Getting your body ready to conceive is an important step to a healthy pregnancy and healthy baby.

Angie’s List consulted with health care professionals for tips on what to expect before you’re expecting.

• Control your weight: Being overweight can predispose babies to problems such as diabetes.
• Start taking vitamins with at least 400mg of folic acid: These are important to a healthy pregnancy and baby and should be taken at least two months before conception to help prevent against birth defects.
• Talk with your doctor about getting off birth control: Physicians may ask you to have two normal cycles before tying to conceive. This helps track ovulation and accurately dates your pregnancy.
• See the dentist: Advanced gum disease can lead to pregnancy-related high blood pressure and possibly premature birth.
• Check your immunity to rubella, chickenpox and influenza: Rubella can cross the placenta and harm the unborn child.