A Guide for Pre-pregnancy Care

Getting pregnant is one of the most fulfilling experiences in a woman’s life. Pregnancy can give a completely new meaning and dimension to a woman’s life and can change the life of the blessed couple. However, for some women getting pregnant is not that easy.

Many women have to patiently and perseveringly keep on trying for months, and in some cases for years, to conceive and experience the joy of motherhood. The knowledge and familiarity with one’s body and with your spouse’s body can be of great help while trying to conceive. In addition, a good diet, and adjusting your exercise regimen can contribute to a great extent. Following are important factors in the pre-conception phase:

• Monthly Reproduction Cycle: It is extremely important for a couple to have a detailed knowledge and information on the women’s monthly reproduction cycle, while trying to conceive. An egg is fertilised only while a woman is ovulating. These are the most fertile days to try to get pregnant. Thus knowing the cycle, keeping a track of your periods, maintaining an ovulating calendar, having frequent intercourse during the fertile period, etc are important parts of the process.
• Pre-conception care: It is important to take care of all the important medical factors before trying to conceive, as they can affect your pregnancy and the unborn baby. This includes all the medical ailments, health, age, your spouse’s health and medical status, past pregnancies, etc. This phase also includes switching over to a healthier lifestyle and incorporating a nutritious and balanced diet with a good daily exercise regimen.
• Signs and Symptoms of pregnancy: When trying hard to conceive, one should know all the signs and symptoms of pregnancy. This is important so that a woman can get cautious when she has conceived and to differentiate between pregnancy symptoms and serious medical ailments. Ignorant pregnant women might not be able to differentiate between morning sickness and severe nausea or acidic reflux, which needs immediate medical attention.

 

However, even after trying all the medical treatments, old wives tales, medical remedies, etc you do not get pregnant, there is no need to loose heart. As there is one more option available, ‘Adoption’. This not only does good to a child-deprived couple but also serves a social cause.