Treat the months before trying to conceive like marathon training. Optimizing both partners' health before conception improves pregnancy outcomes and your child's lifelong health, whether you conceive naturally or through assisted reproduction.
When we think about the lifelong health of our future children, why are we just jumping to trying? I did it. I didn't know any better. I thought, I'm just healthy, I'm young enough, whatever, let's just go for it. Or the system told us that we're old, so we just need to hurry up and try. Meanwhile, if we took a minute to train for trimester 0 and put both of our best foots forward, the outcomes could be so much greater. No matter which route you take, whether you try naturally, whether you use assisted reproductive technologies, looking under the hood to your point is such a valuable tool to make any outcome better. And it's not just the health of the pregnant, it's the future DNA you're giving your child for their lifetime. So that sense of responsibility is one I wish I had with my first child. And what I'm so passionate about sharing that. Think of this like your wedding day, like a marathon. Think of the time it takes to train and put your best foot forward.
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