How did you actually prep for pregnancy?!

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We will be TTC from December. I already take a multi vit with folic acid and extra iron as I have anaemia. We both eat good diets and don’t smoke.

What else could or should I be taking?

That’s all.

Extra vit d is good

It reduces miscarriage risk

And most brits are vit d deficient

We are under fertility clinic -
And consultant there told me good b12 levels are important

I take pregncare for conception
Consultant recommended it

Stay active.

Have things going on in life outside of ttc as a good distraction. Ttc is often a marathon, not a sprint.

Exercise.

@knowledegeablyclueless
As others have mentioned.
Vitamins, healthy diet, quit the smoking, reduce the drinking.
I guess its a good time to financially plan too - it could happen straight away so to save money ready and plan any DIY needed in the house.
Keeping active - I did quite a bit of pilates and found my birth and recovery to be quite good, maybe I was just lucky

Tommy’s has a planning for pregnancy tool which covers pretty much all your bases.

https://www.tommys.org/pregnancy-information/planning-a-pregnancy

Just make sure that the multivitamin you’re taking is pregnancy safe, standard ones will contain vitamin A which is teratogenic in high quantities. And agree with vitamin d, very important.

If I could choose again I'd do plenty of pilates and resistance exercise. Especially core and glutes. My glutes seemed to disappear in 3rd tri/3 months postpartum

I'm planning to start TTC no 2 in November/December, I had bad pelvic girdle pain in my first pregnancy so after speaking to a pelvic health physio I'm doing as much strength training as I can and generally being as active as possible. Also planning to call GP and see when my smear is due because it's been a while now since I had my last one. Other than that, just vits and eating well!

Proceive Conception. Takes 3 months to improve your egg health.

Thank you for reminding me that mine is due!

If I could go back in time I would have done Pilates and sorted my back out and in general got stronger by using weights before conception

And also relationship counselling! To work out how you'll both cope with the shift in you needing more support and being able to offer less