Are you planning to have a baby? You should start preparing your body at least a month before conceiving as it will help in healthier pregnancy, healthy baby and helps in recovering after delivery with more ease.
Drinking alcohol hampers the attempts to get pregnant as it prevents ovulation. During pregnancy alcohol poses hazardous effects on unborn baby and health complications to the pregnant mother.
Depending on your family history your doctor will advise you for genetic carrier screening before conceiving which will help to check whether you or your partner have completely healthy and normal genome and none of you is a carrier of any inherited disease that passes on to your child.
Genetic Carrier Screening is being considered as the most important test before pregnancy in order to have a healthy baby.
Caffeine is a stimulant. It increases your heart rate, pulse. Caffeine can make you feel jittery and causes insomnia. Caffeine stimulates secretion of stomach acid that is hydrochloric acid, and results in heartburn. Both tea and coffee contain a compound called phenol that decreases absorption of iron by body.
Having low or high body mass index (BMI) poses some complications like women with high BMI may have pregnancy or delivery complications and women with low BMI have more chances of delivering underweight babies.
Supplements like folic acid, vitamin B are optimal in preventing birth defects. Iron is necessary. Keep check on your hemoglobin count by taking iron supplements if you are anemic. Along with these the other important nutrients that are required are vitamin D, vitamin C, vitamin E, Calcium, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, zinc.
Studies have shown that women who get less amount of sleep have more problems in ovulating. So, it is good to have a proper sleep in order to conceive easily and have a healthy baby.
But get ready for sleepless nights when baby arrives.
Dental health affects your overall health. According to many researchers dental diseases can lead to preterm delivery and higher chances of low weighing babies at the time of birth.
Regular exercise ensures how much you will be active once you are pregnant. Giving just 30 minutes from your busy schedule to exercise everyday can help you to maintain a weight which will ensure your healthy pregnancy and a healthier delivery.
Before you are trying to get pregnant avoid certain things which can cause infections and harm you and your baby-to-be. Stay away from unpasteurized dairy products. Wash your hands frequently before preparing meals.
All environmental dangers cannot be entirely eliminated but you can do all possible efforts to avoid them. Try to avoid any kind of chemicals, radiations, pesticides, solvents, lead in drinking water and other chemicals which can prove to be harmful for the developing baby. To stay immune from these environmental risks homeopathy is very helpful.
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