Boosting Fertility With Prenatal Vitamins #prenatalvitamins #prenatal #conceive #successstory
You hear it from fertility doctors and experts all the time: If you are trying to get pregnant, you should start taking prenatal vitamins every day.
But which ones?
Like most women trying to conceive for the first time, we don’t necessarily think we will have an issue getting pregnant. Unless, of course, we know of some preexisting medical reason that it is going to be difficult.
You ladies have asked me what vitamins I was taking when I first conceived my baby at 42 years old. Here are the top 13 vitamins I was taking.
If you have seen my other video called “First Time Mom At 42 - My Journey”
You will know that this was my second time getting pregnant, but it was my only baby that I carried to full term.
Like many other women, I started off with the basics first: prenatal vitamins. I eventually ramped up to this comprehensive list, such as vitamin D, vitamin B12, and some others that I won’t even begin to try and pronounce.
Feel free to pause this video to read all of them. Of course, all of these will be in the video description for your convenience.
Now, how did I choose these vitamins?
The research came from two different sources.
Source number 1: It Starts with An Egg.
This book has a list of the vitamins that are suggested for you to improve your egg quality. I supplemented that list with the recommended vitamins my fertility doctor gave me.
It’s important to note that these vitamins are not specific to me due to being deficient or having a surplus in one vitamin or another. Obviously, the ones that are in the book are a generic recommendation for every woman to take. And the list that my doctor gave me was not just for me. This list was a just list that he had on his desk, that he gives to every one of his patients. So, these are suitable for every woman trying to conceive.
Another thing to note is that I took these vitamins for around five to six months before actually getting pregnant. The book talks about how you need to get all of these vitamins in your body, to kind of, feed the egg. And to properly “feed” your egg, It takes around three months for these vitamins to help restore your egg’s nutrients. And, in my case, with being over 40 years old, it is even more important to give your eggs enough time to actually absorb the vitamins.
All these vitamins are suitable for every woman trying to conceive. You can, however, get blood tests to see if you are deficient in some areas. It is extremely important to know if any of your levels are deficient or not. If you are deficient, then you should take more than the generic dose to help supplement that deficiency. For example, if you get a blood test done, and it comes back that you are low in Vitamin B12, but you are only taking the recommended dose for a normal blood level, then you are not getting enough vitamin B12 that your eggs need. At this point, your doctor may suggest for you to take extra doses of vitamin B12. For women who are struggling with getting pregnant, don’t let something as small as getting your blood work done prevent you from getting pregnant! This is vital to increasing your chances at getting pregnant. Remember, all you need is just one egg!! One healthy, sufficient, egg that is full of nutrients and vitamins.
Reach out to me in the comments and let me know which ones you are taking.
Now, there was one vitamin that I was low on that I discovered after getting my own blood work done. If you want to know how I ordered these blood tests without a doctor’s visit, click on this video here .
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***Please note that in the video I had the wrong image of the bottle -- the video shows Bone & Strength, when it was supposed to be the prenatal vitamins. The link is correct :)
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