If a couple has decided to start a family, it seems that the next step is easy. In most cases yes, but in many other pregnancy is delayed. The wait makes every attempt is alive with nervousness, and sometimes can give the impression that it is the same nervousness that makes the happy event does not occur.
If pregnancy is planned with care, will be much richer and the responsibility of the new baby will be more pleasant. As a consequence, you may do not be negative feelings regarding the problems that may occur during pregnancy and sometimes so hard burden of parenting a new baby.
There are several things to consider when the decision has been taken or are expected to take it soon. Some of them can be changed on the fly, but sometimes it is better to set before you start.
Conception occurs about two weeks before the waiting period (not come). This means that you may not know you're pregnant until you're already at least three weeks. It is during the first eight weeks after fertilization when the baby is more delicate. So whatever you do can affect you without your knowledge. Therefore, it is best to begin to take care as if you were pregnant before they really are.
One of the first things you can do is visit your doctor. Your doctor:
* Consider your history to see if there is any possibility of diabetes, high blood pressure or a family genetic problem.
* It will take the tension to keep in mind if you can develop preeclampsia.
* You can Explorart to make sure everything is in order (uterus, ovaries and cervix).
* You ask for a urinalysis and complete blood with which verify several things: the existence of urinary tract infection or diabetes, as well as your blood type and group (and your partner also to see if there is any incompatibility).
* Hypothyroidism can cause a defect in the baby and future problems of breastfeeding.
* If the woman has had or will have contact with cats and their feces, it is best to check your blood detects antibodies to toxoplasmosis to know that she is infected during pregnancy, seriously affecting the baby.
* It is also important to assess whether there has been a rubella and, if not, whether to be vaccinated before pregnancy, and to pass this disease during pregnancy can cause abortion.
* It would also be prudent to get vaccinated for tetanus, but before these vaccines is always advisable to decide whether it is worth it or take the risk. It is a personal decision.
See your doctor if you take any special medication you can not quit during pregnancy, especially if medications are associated with asthma, epilepsy, thyroid or migraine. Some drugs can be taken without any problems.
It is also interesting to visit the dentist. During pregnancy, some women have very sensitive gums, so the dentist can perform a dental cleaning in depth to allow the teeth ready for the coming months.
If physical fitness is not the most appropriate (overweight, sedentary lifestyle, etc), would be useful to a healthy diet and try to lose some weight and especially exercise. Nothing strenuous, just get a little fit. They say that giving birth is like a marathon, so you have several months to prepare, because the event can delay or advance, but will not cancel! The sooner you start, the better you will find more livable you make pregnancy and childbirth. Walking an hour a day, and activities such as swimming, gymnastics and yoga are highly recommended.
Reduce the number of alcoholic beverages to take nothing. Coffee and other caffeinated drinks should be reduced from your diet, but not necessarily eliminate them. Now is the best time to quit and give up any other drug. Do not leave it for when you get pregnant. Think about that when you know you are pregnant, as will a few weeks you are. Imagine your baby with a cigarette in his mouth when you feel like a bit of smoke. Oh, and your spouse also must stop smoking!
Avoid steam baths or hot tubs. In the first quarter, a change in body temperature may be the cause of malformations in the baby, and even abortion.
A few months before the baby start looking is interesting to take folic acid, as it is shown that minimizing the risk of spina bifida, even if there were previous cases. You need to take about 0.4 mg or 400 micrograms per day. Foods rich in vitamin B are the juices of citrus fruits, dark leafy green vegetables, legumes, asparagus, peas, broccoli and cereals. But keep in mind that you should not take more than a thousand micrograms a day because it could mask an anemia.
The choice of whether pregnancy and childbirth will be under the control of a private or public must also be taken several months earlier. In some cases, private mutual do not take care of all expenses. Thus, even then may change their minds, it is always preferable to choose a mutual to allow the change if in doubt, with proper choice of doctors and hospitals, or public trust in medicine and supplement it with private support, as a doula.
During the months prior to pregnancy may be interesting to try to better understand female fertility. So, knowing which days a woman is most fertile, you can prevent pregnancy and promote it when the couple decides that it is time.
Most family planning methods are focused on preventing unwanted pregnancy, but few seek help. The sympto-thermal method allows nerves to know better and avoid unnecessary, since we have more certainty about when the time is right to find the baby wanted. Even some authors claim that can even choose the sex of the baby as when performing intercourse.
Françoise Soler was the person who introduced this method in Spain, Barcelona forming a Coordinating Association for the dissemination of Natural Family Planning (ACODIPLAN). She is the author of a book very enlightening on the subject. Anyway, you should check with an expert or an NGO to verify that it follows the method correctly.
We found several interesting links in Spanish on this topic can consult.
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