Before you start trying to conceive, how should you prepare?
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Before you start trying to conceive, what should you do as far as:
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Thanks for any help!
Ensure you are emotionally and financially ready. Have a ‘once over’ with your doctor. Start taking vitamins specific to pre conception (3 months is ideal prior), determine when you’re ovulating, ‘get it on’ during ovulation and cross your fingers. Baby dust to you.
I say start by having sex!!
always a good start!!
Make sure you have adequate health insurance.
Pay down as much credit as possible.
Establish a home.
Take a vacation.
Go for it.
The rest takes care of itself.
Preparing for pregnancy
The majority of us enjoy having sex, so becoming pregnant should be one of the most natural things in the world. When you start thinking about becoming pregnant you should take a look at your health and that of your partner. Try to give yourselves three months to prepare for pregnancy, during which time you should try to be as healthy as possible and cut down on all your bad habits.
Your partner will also need to be careful. Sperm take around three months to develop and you will want to ensure they’re as active as possible. Having a child is the most important decision you will ever make, so a little preplanning will help get your baby off to the best possible start.
Diet
Every year babies are born with unnecessary health problems. These problems are usually due to the fitness and nutrition of the mother. Paying attention to nutrition before and during your pregnancy will benefit your unborn baby by giving your body a store of nutrients. You shouldn’t eat more food when you are pregnant but you should be aware of the nutrients present in the foods that you choose to eat. You can improve your health almost immediately by taking folic acid tablets until you are in the 12th week of pregnancy.
Suggestions for a healthy diet :
Fresh fruit, salad and vegetables are all excellent sources of vitamins, minerals and fibre so try to eat at least 5 portions every day. Remember do not over cook vegetables, as this destroys the vitamin C content.
The basis of your diet should be starchy foods like wholemeal bread, pasta, potatoes, rice and cereals. They provide important vitamins and fibre but don’t contain many calories.
Lean meat, chicken, fish, eggs and pulses are all good sources of protein and you should try to eat 2 portions of these each day.
Oily fish such as kippers, herring and sardines contain vitamin D, which helps your body absorb calcium.
Eat some calcium rich dairy products each day – cheese, skimmed or semi-skimmed milk and yoghurt.
Try to consume less sugary foods. Extra calories will not provide any valuable nutrients.
Cut down on salt and fatty foods.
Avoid unpasteurised cheeses (e.g. brie, stilton), under-cooked meat, paté, and raw or lightly boiled eggs as they may contain bacteria such as listeria and salmonella.
High levels of vitamin A can cause birth defects so it is best to avoid liver, liver products and cod liver oil.
Processed foods contain a lot of sugar, salt and fat so should be avoided.
Exercise
If you are fit before you fall pregnant it will stop you feeling tired as your pregnancy progresses and will keep your weight gain within a sensible limit. Just because you are pregnant does not mean you should stop taking exercise. Some exercise is good for you during pregnancy. Exercise will help keep your body in good physical condition and improve muscle tone and posture.
Don’t do too much exercise though, as you will tend to be more tired than usual. Pregnancy is one of the times in your life when you need to have adequate rest. Pregnancy, labour and delivery will make great demands on your body, so the more you can prepare yourself physically the better.
There are several sports that you can do as long as when you are tired, you remember to stop. These include, walking, swimming and dancing – riding and skiing are probably best avoided. Remember, when you are out of breath, your baby is deprived of oxygen.
Immunization
Before you attempt to become pregnant, you should visit your doctor to make sure you have had all your necessary immunizations. Ensure you have had a vaccination for German measles before you try to conceive. German measles is a viral illness that can cause a miscarriage or disabilities (e.g. blindness) in your baby. If you do need a German measles immunization it must be done at least 3 months before you try to become pregnant.
Smoking, alcohol and drugs/medications
The most important thing you can do for your baby’s health is to stop smoking. If you smoke you may triple your chances of not being able to conceive. Smoking in general is a major health hazard but if you smoke during pregnancy or inhale smoke from others, you are depriving your unborn baby of oxygen. Babies of smoking parents are more likely to be born prematurely and have a low birth weight, which can make your new born much more vulnerable to infections in the first few weeks. Smoking also increases the chances of you having a miscarriage, a stillbirth or a baby with malformations. Doctors have also found that smoking is one of the single most important risk factors involved in cot death.
Many women often say that they go off alcohol whilst pregnant. Even if you have an occasional drink it won’t do you or your baby any harm. However, regular heavy drinking will cause problems. As no one knows how much is a safe amount to drink it would be best to give up alcohol all together. If you do like to have an alcoholic drink, try
omgosh breath and may the force be with yah!
Have sex every other day around ovulation time. Start taking prenatal vitamins and folic acid
I read your question and I understand your frustration, my dear.
Believe it or not, my husband and I tried to conceive for more than 8-months. We tried to refrain from sex for days and even weeks but it didn’t help.
Worst part is, there were empty hopes – I thought I was pregnant but in the end I wasn’t. It’s really frustrating and I understand that.
I was in Yahoo Answers and in this section quite some time ago and I ask a question similar to yours and a person recommended me a book. It’s entitled "Getting Pregnant Bible". I swear it’s like a gift from God!
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