PRECONCEPTION PLANNING | What it is & What we did | 3 year journey of preconception planning |

In this video I take you through what preconception means to us (and what it is with a few posts from other people). I answer the most frequent comment I get when I talk about preconception - which is that "I cannot control everything". My two disclaimers are 1- most of what is in this video applies to general health and not just preconception. Many of the things we did with the triple intention of health, preconception and then environmental considerations (eco friendly lifestyle). 2 - By doing these things I am not making moral judgements about people whose journey looks different.
Then I take you through the three factors that make up our preconception: 1. The physical health considerations, 2. the mental health and wellbeing considerations and 3. Our shared parting values & approach. After all that is covered, I ramble each one of one at a time, starting with the biggest things we did right at the beginning of our journey 3 years ago.
The things I discuss include: Stopping smoking, stopping fast food / take out food, switching to natural products, sourcing quality food, pro-metabolic / Ray Peat inspired health approach, some male fertility considerations & what my husband did, intentional relating and what we did for our relationship, fertility awareness method, living in sync with my cycle, PMS, parenting approach, trauma and tension release, stress management, building a community of people and more.
It wasn't clickbait - I don't discuss folic acid in this video & it was not part of our preconception journey.

To see all my Fertility Awareness & Living in Sync with my cycle in real time follow my Instagram:

Posts included in this video:

My favourite Preconception Pages:

What nonviolent communication is:

Some Parenting Pages:

My videos on making switches to natural / eco friendly products:

DISCLAIMER: This isn't advise - this is my experience.

[yasmingoodwin]

Wow finally found someone who thinks about these things as much as me. I've been really struggling to find a resource like this. Thanks so much!

[CharlesReinmuth]

Wow! You did a lot of really hard work. Congrats on all of that. Tackling healthy habits, addition, and social wellbeing are all, on their own, impressive achievements in a given lifetime. You took them on near-simultaneously. Inspirational!

[nyashasilas]

Love this! Also taking charge of my fertility and starting the book soon to continue to learn and educate myself! Prayers we conceive and have a healthy baby!

[wellness_with_jacqui]

Such an amazing video Carmen! Thanks for sharing such great info. I think that these topics really need to be spoken about more and I appreciate that you are doing it!

[lolobritto]

Thank you for such a beautiful informative video ❤️

[Yttroll]

“I don’t want to ramble” but you ended up with too much rambling and repetitive comments.