About guest:

Leading fertility and pregnancy expert Zita West is a practicing midwife, acupuncturist, and nutritional advisor. In 1992 she set up ‘The Zita West Clinic’ – London’s most famous holistic fertility clinic which ten years later now combines cutting-edge medical science with complementary therapies. She is the author of nine fertility and pregnancy books and her latest book, Eat Yourself Pregnant was released earlier this month, September 2014.  Zita's high profile clients have included Kate Winslet, Cate Blanchett, Stella McCartney, Ulrika Jonsson, Jemma Kidd, and Sophie Wessex and she has a loyal and sophisticated following amongst women looking for mainstream and alternative treatments and practical support during one of the most exciting and daunting times of their lives.

Items mentioned in this podcast:

• How too many women go down the IVF route too quickly
• Impatience to conceive
• Benefits of the holistic approach
• Increase in men with fertility problems

In this podcast you will learn:

• How there isn't enough information about why you might be able to conceive
• Infertility is 50/50 between men and women
• Tips for Men
• About whether you can carry naturally if you have the 'Killer Gene'
• Zita has just launched a new blog

Follow on Twitter @Zita_West