First established in 1978, Foresight is a charitable organisation
based in West Sussex in England, whose primary role is to promote the
importance of good health and nutritional status in both parents before conceiving a baby, and to provide sensible, acheivable information
and advice on how to do this.
Foresight has put together a thoroughly researched pre-conceptual care, which identifies and addresses various areas of concern
in the health in any pair of prospective parents. The objective is
to optimise the health of both prospective parents well before conception
occurs so that a pregnancy can be started with a normal, strong sperm
and ova and the embryo can implant and develop under optimum conditions
in a healthy uterus, with no danger of damage from nutritional deficiency,
toxins or disease.
Over the years, Foresight has found that under these conditions it
is possible to have uncomplicated pregnancies resulting in strong,
healthy and perfectly formed babies, even in many couples who may have
previously experienced the distress of miscarriage, stillbirth, birth
defects, unexplained infertility, post-natal depression, health problems
in the child, and other problems relating to conception, pregnancy
and birth.
It is a sad fact that the modern, busy lives that many people lead
today, with our polluted air and our over-stored, over-processed
and over-packaged foods, are not conducive to healthy living. Unfortunately,
our fertility and our ability to reproduce is one of the first things
to be affected (albeit mildly in many cases) although symptoms of
'sub-fertility' often do not not become apparent until problems with
conception or pregnancy result. Many couples experiencing reproductive
problems of one form or another would otherwise consider themselves
to be perfectly healthy.