What does a reproductive life plan include?
A reproductive life plan provides information and steps that can help to improve your physical and mental health and protect your fertility. This can improve your chances of having a healthy baby in the future.
Topics covered include:
- Protecting your physical and mental health
- Eating Healthy
- Being Active
- Immunization
- For people who can become pregnant, taking a multivitamin supplement with folic acid
- Achieving and maintaining a healthy weight
- Managing stress
- Getting enough sleep
- Healthy relationships
- Avoiding exposure to harmful substances
- Tobacco
- Alcohol
- Cannabis
- Other drugs
- Environmental Risks
- Considering health and family history
- Medical conditions and genetics
- Medications
- Dental Health
- STIs
- Age and fertility
- Consulting medical and other resources prior to pregnancy
- Health care providers
- Social agencies and organizations
- Available programs and supports
- Preventing pregnancy using birth control methods that are right for you and preventing STIs through safer sex practices