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Anything other than folic acid?

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  • 10-01-2018 11:25pm
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    Sarah1916
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    Hi all,

    Myself and my husband are recently married and plan to start trying for a baby in a few months. I have just came off the pill after 10 years!

    I have started taking folic acid over the past few months and was just wondering if there was anything else I should be doing to try and reduce the chance of problems when trying to conceive and indeed during pregnancy and anything to help increase the chance of having a healthy baby!

    Just to note I am 30, at a healthy weight and eat quite healthy and am very active (weight training and cardio).


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    Neyite
    Administrators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,947 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Neyite


    Sounds like you are doing all the right things really. There are pregnancy multivitamins but my consultant said that they were not necessary if you have a healthy diet and that the only thing that needs to be taken is folic acid.

    Your husband is also equally important as he needs to provide healthy sperm so a good diet, exercise, cutting down on drink, cutting out cigarettes if he smokes, wears loose underwear, avoids hot baths should help sperm get healthy.

    Best of luck!


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