Doctors recently learned that moms who go into labor before 37 weeks often have lower levels of vitamin C than average. Vitamin C is an important component of the amniotic fluid that surrounds the baby and doctors suspect a lack of vitamin C may trigger early labor.
Most vitamin C comes from fruit and vegetables. [...]
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Long before my husband and I actively started trying to have a baby we made an appointment with our family doctor for a preconception appointment. I know that many people just jump right into trying to conceive without doing this, but since I like to plan everything I figured it couldn’t hurt.
If you plan [...]
Tags: preconception appointment, prenatal vitamins, TTC
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