Dear Abby isn't the only one with advice to give...

Last night as I was thumbing through Woman's Health magazine, I stumbled across an article about what to do if you want to get pregnant "someday". It gave women advice on what to do if they want to get knocked up in 5 years...stop smoking and floss everyday. The article gave advice if you want a bun in the oven in 2 years...exercise and eat healthy. And the article gave words of wisdom for if you want to be preggers in a year from now...reduce your stress, drink less alcohol and eat more dairy. Okay, I am a big advocate of Woman's Health magazine and I take a lot of tidbits from their columns each month, but really? Their advice on long term pregnancy = examples of everyday healthy living. Living healthy IS important on the road to pregnancy but I hate when I see things dumbed down. When it comes to trying to conceive it is not one size fits all. I already exercise and floss everyday and look at me. I appreciate the effort to make women more aware but I think the article ended too early; there should have been a paragraph on if you wanted get pregnant yesterday. What should you do then, after you have eaten a yogurt everyday and haven't touched a cigarette in years? Mind you, I am still enjoying my glass of wine, but I hardly think that's the cause of my infertility issues. Regardless, all aspects, 5 years from now to 5 days ago, need to be talked about and brought to light. In the meantime I will enjoy my banana flavored Dannon Light, keep doing my push ups, and pretend I didn't read about cutting down on wine...