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Awakening Fertility: The Essential Art of Preparing for Pregnancy Kindle Edition

by Heng Ou (Author), Amely Greeven (Author), Marisa Belger (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.7 out of 5 stars 408 ratings
A guide to caring for mind and body while trying to conceive from the bestselling authors of The First Forty Days, with recipes included.

The path to motherhood is a deep and transformative process. It can also include unexpected twists and turns. Awakening Fertility is a loving companion to accompany you along the journey—whether your desire to become a mother burns fiercely today or is a future calling just beginning to stir.

Intended for women at every stage of the preconception process, this book offers wisdom and guidance to support your body, mind, and spirit—including nearly 50 delicious recipes to nourish yourself deeply.
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Heng Ou is the founder of MotherBees, a food and lifestyle company supporting women through every stage of motherhood.

Amely Greeven is the coauthor of the New York Times bestseller Clean.

Marisa Belger is a writer and editor specializing in women’s wellness and self-improvement.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ ABRAMS Image; Illustrated edition (March 24, 2020)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 24, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 9.9 MB
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    Marisa Belger is a life coach supporting women through the big questions of parenthood and partnership. She is co-author of The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother; Awakening Fertility: The Essential Art of Preparing for Pregnancy; and Nine Golden Months: The Essential Art of Nurturing the Mother-to-Be. Learn more at marisabelger.com.

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Customers find the book helpful for their fertility journey, with one mentioning it serves as a complete guide to support health and fertility. The writing quality receives positive feedback, with one customer noting it's very easy to read and understand. Customers appreciate the beautiful photos throughout the book.

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Customers find the book informative and helpful, particularly noting how it assisted them on their fertility journey.

"...I can say it is a really good book with a lot of good advices and also tasty recipes that are really helpful for fertility and post pregnancy...." Read more

"A beautiful, hopeful, empowering approach to preparing and optimizing your body for fertility and overall health...." Read more

"...every healthy habit you establish, will fortify your body, strengthen your resolve, soften your heart, and calm your mind-this is a deep tending to..." Read more

"...It's a great series to turn too, to find out more information and how to keep our bodies healthy especially during the current chemicalization that..." Read more

4 customers mention "Writing quality"4 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the writing quality of the book, with one noting it is very easy to read and understand.

"...of a fertility lifestyle book, complete with beautiful photos, carefully chosen words, and inspiring quotes on the side bar...." Read more

"...This book is so beautiful and so well written - very easy to read and understand but also great to keep as a reminder on my coffee table...." Read more

"...And while the writing is nice and soothing, the actual substance is buried so deep and is just touched upon, leaving most of the book as filler and..." Read more

"...It is not only beautifully designed but also well written! I highly recommend this one for your women’s wellness collection." Read more

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Customers appreciate the beautiful photos in the book.

"A beautiful, hopeful, empowering approach to preparing and optimizing your body for fertility and overall health...." Read more

"This is more of a fertility lifestyle book, complete with beautiful photos, carefully chosen words, and inspiring quotes on the side bar...." Read more

"This is absolutely a gorgeous book. The feel of it, the photos, the cover + pages, all glorious as books go...." Read more

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My cousin’s doula recommended me this book since I was struggling with fertility. I can say it is a really good book with a lot of good advices and also tasty recipes that are really helpful for fertility and post pregnancy. I recommend reading it helps so much emotionally and also to make good meals for you and your family.
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  • Elsy
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good recipes
    Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2024
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    My cousin’s doula recommended me this book since I was struggling with fertility. I can say it is a really good book with a lot of good advices and also tasty recipes that are really helpful for fertility and post pregnancy. I recommend reading it helps so much emotionally and also to make good meals for you and your family.
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    Elsy
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    Good recipes

    Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2024
    My cousin’s doula recommended me this book since I was struggling with fertility. I can say it is a really good book with a lot of good advices and also tasty recipes that are really helpful for fertility and post pregnancy. I recommend reading it helps so much emotionally and also to make good meals for you and your family.
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  • Jamie S.
    5.0 out of 5 stars This should be a high school textbook
    Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2023
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    A beautiful, hopeful, empowering approach to preparing and optimizing your body for fertility and overall health. I wish I had this book in my 20s, but as a 40 year old it gave me so much hope that I still have time to have a healthy, natural pregnancy (or multiple!) and I have the capacity to cultivate the environment for it.

    Pregnancy/fertility aside, it also takes away the shame surrounding periods/womanhood/the female body that is so prevalent in western culture. Instead it views how powerful, intelligent, and creative we are as women. The female body is not something to hide, shame, or be viewed as an inconvenience!

    This book should be a high school/college textbook! I want to tell all of my friends about it whether they’ve had children or not. I want to give it to my nieces and my future daughter(s).
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  • Colin Heaton
    5.0 out of 5 stars So glad this book was written
    Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2021
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    This is more of a fertility lifestyle book, complete with beautiful photos, carefully chosen words, and inspiring quotes on the side bar. It is (intentionally) not much of a technical "how to" or "fix it" book, though the advise you will find in this book, if taken earnestly, is more potent than some are inclined to give it credit for. It was the perfect book for me to read and for that I am so grateful to the authors for collecting the thoughts and wisdom from lives' worked on contemplating human fertility. It enlivened in me the mindset I wish to have going into parenthood. For me, this book is summed up by this quote on pg 161, "We wrote this book so that every new recipe you make, every hard conversation you have, and every healthy habit you establish, will fortify your body, strengthen your resolve, soften your heart, and calm your mind-this is a deep tending to yourself."
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  • Esra Sevinc
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book & Information.
    Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2024
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    I recently purchased the entire set (all 3 books) and I've been really enjoying the information. It's a great series to turn too, to find out more information and how to keep our bodies healthy especially during the current chemicalization that is going on.
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  • J. hovsepian
    5.0 out of 5 stars Finally! A great book on fertility!
    Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2020
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    I have finally found a book that feels like a complete guide to support health and fertility! This book is so beautiful and so well written - very easy to read and understand but also great to keep as a reminder on my coffee table. I trust Heng and her ancestral wisdom completely and look so forward to making so many of these recipes. Highly recommend for anyone looking for optimal health at this time and a great gift idea for friends.
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  • kazzie
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good but very hetero
    Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2023
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    Appreciate the cross cultural sourcing of information but wished it wasn’t from the standpoint that it’s readers are solely heterosexual couples. When it comes to fertility and LGBTQ visibility in this day and age, aren’t we way beyond that?
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  • Courtney handrigan
    5.0 out of 5 stars What we needed
    Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2024
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    This book has helped us so much on our fertility journey!
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  • Mike
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent read
    Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2024
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    Highly recommend this read for anyone in the prep stage to becoming a mom, or even for those preparing for more babies. 10/10!
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  • Stacey
    5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect book
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 19, 2025
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    So much information, culture and gorgeous recipes!
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  • Maria Elisa
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good book
    Reviewed in Australia on October 5, 2024
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    Short review - nice book, nice cover, good content! I should cool more of these 🤤
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    Maria Elisa
    4.0 out of 5 stars
    Good book

    Reviewed in Australia on October 5, 2024
    Short review - nice book, nice cover, good content! I should cool more of these 🤤
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  • Paolly Waow
    1.0 out of 5 stars Mostly fluff and errors, no valuable content... not recommended
    Reviewed in Canada on October 19, 2020
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    If you are looking for TCM advice for women’s health and fertility, keep looking. This book his full of errors and omissions - both editorially and in content.

    I.e. the recipe for “black sesame rice porridge” does not have black sesame in the recipe. The “Jing chai life force milk” talks about the benefits of tumeric, yet there is no tumeric in the recipe. There is no index, so no way of looking up a topic or ingredient. And lastly, omission of vital details for herbs not suitable for common female issue, I.e. dong quai should not be consumed for those with heavy menstrual bleeding. No actual guidance/recommendations of what to eat during different phases of your cycle.

    Photos are beautiful, but the book is lacking value and usefulness overall. 163 pages of fluff, flowed by 57 pages of recipes, only a small handful worth trying - nothing you can’t find in other TCM books with more info on fertility and women’s health.
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  • Claire H
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful book with lots of advice and full of warmth
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 5, 2020
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    I was so sad to finish this book but have marked so many pages and already returned to them multiple times. It's beautifully written - you can feel the wisdom and support of women across the world across generations cheering you on in your fertility journey. Highly recommend.
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  • Laura
    1.0 out of 5 stars Recipes are nasty
    Reviewed in Canada on July 8, 2021
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    Great info but I would never eat a single thing in this book
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