What can I do now, to help me conceive when I'm ready later?

What can I do now, to help me conceive when I'm ready later?

Jay Goldberg (Obstetrician/Gynecologist, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) gives expert video advice on: What can I do now, to help me conceive when I'm ready later? and more...

Usually, when I see a woman in the office, even if she's 18 years old and isn't sexually active, I usually encourage one thing predominantly, and that's to take folic acid. Folic acid is a vitamin that can decrease the risk of neural tube defects in a baby, and it's simply taking 0.4 milligrams every day. So every reproductive-aged woman should be taking that. But it's just general health. So you should be exercising regularly, eating healthy, leading a good, healthy lifestyle, for the most part. Now, if you're a wild and crazy person and you like to kind of live on the edge, when you actually put that thought into your head that "I'm going to try and have a baby," then you need to moderate your lifestyle so that it is more healthy.