Ways to Holistically Boost
Natural Conception
21 Tips To Prepare Your Body For Pregnancy,
According to a Pregnancy Coach:
Lori Bregman
Article from
Mind Body Green
If you want to become pregnant, or have been trying for some time, here are some tips that can help you prepare your body, mind, and soul for the journey of bringing life into the world.
1. Clean up your diet.
When I prep someone for pregnancy, the first thing I do is remove unhealthy foods from her diet and add healthy foods. Here's the way I look at it: A gardener always gets the soil as nourished as it can be before he plants precious seeds — the healthier the soil, the more vibrantly those seeds will grow. Our bodies are similar: the healthier we are physically before pregnancy, the better the environment to maintain a healthy pregnancy. Eat organic, hormone-free, GMO-free, whole foods that nourish you.
2. Start limiting your exposure to toxins.
A test done by the EWG found over 287 toxic chemicals in the umbilical cord blood of newborn infants. Of these, the EWG found 180 toxins that are known to cause cancer, 217 that are toxic to your brain and nervous system, and 208 of the toxins found cause birth defects and abnormalities.
3. Heal your gut.
My go-to holistic nutritionist Elissa Goodman recommends that you take 50 to 80-billion-count probiotics, 4 to 8 ounces of aloe vera, and 1,500 mg of L-Glutamine daily for a few months pre-pregnancy.
4. Eat warm foods.
I asked a few of my acupuncturist friends what they recommend for fertility and they all said to eat warm foods like (lentil soup, or stir-fried veggies and brown rice). The thinking is that a warm uterus is better for fertility.
5. Nourish your body and balance your hormones with my fertility smoothie and a folic acid supplement.
Make this fertility-boosting smoothie. It's also great to ensure you're getting enough folic acid — best to take at least 400 iu, at least three months before conceiving to help prevent neural tube defects like spina bifda. If you hope to conceive sooner than within three months, keep in mind that the earlier you take folic acid, the better.
6. Go gluten-free.
Studies have found that people who have unexplained infertility often have better pregnancy results when gluten is removed from their diet.
7. Do these yoga poses to open, nourish and relax your reproductive organs.
8. De-stress and decompress.
Stress can wreak havoc on your body by boosting cortisol levels, which can suppress ovulation and decrease sperm count and sex drive. Stress also tightens your body, which can stagnate energy and constrict blood flow. Things to help you manage your stress:
Practice yoga
Breathing exercises
Visualization
Relax in nature
Sleep
Seek support
Exercise
Acupuncture
Journal
Read
Take a relaxing bath
9. Make space in your life.
Often clients come to me with the hopes of wanting to bring something new into their lives. When our lives are too full, there is no room for anything new to enter. Too much space can make a person feel anxious, so we tend to busy ourselves with things that are no longer resonating or that we outgrew so we don't have to feel the discomfort that empty space brings. It's only by allowing for this space that something new can be birthed.
10. Energetically become pregnant.
A great way I've found to prepare someone for pregnancy is for them to act as though they already are. Often, I've found that women will take better care of themselves during pregnancy for their baby's sake. I always ask people, "If you were pregnant right now, what would you be doing differently?" Whatever they answer back is what I tell them to start doing.
11. Get regular acupuncture.
Acupuncture is a great way to get your body ready for pregnancy. I'm a huge fan of it! Not only does it improves ovarian function to produce better quality eggs but it also increases blood flow to the uterus and improves the success rate of IVF. It also has the added benefit of decreasing your stress levels which is absolutely key – making a baby can get pretty taxing!
12. Change those negative thoughts into positive ones.
People with the best intentions will project their thoughts or stories onto you. I have seen countless women literally shut down their bodies from thinking that they were too old or it would be hard to get pregnant and have spent many hours helping them undo this toxic thinking. Our minds are powerful, so watch those thoughts! Turn negative thoughts into positive affirmations, for example: My body is strong and healthy for pregnancy or I get pregnant easily. Put them up them all over your house where you can see, read, and absorb them daily .
13. Trust divine timing.
There is nothing more frustrating then wanting something so badly and it not happening when you want it to. For some, getting pregnant happens right away and for others it takes some time. All beings have their own divine timing; just because you are ready to have a baby doesn't mean that this child is ready to come into this world just yet. When you can surrender and trust God's timing, you understand that there is a reason why things don't always happen when you want them to. In time, answers will always be revealed.
14. Have sex.
That's right! Sex keeps the energy in your second chakra(reproductive area) moving and open.
The following guidelines are supported by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM):
What is the optimal timing of intercourse and coital frequency?
You may have a smart phone application to help you time intercourse during the fertile window. These are great to use, but you just need to understand the length of your own cycle for them to be accurate. The fertile window is approximately six days long and includes the five days prior to ovulation, plus the day of ovulation. The highest probability of conception occurs when intercourse occurs 1-2 days prior to ovulation.
How do I know when I ovulate?
Home ovulation predictor kits. While there are many options for monitoring ovulation, the most convenient yet effective way is to utilize home ovulation predictor kits such as “Clear blue easy.”
These measure the LH surge and may help you decrease the time it takes to become pregnant, especially if you have intercourse less frequently or have irregular cycles (such as patients with PCOS).
Kits typically demonstrate a “positive” result 1-2 days prior to ovulation, giving you advanced knowledge for timing intercourse.
Monitoring cervical mucus. To monitor ovulation on your own and cost-free, you can track changes in their cervical mucus. The volume of cervical mucus increases with estrogen levels (coinciding with egg-readiness) and peak fertility is highest when mucus is slippery and clear.
Temperature tracking. To be accurate this must be done immediately upon wakening, prior to any activity, and may be difficult for some patients to track. Remember that your temperature will change AFTER ovulation, and your most fertile period is PRIOR to and the day of ovulation. Therefore tracking your temperature provides reassurance that you did indeed ovulate — however, it will not let you know ahead of time when to time intercourse.
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Also think about Freezing Your Eggs
if You are Not Yet Ready to Start A Family
(I wish I had done this !)
What Women Should Know About Freezing Their Eggs
by Dr. Angeline Beltsos,
Huffington Post
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