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Home › Articles › Improving Your Chances of Conceiving › Eating Healthy While Trying to Conceive

Eating Healthy While Trying to Conceive

A Pre-pregnancy Quiz Reprinted from Eating Expectantly


Answer yes or no to the following questions.

1. Do you eat at least three servings of fruit and three servings of vegetables on most days?

Yes
No

2. Do you eat a vitamin C-rich food daily (examples include citrus fruit or juice, berries, papaya, mango, pineapple, melon, broccoli, cauliflower, tomato and vegetable juice)?

Yes
No

3. Do you eat a wide variety of foods from all food groups, including many types of protein foods?

Yes
No

4. Do you do some form of aerobic exercise at least twice each week?

Yes
No

5. Do you refrain from smoking and avoid secondhand smoke?

Yes
No

6. Do you consume one or fewer caffeinated beverages a day?

Yes
No

7. Do you avoid taking drugs of any kind: prescription, over-the-counter, herbal preparations and "street drugs"?

Yes
No

8. Are you currently at or close to your desirable body weight?

Yes
No

9. Do you avoid exposure to radiation, pesticides, herbicides, solvents, PCBs and other chemicals?

Yes
No

10. Do you limit your consumption of shark, swordfish or lake whitefish to once a month or less?

Yes
No

11. Do you usually eat three balanced meals a day and watch your saturated fat intake?

Yes
No

12. Do you eat three servings of calcium-rich foods daily (examples include milk, yogurt, cheese, high-calcium vegetables, tofu made with calcium and juice fortified with calcium)?

Yes
No

13. Do you take a multivitamin/mineral supplement containing 400 micrograms of folic acid daily?

Yes
No

14. Do you avoid taking any single vitamin supplements (such as vitamin A or C) without your physician's approval?

Yes
No

15. Do you avoid drinking alcohol?

Yes
No

16. Do you avoid eating raw milk, eggs, shellfish or foods that are made with these (examples include Caesar salad dressing, mousse with uncooked egg, sushi)?

Yes
No

17. Do you eat three servings of whole-grain breads, cereals or other whole-grain products on most days?

Yes
No

18. Do you live a moderately paced lifestyle, get eight hours of sleep most nights and feel generally happy?

Yes
No

19. Do you stay away from any severe diets or have not had an eating disorder in the last three months?

Yes
No

20. Are you a vegetarian who eats no animal products, though you do take a vitamin B12 and calcium supplement, if warranted and discussed with your physician?

Yes
No

21. Have you made a visit to your physician and discussed a future pregnancy?

Yes
No

Yes
No

2. Do you eat a vitamin C-rich food daily (examples include citrus fruit or juice, berries, papaya, mango, pineapple, melon, broccoli, cauliflower, tomato and vegetable juice)?

Yes
No

3. Do you eat a wide variety of foods from all food groups, including many types of protein foods?

Yes
No

4. Do you do some form of aerobic exercise at least twice each week?

Yes
No

5. Do you refrain from smoking and avoid secondhand smoke?

Yes
No

6. Do you consume one or fewer caffeinated beverages a day?

Yes
No

7. Do you avoid taking drugs of any kind: prescription, over-the-counter, herbal preparations and "street drugs"?

Yes
No

8. Are you currently at or close to your desirable body weight?

Yes
No

9. Do you avoid exposure to radiation, pesticides, herbicides, solvents, PCBs and other chemicals?

Yes
No

10. Do you limit your consumption of shark, swordfish or lake whitefish to once a month or less?

Yes
No

11. Do you usually eat three balanced meals a day and watch your saturated fat intake?

Yes
No

12. Do you eat three servings of calcium-rich foods daily (examples include milk, yogurt, cheese, high-calcium vegetables, tofu made with calcium and juice fortified with calcium)?

Yes
No

13. Do you take a multivitamin/mineral supplement containing 400 micrograms of folic acid daily?

Yes
No

14. Do you avoid taking any single vitamin supplements (such as vitamin A or C) without your physician's approval?

Yes
No

15. Do you avoid drinking alcohol?

Yes
No

16. Do you avoid eating raw milk, eggs, shellfish or foods that are made with these (examples include Caesar salad dressing, mousse with uncooked egg, sushi)?

Yes
No

17. Do you eat three servings of whole-grain breads, cereals or other whole-grain products on most days?

Yes
No

18. Do you live a moderately paced lifestyle, get eight hours of sleep most nights and feel generally happy?

Yes
No

19. Do you stay away from any severe diets or have not had an eating disorder in the last three months?

Yes
No

20. Are you a vegetarian who eats no animal products, though you do take a vitamin B12 and calcium supplement, if warranted and discussed with your physician?

Yes
No

21. Have you made a visit to your physician and discussed a future pregnancy?

Yes
No

 

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