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2. Commit to a pre-conception and pregnancy vitamin (and take it every day).
One of the easiest lifestyle changes to commit to is adding a pre-conception vitamin into your day. These supplements are specifically formulated to ensure that your body is getting enough of the key nutrients that can support a healthy conception. Folic acid and iodine are the big hitters in the pre-conception and pregnancy world as they are important for the healthy development of baby’s brain and nervous system.
The thing is, these nutrients can take time to build up in your system, which is why it’s a good idea to start taking a supplement when you start planning a pregnancy. Experts recommend taking 500 mg of folate and 150mcg of iodine which can be difficult to get purely from food.
4 simple lifestyle changes to make if you’re trying to conceive. Mamamia 10/12/2020
You ve jumped aboard the making a baby train.
YAY. Or maybe GULP . Because it can be a little bit scary making that commitment and figuring out how prepared you need to be (because let s face it, most of us are just winging it).
In the past we may have gotten all our information from friends, family members and an old copy of
What To Expect When You re Expecting. Now, we’ve got access to a trillion different websites with a single tap of our iPhone screens. Eat this, don’t eat that. Make sure you’re exercising but don’t exercise TOO much. Take your pre-conception vitamins in the morning, not the evening, while hanging upside down in a Frangipani tree that’s in bloom.