The risk of passing an abnormality on to your baby raises with your age. If you are over 35 and want to have a baby, follow these steps:
- See a doctor three months before you try to have a baby. Go over your health problems, health past, drugs, and immunizations.
- Take one prenatal vitamin a day for the three months before you become pregnant. It should have 400 micrograms of folic acid. Take it through the first month you are pregnant.
- Keep all visits with your doctor.
- Eat healthy foods. Eat foods that have folic acid like breakfast cereals, grain products, leafy greens, oranges and orange juice, and peanuts.
- Start at a healthy weight.
- Do not smoke or drink alcohol.
- Don't use any drug unless given the okay by a doctor who knows you are pregnant.
Revision Information
- Reviewer: EBSCO Medical Review Board Kathleen A. Barry, MD
- Review Date: 05/2018 -
- Update Date: 07/30/2018 -