Trying to conceive can turn your relationship with food into a minefield: every meal becomes a test, every “slip” a source of guilt. Besides making life heavy, this approach is counterproductive: the chronic stress tied to food control interferes with the very hormones that regulate ovulation.

Preparing the body for pregnancy doesn’t mean eliminating, forbidding, and obsessively counting. Above all, it means adding: more vegetables, more quality protein, more good fats, more regular meals. When you focus on adding, what’s superfluous naturally shrinks, without any sense of deprivation.

If you feel that food has already become a source of anxiety, talking to a professional is the first step. A well-designed nutrition program should leave you feeling calmer, not more controlled: the body conceives better when it feels safe, not when it’s under siege.