as it empowers them. This allows us to work consciously together to improve their pregnancy.
