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Now that's its late at night and the girls are in bed I can better

answer your question on what was useful on fertility. I'd highly

recommend the three books below. They cover the vitamin/mineral and

nutritional aspect which helped point me in the right direction. I

believe all can be found on http://www.amazon.com and if interested

read the reviews as well.

I started out with these three books and then found someone who

would work with me on the blood work etc.. The acquaintance I

referred to that became pregnant was 42. All she did was the blood

work and like I read up and implmented what she learned on

nutrition. It was an eye opening experience for me and her as well.

I know some womem who went beyond vitamins. minerals and nutrition

and added accupuncture treatment and became pregnant. I've never

tried accupunture. I'm too squeamish when it comes to needles.

It's bad enough for me to have blood work done.

What I have typically seen is women becoming obsessed with getting

pregnant. I can understand yearning for a child but I can't

understand not looking into natural means and giving it a chance.

What seems most common is instant gratification. They put their

bodies through hell to force a pregnancy. Of course this is one way

to try and accomplish a pregnancy but with some patience the same

goal can be accomplished naturally and not put you in debt and avoid

the intrusiveness that goes with artifical means such as IVF etc..

It goes without saying that whether a female choses the natrual path

or artificial means, not all will become pregnant.

What's unfortunate is how the allopathic community snickers or rolls

their eyes at the topic of nutrition. Nutrition does make a BIG

difference. In general the typical American diet is atrocious - I'm

guilty of that too but I try harder to eat nutricious foods and set

a good example for my family. Now I need to concentrate more on

Graves friendly foods and I thank you for your suggestions.

Here are the books I found useful:

1. Taking Charge of Your Fertility: The Definitive Guide to Natural

Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement, and Reproductive Health

(Revised Edition) by Toni Weschler

This is an excellent book on how your body functions in preparing

for reproduction. It helps you map out when your body is ready for

conception and what your particular pattern is via temperature and

mucus etc..

2. Overcoming Fertility Naturally by Bradstreet

This highlights the relationship between nutrition, emotions and

reproduction. It covers them well.

3. Fertility Cycles and Nutrition by Marilyn M.

Another good book that covers PMS problems, infertility, painful

periods, repeated miscarriages, irregular cycles, heavy bleeding and

touches on male infertility.

There are others out there but I found these three to be the most

useful. If the first book is read you will most likely know more

about how your body functions than your ob or gyn. It's an easy read

and very interesting. I plan on letting my daughter read through it

when she is older. Today much attention is focused on the act and

variations of the act but not about the wonder of how a female body

works. It's a fine tuned orchestra.

No kidding but in the book store I actually saw a book entitled Sex

for Dummies - It was all about maneuvers and not about how our

bodies function.

Anyway maybe you or someone you know will find the above useful.

Best Regards,