Expectant parents, when you decide to have a baby, you need to be prepared mentally, physically and materially for the biggest change you will experience in your life from now on. Are you ready? Then, start now!
16 things to do to prepare for your baby
How can I have a healthy and smart baby? This is the most important question for all future mothers. Experts on the subject make it clear that the various preparations before conception are particularly important.
1. Determine whether you want to have a child or not. If you and your loved one have a history of genetic diseases in your family, such as: hereditary mental illness, mental retardation, diabetes, hypertension, etc.; or your wife has chronic diseases, such as: heart disease, nephritis, epilepsy, etc., you need to go to consult your doctor and then decide whether you want a child.
2.If you are sure that you want a baby, it is recommended that you go to the hospital together as a couple for consultation on pre-conception checkups.
3.Receive the necessary vaccinations.
4.If your weight is over the standard weight, you should start controlling your diet now and try to reduce your weight to the standard weight before you get pregnant.
5.Trust your beloved pet to a friend or relative.
6.Check for infections such as Toxoplasma gondii.
7.If you have birth control pills, then stop taking them from now on.
8.Start jogging, swimming, tai chi and other exercises from now on. Proper physical exercise can also help your husband to improve his physical fitness and ensure the quality of sperm. Therefore, for any couple planning to get pregnant, they should perform regular exercise for a certain period of time before getting pregnant.
9, If you have a couple of smoking and drinking hobbies, then you should quit smoking and drinking at least from now on.
10, the best age of conception, generally at the age of 25-30 years old for women and 26-30 years old for men. At this time, the couple’s body development is mature, hormone secretion is strong, the fetal development environment is good, conducive to fetal growth and development.
11. The best season for conception should be chosen from May to June, avoiding the early spring or late winter. This season has sufficient vegetables, fruits and sunshine, which is conducive to the growth and development of the fetus.
12. The ideal day of conception should generally be arranged for intercourse around the 14th day of menstrual cycle. It has been reported that the rate of miscarriage after conception after the 17th day of menstrual cycle is soft and high. (The first day of the menstrual cycle is the first day of the menstrual flow).
13. Insist on exercising for thirty minutes every day.
14.People who work in a radioactive environment should be temporarily transferred away.
15, to strengthen the immune system, do not let yourself catch a cold Oh!
16, couples exercise 30 minutes a day, mainly walking. Do not swim, because if unknowingly pregnant, swimming in early pregnancy can easily lead to miscarriage.
Seize the 4 best times to have children
As a father-to-be or mother-to-be, are you a little uneasy? Please do not worry, experts will teach you to seize the 4 best times to have a baby to help you create the “best baby.”
The best age of conception
Experts believe that the best age for conception is generally 24-30 years old for women and 27-35 years old for men. This is because at this age, both men and women are not only more energetic, but also in better health in all aspects, with more developed reproductive organs and better quality sperm and eggs, which is conducive to eugenics. It is best for women to avoid pregnancy above the age of 35 because the chances of miscarriage, stillbirth and malformed babies are higher at this age.
The best season for conception
Seasonally speaking, May-July is the best time to conceive.
The main basis for this is that, firstly, from the point of view of the newborn, the mother-to-be conceives in May-July and gives birth in March-May of the coming year, so that the child is born just across the severe cold, avoiding the heat, and the care of the child is relatively easy. Secondly, from the mother-to-be’s point of view, the early stage of pregnancy is more important. If you are not careful, bacteria and viruses may invade your body and cause miscarriage and fetal malformation. Especially in the north, there are often cases where the mother-to-be has a neural tube in the fetus due to folic acid deficiency. If the mother-to-be chooses to conceive between May and July, when spring and summer are in full swing and various fruits and vegetables are more abundant, it will be beneficial to prevent the occurrence of this disease.
Optimal health conditions
In order to have a “quality baby”, the father and mother-to-be should strive to maintain their best physical and mental state by doing the following.
1. Physical health
The father and mother-to-be should strengthen their exercise and maintain good health to avoid acute and chronic diseases such as hepatitis, heart disease, kidney disease and diabetes during the conception period.
2.Good mental state
Young fathers and mothers-to-be are in a period of career struggle, work and social pressure, so if you are preparing to have a baby, you must maintain an optimistic and cheerful mental and psychological state to avoid fatigue. Especially the father-to-be needs to pay special attention, because many male infertility problems have a lot to do with mental depression and poor mental state.
3.Stay away from smoking and alcohol
Tobacco and alcohol can affect sperm activity, reduce sperm quality or cause sperm malformation, therefore, tobacco and alcohol have a great destructive effect on germ cells and embryo development. It is best for the father-to-be to quit smoking and drinking 3 months before conception.
4.Reproductive system hygiene and health
The father-to-be and the mother-to-be should pay special attention to the daily care of the reproductive system. Especially for mothers-to-be suffering from cervical fire and endometritis, and fathers-to-be suffering from prostatitis, they should pay more attention to daily health care. This is because these diseases have a damaging effect on the survival time of sperm in the vagina, the union of sperm and egg and the fertilization of the egg.
5.Nutritional supplementation should be appropriate
In order to ensure the quality of sperm and eggs, the father and mother-to-be should take appropriate vitamins and trace elements, in addition to eating a lot of vegetables and fruits, they can also take quite health products such as Matna and Elavil. The supplementation of folic acid should not be neglected, especially in the northern part of the mother-to-be should pay more attention to the supplementation of green vegetables, can avoid the situation of fetal neural tube malformation.
4.Reproductive system hygiene and health
The father-to-be and mother-to-be should pay special attention to the daily care of the reproductive system. In particular, mothers-to-be suffering from cervical fire and endometritis, and fathers-to-be suffering from prostatitis, should pay more attention to daily health care. This is because these diseases have a damaging effect on the survival time of sperm in the vagina, the union of sperm and egg and the fertilization of the egg.
Optimal time for conception
Generally speaking, the period from 3 days before ovulation to 1 day after ovulation is the easiest time for a mother-to-be to conceive, hence the medical term “easy conception stage”. The father-to-be and the mother-to-be can conceive successfully if they seize this time. But how can you know when it is your ovulation day? Dr. Yinghao recommends the following two methods for mothers-to-be
1. Schedule projection method
Generally speaking, a mother-to-be’s ovulation day is 12-16 days before her next menstrual period (14 days on average).
The specific date can be calculated by the schedule projection method. The main method is to calculate the “fertile” and “infertile” periods of the current cycle based on the records of more than 12 previous menstrual cycles. The formula is as follows.
A. The shortest previous cycle days – 19 = the last day of the “infertile period” before ovulation. The next day is the first day of the “fertile period”.
B. The longest previous cycle days – 10 = the last day of the “fertile period” after ovulation. This will give you the exact date of the “fertile period”. Women with normal menstrual periods usually have a cycle of 28 days. The mother-to-be can calculate the schedule according to her menstrual condition.
2.Basic temperature measurement method
The body temperature method is a more conscious method to measure the ovulation date, because generally speaking, a woman’s body’s basic body temperature will suddenly drop on the day of ovulation, while the body temperature will rise 0.3-0.5 degrees compared to the basic body temperature in the following days.
It is recommended that the mother-to-be buy a thermometer and dump it below 35℃ every day before going to bed. The way to measure it is to measure the body temperature as soon as you wake up every day (after 8 hours of sleep) without any movement, because any movement may make the body temperature rise and produce errors, so the measurement must be done without movement for at least 14 days, and it is best to keep measuring together and record and draw a graph It is best to keep measuring for at least 14 days, and to record and graph the temperature rise and fall to determine the day of ovulation.
To conceive a new life is a process full of hope and happiness. It is important for fathers and mothers-to-be to work together to seize the best time to have a baby and create a “smart baby”.