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Zita West Your Pregnancy Companion

Win Your Pregnancy Companion by Zita West

Your Pregnancy Companion is Zita West’s informative and reassuring guide to pregnancy, birth and the first weeks with your baby. Full of the latest essential information and expert advice, it will help you to prepare yourself for motherhood and give your baby the best start in life. Zita West is one of the UK’s foremost…

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IVF success with Zita West

Trying for a baby can be a difficult time, especially when it is taking longer than you’d hoped.  For couples wanting to conceive, the journey through IVF is an emotional rollercoaster, not to mentional a financial drain.  Zita West assisted fertility (ZWAF) believes in a holistic approach to fertility problems, a philosophy that appears to…

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Early pregnancy concerns

The first few weeks of pregnancy are some of the most exciting as you get used to the new life inside you. However, with your new shape come concerns. We asked mums in the babyworld antenatal club what their most common early pregnancy worries were and midwife and acupuncturist, Zita West, answers them here. What pains should I be…

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Aromatherapy in labour

Aromatherapy massage can provide relaxation and relief to women in the first stage of labour, according to the results of a long-term study of more than 8000 expectant mums. Along with more conventional forms of pain relief, women in the first stage of labour were offered essential oils, dropped onto a slip of paper or…

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Early pregnancy by Zita West

“I’m sure that without Zita’s advice and supplements I would never have survived filming at eighteen weeks. Zita is often called a fertility and pregnancy guru, and I’m definitely one of her followers. The guidance and support she has given me through both my pregnancies has helped me to stay healthy and positive and to relax and enjoy the whole…

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Complementary therapies : acupuncture, reflexology & hypnotherapy

Whether you’re already trying for a baby, or you’re just starting to think about it, complementary therapies can also be helpful when used prior to undergoing conventional treatment or alongside other treatments. Although they can’t repair damaged tubes or produce more eggs, they can boost your general health, reduce stress levels and help you to feel more in control of…

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Your post baby body

After nine months of hard work, your body has finally delivered your much-loved baby, so why is it that amongst the joy of the new arrival, at the back of our minds is a niggling urgency to say goodbye to that post baby body and regain our pre-pregnancy figures? Pregnancy – freedom from diets Pregnancy is a time…

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Body shape after childbirth

As you gradually grow out of your extendable-waist jeans and your breasts swell to melon size you may wonder if it is physically possible to be your old body shape again after the birth. We spoke to expert midwife Zita West about the physical changes of pregnancy and birth and to independent health visitor Ann Girling about the…

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Helping women to conceive: Zita West

She has treated Cate Blanchett, Kate Winslet and Davina McCall and moves between the NHS and her highly popular Harley St clinic helping women to conceive and have their babies as naturally as possible. babyworld meets midwife, author and natural health practitioner Zita West. There can’t be many trained midwife/acupuncturists – why this unusual combination, do you have…

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Win one of fourteen copies of Zita West’s Guide to Fertility and Assisted Conception

Essential advice on preparing your body for IVF and other fertility treatments Embarking on IVF – or any assisted fertility treatment – can be a very demanding, expensive and stressful experience, but the right physical, nutritional and emotional support can lessen these stresses and strains and increase chances of success. In Zita West’s clear and…

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