Planning a Pregnancy – Preconception Care Tips

Dr. Urvashi Sehgal shares a few important tips to know before planning a baby and things to consider when planning a pregnancy

So my advice to couples who are planning a baby is, plan a baby when you are completely, mentally, and physically ready. So they should be in the pink of mental and physical health and physical health means that they should be optimum weight as far as possible, living a healthy lifestyle, eating the right kind of food and, exercising and also rule out any kind of nutritional deficiency, identify any infections.

If there are any uncontrolled medical disorders, those should be addressed and mental health is very important. And these days people are very stressed, very anxious, and they must involve themselves in some kind of a de-stressing activity and maybe yoga, meditation so that they’re all prepared.