Pregnancy health with Zita West

One of the world's foremost experts on fertility and pregnancy, Zita West has more than 25 years' experience as a midwife, a nutritional advisor, an acupuncturist and as an author and consultant.

A Babyexpert.com favourite, Zita hosted a LIVE webchat with us to answer your questions about pregnancy health. She was with us for an hour on September 29 for an open session with registered members on the Pregnancy messageboard. Click through to read her answers.

The first FIVE members to post relevant questions once the forum opened received a FREE pack of Zita West's new Pregnancy Plan multi-vitamins. Pregnancy Plan is a supplement recommended for women who are trying to conceive, pregnant or breastfeeding. Click here for info. 

More and more evidence points to the contribution that the right combination of diet, exercise, lifestyle changes and natural therapies can make not only to our chances of a happy and healthy pregnancy but to our unborn baby's health and all-round potential too.

Zita is acknowledged as one of Europe's leading experts on how each of us can improve our prospects at each key stage of the reproductive process.

We know so much now about life in the womb and the factors that can influence a mother’s health and happiness during pregnancy. Research has shown us the things that can be done to help your baby’s growth and brainpower and even his or her long-term health and well-being too.

What you eat, what you drink, and how relaxed and fit you are, emotionally as well as physically, all have an important role to play, as does the vitality, or otherwise, of the various systems in your body.

Good nutritional planning can reduce the likelihood of complications arising for mothers-to-be too, such as hypertension or gestational diabetes. And it can help to reduce common problems like pregnancy sickness, heartburn and constipation, as well as helping to improve your energy levels.

Remember to visit the messageboards here to read Zita's answers to your pregnancy health questions in the live Babyexpert webchat.

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