Valen’s Vanity Square

While having lunch today, my colleague who’s a mom to three kids gave me some advice on how to increase chances of getting pregnant. Haha!

Besides suggesting to eat chicken cooked in herbal soup, she also mentioned that to put up the legs high up after intercourse. This is one tip that every woman who’s trying to conceive would know. But what I don’t know is that, rather than just placing pillows underneath the butt to raise the hip, putting up the legs and resting them against the wall is said to be more relaxing and less straining for the legs and back. Hmm, how come I had never thought of that?

Actually, just like taking prenatal vitamins (e.g. prenexa) to make sure the body gets sufficient nutrients to cope with pregnancy, it is also important for a woman to prep her body for a pregnancy by taking pre-conception vitamins. I don’t know if normal multivitamin would do the same role as pre-conception vitamins, or there are additional nutrient requirements to meet.

I definitely know that folic acid should be taken once a woman starts her attempt to conceive. Speaking of that, I now remember that I have a bottle of folic acid in the kitchen cabinet. I used to have the habit of taking folic acid, but I’ve stopped taking it. I totally forgot about it!

Jeez, I better resume my supplement intake to get myself ready for “B” project! Haha!