is there anything I should be doing..

within these couple months before actually TTC? As I wrote in my 'introduction post', me & dh are planning to start the process pretty soon, but not yet. Is there anything I should be doing to prepare my body as of now? Like certain vitamins or exorcises or diets?

Is that a stupid question? lol. Sorry I'm very new to this.

I know to stop my BC at least 3 months before TTC, but not sure if there's anything else I could be doing to help the process.

TIA

Re: is there anything I should be doing..

You should be taking a multivitamin with at leaset 400 mcg of folic acid. Good luck!

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i would call your OB and see what they recommend as all doctors are different (some are OK with over the counter, some aren't)

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My OBGYN recommends stopping BC and waiting for one or two normal periods before starting to TTC.

Also, she said it's very important to make sure to take 800 mcgs of Folic Acid every day, at least 2 months before TTC. On top of that, she said I could take a regular multi vitamin.

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You can buy prenatals over the counter at CVS. Once you're pregnant your Dr. may perscribe you different ones. But the CVS brand is fine for now.

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thanks for those recommendations - I'll get on top of that.

I heard somewhere that you shouldn't BD 40 days before TTC so that there's a lot of sperm or whatever. What do you think of that??? 40 days sounds pretty extreme to me and I doubt DH (or me) will succeed

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Posted by Ever-After

thanks for those recommendations - I'll get on top of that.

I heard somewhere that you shouldn't BD 40 days before TTC so that there's a lot of sperm or whatever. What do you think of that??? 40 days sounds pretty extreme to me and I doubt DH (or me) will succeed

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Posted by nferrandi

Posted by Ever-After

thanks for those recommendations - I'll get on top of that.

I heard somewhere that you shouldn't BD 40 days before TTC so that there's a lot of sperm or whatever. What do you think of that??? 40 days sounds pretty extreme to me and I doubt DH (or me) will succeed

That's completely untrue! In fact, if you went that long, his swimmers would be weaker rather then stronger.

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lol 40 days! no way i could make that!