Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Part One The Better Baby Plan
1 You Are a Cocreator: The Better Baby Plan 3
2 Road Map to a Healthy Pregnancy 16
Part Two The Better Baby Diet
3 Better Baby Building Blocks 29
4 What Not to Eat 41
5 Nourishing a Healthy Brain and Body 67
6 Fertility 118
7 Your Prenatal Supplement Regimen 128
8 Hormones and Pharmaceuticals 157
Part Three The Toxin Connection
9 How Mold Changes Your Pregnancy 167
10 Environmental Toxins 175
11 Endotoxins: The Toxins Produced inside You 185
12 How to Deal with Toxins 190
Part Four Preparing for Pregnancy and Birth
13 Detoxifying Your Body and Your Home 199
14 Autism 214
15 Reducing Stress for an Easier and Better Pregnancy 220
16 Does Intention Matter? 247
17 The Best Way to Welcome Baby: A Gentle Birth 250
18 Bringing It All Together 266
Index 273