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I use Nature Made. You can get it in bulk from Costco.
My top, unsolicited advice if you’re looking to quickly conceive is to start doing temperature tracking + ovulation strips. The former confirms you did ovulate. The latter lets you know you’re about to ovulate. Those two pieces of data are all you need to know.
Just a PSA: The prenatal vitamin does not help you conceive — taking it for a few months before your start trying helps to prevent starting your pregnancy with any deficiencies. I took Nature Made.
Will also share my not as great experience of stopping bc: I went on bc primarily to treat irregular/heavy periods in high school (not specifically contraception only). If this is the case for you, you may want to talk to your OB/GYN sooner rather than later about getting some baseline fertility bloodwork done. I didn’t do that — I was 29 and waited the recommended year before reaching out and then ended up having to go through 2+ more years of testing and fertility treatments and didn’t have my first baby until I was 33. Not trying to be a Debbie-downer — but if something doesn’t feel right or your cycle doesn’t come back regular, go to the doctor and advocate for some testing.
Off-topic but I agree with this. My personal opinion is that the "recommended year" is based on kind of faulty statistics/logic.
A healthy (fertility-wise) couple who are having regular sex at the right times actually have a fairly high chance of conception each month. Until your early 30s it's around 25%, or even more. That might not seem high, but it means:
After 3 months, 57% will have conceived
After 6 months, 85%
After 9 months, 92%
After 12 months, 97%
At the, say, 6 month mark, it's possible that you're just unlucky if you haven't conceived yet. But it's actually already quite likely that there's something that you should investigate.
Of course there are people who conceive just fine in month 8 with no intervention - but I think a lot of people think that it's a linear scale, or even worse, that the MEDIAN or the most common time to conceive is 12 months.
My obgyn recommended I take a prenatal for at least 3 months prior, and I think I did for maybe 5 months before we actually started trying. I used Nature Made until I actually got pregnant, and then my doctor’s office asked me if I just wanted them to write a prescription for prenatals. I ended up doing that because they were super cheap.
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I stopped bc 6 months before we started trying. I did not take prenatal prior to getting pregnant and we got lucky on our first try — so depending on your age and health, you may not need to take the vitamins in advance. I currently take Nature Valley
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Prenatal vitamins are not taken in advance of trying to conceive to improve fertility, they are to make sure you have sufficient folic acid stores to prevent neural tube defects. Taking a prenatal vitamin prior to conception is the best way to reduce your risk of having a fetus develop without a skull or other NTDs.
We changed our diet before going off of BC. We waited 3 months to start trying. In those 3 months, we started tracking ovulation/temperature. We used the Premom app.
We got pregnant after 3 months. ❤️ good luck!! 🍀
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I stopped BC 2-3 months prior so I could figure out when I was actually ovulating cuz I hadn’t had a period in years. I started Fullwell prenatal and their fertility support vitamins around that time too. We got pregnant the first time we actually tried.
I had my partner start taking vitamins too.
I think the 30 day wait is just so you have a better idea of date of conception based on last cycle. It is better to have the most accurate due date! I started prenatals 3 months before for one and 1 month before for the other. I recommend olli gummy prenatals plus iron supplement. Nausea friendly
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I took Theranatal Complete prenatal (which was recommended by my friend’s very fancy fertility doctor) and CoQ10 in the form of ubiquinol (which studies show improves egg quality and reduces the risk of miscarriage).
It Starts with the Egg covers more of the studies and additional information, and these are the supplement brands they recommend:
https://www.itstartswiththeegg.com/supplements
Cutting back on drinking and smoking is really big too (for your partner too!)
Great advice! Can you elaborate on how to start temperature tracking?
For some reason my initial response doesn’t look like it’s showing up anymore, so to summarize:
Use an app for tracking. I used Natural Cycles. There’s a cost but insurance should refund you.
You can use a thermometer, Oura ring, or Apple Watch with Natural cycles. If you use a thermometer, google how to measure your Basal Body Temperature because it requires specific timing.
For most folks you’ll have to be off BC for more than 30 days for you to try and conceive and your body to regulate but no harm in trying earlier.
there’s a ton of prenatal options and If/when you are pregnant, you may be able to tolerate certain ones better or worse if you have morning sickness. I personally take ritual and have always liked and tolerated them, but you can prob find a more affordable option
As others said, starting prenatal now is great for folic acid. I’m 35 and used an Oura ring + natural cycle to predict ovulation as well as the Inito app & pee device (but regular ovulation strips work).
Not the same at all, but I had an IUD; had it removed in Feb, tried for first time in July and was successful, welcomed baby in April. Best of luck!