- preconception checkup
- ask about immunizations, get a flu shot
- take 400 mg of folic acid a day for one month before conception and during first trimester
- make sure that your multivitamin doesn't contain more than 770 mcg RAE (2565 IU) of vitamin A, unless it is in beta-carotene form
- don't drink during last two weeks of cycle (or at all)
- limit caffeine to 200 mg per day
- get my BMI below 24 (160lbs would be 24.3, 158lbs would be 24.0)
- don't eat: shark, swordfish, king mackerel or tilefish
- don't eat more than 6 oz per week of: chunk light (solid white and albacore are worse) it's good when it comes from skipjack and bad when it comes from yellowfin
- do eat two servings of fish a week: salmon, herring(Atlantic, jack, chub), farm-raised rainbo trout, sardines, whitefish
- floss
- call insurance about prenatal coverage, ask about deductibles, tests and procedure covered
- avoid soft cheese, cold deli meat, raw fish, unpasturized juice
- ask about immunizations, get a flu shot
- take 400 mg of folic acid a day for one month before conception and during first trimester
- make sure that your multivitamin doesn't contain more than 770 mcg RAE (2565 IU) of vitamin A, unless it is in beta-carotene form
- don't drink during last two weeks of cycle (or at all)
- limit caffeine to 200 mg per day
- get my BMI below 24 (160lbs would be 24.3, 158lbs would be 24.0)
- don't eat: shark, swordfish, king mackerel or tilefish
- don't eat more than 6 oz per week of: chunk light (solid white and albacore are worse) it's good when it comes from skipjack and bad when it comes from yellowfin
- do eat two servings of fish a week: salmon, herring(Atlantic, jack, chub), farm-raised rainbo trout, sardines, whitefish
- floss
- call insurance about prenatal coverage, ask about deductibles, tests and procedure covered
- avoid soft cheese, cold deli meat, raw fish, unpasturized juice
