Staying healthy in pregnancy
Your appointments, scans and vaccines, how to look after your body and mind, and the warning signs that mean you should call your maternity unit straight away.
- If your baby's movements slow down, stop or change, call your maternity unit straight away. Never wait until the next day.
- Have your whooping cough vaccine from 16 weeks, your RSV vaccine from 28 weeks and your flu jab in autumn or winter.
- A bad headache, blurred vision, pain under your ribs or sudden swelling can be signs of pre-eclampsia. Call your maternity unit.
- Itching on your hands and feet, especially at night, needs checking the same day.
- Your mental health matters as much as your physical health. Tell your midwife how you're really feeling.
- Your antenatal careAppointments and scans from booking to 41 weeks
- Vaccines in pregnancyWhat's offered, when and why
- Eating well and weightVitamins, healthy eating and why you don't eat for two
- Staying active150 minutes a week and your pelvic floor
- Looking after your mindPerinatal mental health and where to get support
- The big three warning signsPre-eclampsia, bleeding and baby's movements
- Other conditions to know aboutItching, severe sickness, infections and gestational diabetes
- When to get helpYour at-a-glance guide to who to call
If you’re trying to conceive (TTC), you probably know that there are certain foods and nutrients that become especially important once you’re pregnant. But nutrition plays a vital role even when trying to conceive, much like laying a strong foundation before constructing a house.
Certain nutrients create that foundation by supporting egg and sperm health (yes, nutrition matters for both partners), hormone balance and creating a hospitable environment for a fertilized egg to implant. In fact, studies show that certain nutrients can help increase fertility and improve success rates for both natural conception and fertility treatments.
In other words, nutrition is a key player in the TTC journey, but getting the right nutrients in the right quantities can be tricky. That’s where supplements come in. Just as you’d take a multivitamin to fill in nutritional gaps for optimal health, fertility supplements can give you that extra nutrient boost.
Choosing supplements for your fertility journey
When choosing a supplement to support your fertility journey, look for science-backed, high-quality ingredients. Our editors are careful to select and partner with brands that use ingredients that have been clinically studied to support fertility. Eu Natural® (pronounced you) covers all those bases and more. We love knowing that Eu Natural® products contain zero artificial additives, binders, or fillers and are lab-tested to ensure purity and potency.
When choosing a supplement to support your fertility journey, look for science-backed, high-quality ingredients. Our editors are careful to select and partner with brands that use ingredients that have been clinically studied to support fertility. Eu Natural® (pronounced you) covers all those bases and more. We love knowing that Eu Natural® products contain zero artificial additives, binders, or fillers and are lab-tested to ensure purity and potency.
