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Before Pregnancy

Trimester zero: the season before the seed.

Trimester Zero: preparing your body before pregnancyTrimester zero is the months before you conceive. A few steady habits now, with food, sleep, and a checkup, give a pregnancy its best start.
Eating before you conceiveWhat you eat before you conceive builds the stores a pregnancy draws on. Folate, iron, protein, and real food matter most.
Prenatal vitamins: when to start and what's in themA prenatal is a daily vitamin built for pregnancy. Starting at least a month before you conceive covers the weeks before you know.
Tracking your cycle and ovulationYou can only conceive in the days around ovulation. Temperature, mucus, or LH strips help you find that fertile window.
Trying to conceive: how long is normal, when to ask for helpMost couples conceive within a year. If you are under 35 and it has been a year, or over 35 and six months, it is time to ask for help.
The preconception visitA preconception visit is a checkup before you try. It covers vaccines, medicines, health conditions, and your questions, so pregnancy starts on solid ground.
Coming off birth controlYou can conceive soon after stopping most birth control. Your cycle may take a few months to settle, and the shot takes longest.
Your partner's health before conceptionSperm takes about three months to make. Your partner's heat, sleep, alcohol, smoking, and weight in that window affect fertility and the pregnancy.
Gut health before and during pregnancyYour gut bacteria shift in pregnancy and pass to your baby at birth. Fiber, fermented food, and regular digestion matter more than any pill.

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