Since posting last week on Instagram about how old is too old to have a baby, I’ve gotten so many questions about how we conceived Clive. Many were about if we went through IVF (no, we didn’t). And other questions were about what helped me get pregnant naturally at 38? I filmed four videos documenting those months, the two week waits, the negative test, the morning I found out, but nowhere did I have it all listed out in one place for an easy reference. So that’s what I’m doing here… writing out everything I did during those six months, what I did differently the cycle we got pregnant, and what I’d do now if we were trying again.
Some of this came from my functional health doctor, some from my chiropractor and acupuncturist, and some I picked up from researching how to boost my health to not only conceive but have a strong pregnancy. I’m not a doctor, I’m sharing my own personal experience, and hopefully some of these tips could help you if you are in that trying to conceive period or are thinking about it in the future.
As I sit here writing this I have a chonky 4 month old boy on my lap (18 pounds!) and remember the feeling of finding out I was pregnant last Labor day weekend and waking up Anthony at 6am with the test strip saying, it worked!! Everything we had been doing (many daily prayers included) was for this little life, and now he’s here and the biggest joy! I’m the kind of person that likes information to make a decision, so that’s how I approached trying to conceive, I was also 38 so I wasn’t in the mindset of “if it happens it happens” and “wait and see”, no I’m going to not only support myself for optimal health but I wanted to optimize all of it, here’s everything I did: