Fertility, Pregnancy, and Wellness

• Offers insights from scientific and holistic methods, providing the available scientific evidence for (or against) different holistic approaches, aimed at improving fertility, health and wellness
• Bridges the more ‘peripheral’, yet critical and multidisciplinary, considearations in fertility, infertility, pregnancy and wellness
• Includes clear, concise and meaningful summary conclusion sections within each chapter

1. The importance of healthy lifestyles in helping achieve wellbeing

PART I (Background)
2. Male reproductive system
3. Female reproductive system
4. Conception and pregnancy

PART II (Fertility) - IIA
5. Fertility and infertility nowadays
6. Epidemiologic evidence of the impact of diverse chemicals on fertility
7. Exercise and nutrition intervention for male fertility
8. Exercise and nutrition intervention for female fertility

PART II (Fertility) - IIB
9. The importance of a healthy psychological status for fertility and how to achieve it
10. Mindfulness approach for fertility
11. Yoga practice and fertility
12.  Bio-field therapies and other complementary therapies for emotional management and fertility
13. Other complimentary therapies (acupuncture, aromatherapy, sound) for emotional management and fertility
14. Nutraceutical and phytotherapy to support fertility

PART III (Pregnancy) - IIIA
15. Nutrition for a healthy pregnancy
16. Exercise for healthy pregnancy

PART III (Pregnancy) - IIIB - Holistic, mind-body and complementary approaches for a healthy pregnancy
17. The importance of a healthy psychological approach
18. The importance of mindfulness
19. The importance of yoga practice during pregnancy
20. The importance of your energy body
21.  Other complementary therapies (acupuncture, aromatherapy, sound) for emotional management during pregnancy
22. Nutraceutical and phytotherapy support for pregnancy
23. Ethics in fertility and pregnancy management
24. Conclusion - Science and holistic approaches to reproductive health: Inclusivity and Compatible

Edited by Diana Vaamonde, Human Embryology and Anatomy, Morphological Sciences Dept., School of Medicine, University of Cordoba, Spain; Anthony C. Hackney, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA and Juan Manuel Garcia-Manso, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Island, Spain