Health & Fitness

Ready, Set, Conceive: How to Prepare for Pregnancy

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset will host the free program on March 4.

SOMERVILLE, NJ — Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset will host “Ready, Set, Conceive!: How to Prepare for Pregnancy” on Saturday, March 4 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in its Fuld Auditorium, 110 Rehill Ave., Somerville.

The free program will offer tips to improve health and boost fertility, provide an overview of conception and risk factors for infertility and discuss advanced treatments to foster pregnancy.

Participants will have the opportunity to tour Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset’s newly renovated Maternity Unit.

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Speakers will include Rebecca Steckel, MD, obstetrician and gynecologist, Shefali Shastri, MD, FACOG, reproductive endocrinologist and infertility specialist, and Swapna Borole, MD, neonatologist.

Pre-registration is required by calling 888-MD-RWJUH. For more information about Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset, visit www.rwjuh.edu.

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