What is everyone doing to get their body baby ready?

I know I've asked this before (I think when I first came on the boards over the winter)........but it's always a valuable topic and we can learn alot from each other

Let's discuss! What are you doing to prepare your body and your future baby for pregnancy?

Re: What is everyone doing to get their body baby ready?

nothing!!!!!!!

I am going about my daily routine which is somewhat healthy minus all the wine.

I am not one to get crazy about TTC I figure it will happen one of these days

Re: What is everyone doing to get their body baby ready?

Here's what I've done/or doing:

1) taking prenatals since Jan 1 (started TTC late April/early May)
2) cut down to 1 serving of caffeine/day
3) totally kicked my diet soda habit! Now I have like 1 a week (if that).
4)Consciously eating more veggies, fruits, whole grains
5)TRYING to eliminate high fructose corn syrup and any other fake sugars/sugar substitutes
6)Go to gym twice a week (I need to increase it to 3 though, I've been lazy)
7)Went brunette-the mixed studies of hair dye/processing are pretty inconclusive..DH feels strongly about this.
8)Getting 8 hours of sleep a night
9)Eliminating stress (or trying to)
10)No alcohol during O or 2WW (I've never been a drinker, at most I have like 2-3 glasses of wine a week)
11)Drinking a ton of water


ETA: Its kind of like a "healthy living plan" too-None of this is driving me nuts or depriving me.

Message edited 6/2/2010 8:20:26 PM.

Re: What is everyone doing to get their body baby ready?

Nothing except taking my prenatals

I keep thinking that when I get preggo, I'll start to eat healthy....yea right lol

Re: What is everyone doing to get their body baby ready?

Posted by babybelly12

Nothing except taking my prenatals

I keep thinking that when I get preggo, I'll start to eat healthy....yea right lol

Re: What is everyone doing to get their body baby ready?

Here is what I have done over the course of 9 months in no particular order:

Prenatals
Vitamin B-6
Green Tea leading up to O
Cut back on caffeine - down to one cup of coffee a day and decaf tea in the pm.
Cut WAY back on alcohol
Quit Smoking (since July thank you very much )
Started running and doing other cardio exercises
Drinking lots of water
Eating healthier

Re: What is everyone doing to get their body baby ready?

I have been on prenatals for a while...over two years!
I have been going to the gym 3x a week AT least...
I have cut out coffee altogether
Ive stopped socially smoking
Ive drastically changed my diet.
I always drink lots of water
I drink Green Tea all the time but I guess it counts...5x a week during work.
Ive stopped drinking Tea

Re: What is everyone doing to get their body baby ready?

1. I was working out for years but recently had some issues and needed to stop, so for now I am walking 2 miles a day (walking to work)

2. Trying to keep my stress level down

3. taking prenatals

4. using pre seed

5. Ive always pretty much ate healthy, but trying to kick it up a notch to get baby ready

Oh and DH is taking multi vitamins and reducing his stress level as well...hey every little bit helps right

ETA oh yea and praying to St. Gerard!

Message edited 6/3/2010 8:42:50 AM.

Re: What is everyone doing to get their body baby ready?

Since we've started TTC I have completely cut out diet soda. I never really had any caffine so that wasn't an issue. I also started taking pre-natals. I cut out fast food, although every once in awhile we do get it, I think in the last 3 months maybe twice.

I try to get to the gym but I just can't get motivated. I'll go a few times for a week and then not go for a month, it's bad!

I've always drank a ton of water so I just keep doing that.

Re: What is everyone doing to get their body baby ready?

Prenatals!

Re: What is everyone doing to get their body baby ready?

continue w/ my gym routine and weights, taking pre-natals and eating alot of taco bell it seems.

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Posted by Harlow-J

Here's what I've done/or doing:

1) taking prenatals since Jan 1 (started TTC late April/early May)
2) cut down to 1 serving of caffeine/day
3) totally kicked my diet soda habit! Now I have like 1 a week (if that).
4)Consciously eating more veggies, fruits, whole grains
5)TRYING to eliminate high fructose corn syrup and any other fake sugars/sugar substitutes
6)Go to gym twice a week (I need to increase it to 3 though, I've been lazy)
7)Went brunette-the mixed studies of hair dye/processing are pretty inconclusive..DH feels strongly about this.
8)Getting 8 hours of sleep a night
9)Eliminating stress (or trying to)
10)No alcohol during O or 2WW (I've never been a drinker, at most I have like 2-3 glasses of wine a week)
11)Drinking a ton of water


ETA: Its kind of like a "healthy living plan" too-None of this is driving me nuts or depriving me.

Re: What is everyone doing to get their body baby ready?

Prenatals.

And no more alcohol (except for the occasional glass of wine). I'm trying to get on the treadmill, but for some reason something always comes up.

Re: What is everyone doing to get their body baby ready?

Posted by miamimerger

Posted by Harlow-J

Here's what I've done/or doing:

1) taking prenatals since Jan 1 (started TTC late April/early May)
2) cut down to 1 serving of caffeine/day
3) totally kicked my diet soda habit! Now I have like 1 a week (if that).
4)Consciously eating more veggies, fruits, whole grains
5)TRYING to eliminate high fructose corn syrup and any other fake sugars/sugar substitutes
6)Go to gym twice a week (I need to increase it to 3 though, I've been lazy)
7)Went brunette-the mixed studies of hair dye/processing are pretty inconclusive..DH feels strongly about this.
8)Getting 8 hours of sleep a night
9)Eliminating stress (or trying to)
10)No alcohol during O or 2WW (I've never been a drinker, at most I have like 2-3 glasses of wine a week)
11)Drinking a ton of water


ETA: Its kind of like a "healthy living plan" too-None of this is driving me nuts or depriving me.

Hey Harlow :). Can you explain #7 a little more? What kind of studies have been done on this?

Re: What is everyone doing to get their body baby ready?

I am starting to take prenatal vitamins, if for nothing else just to have more vitamins, and since I've been married I've been trying to eat healthier (not as many processed foods, whole grains, vegetables, fruits, natural, organic, no preservatives, etc.), and I've been doing some light exercising as well. Just trying to be more healthy in general. I'm not a soda drinker, but I am a coffee drinker, but I only drink one cup a day, rarely twice and usually the second cup is decaf in the evening, and I only drink alcohol in social settings so not very often.

Re: What is everyone doing to get their body baby ready?

Since december I have:

--gotten off BCP
--taking one a day prenatals
-- eating very healthy
--working out and just started with a trainer about 2 months ago
-- cut back on caffeine - now I'm one cup of half caf from starbucks every morning and decaf tea if i need something in the afternoon
--monitoring my cycles and CM
--trying to take good care of myself

i also tried everything i have read about-- rasp tea leaf tea, barilla plus pasta, etc.

Re: What is everyone doing to get their body baby ready?

I've been taking vitamins and sticking with my workouts. I'll take any motivation I can get to get my butt to the gym! I've also been trying to keep up with my regular doctor appointments.

Re: What is everyone doing to get their body baby ready?

I have been doing the following:

1. Taking prenatals
2. Drinking one glass of grapefruit juice per day
3. Drinking one cup of green tea per day up till O
4. Eating one orange per day (folic acid)
5. Evening Primrose oil up till O
6. Drinking lots of water
7. Switched from coffee to tea in the morning
8. Limiting my alcohol from O to AF
9. Just started self-fertility massage
10. Taking 1 baby aspirin per day