A smart and healthy baby is the joy of the family and brings a lot of fun to the family. There are many things to consider during pregnancy preparation, so let’s learn them together. The parents who want to have a baby in the near future should pay attention to the seven minefields that should not be stepped on if they want to have a smart baby. The first of these is to make sure that you have a good idea of what you are doing. Smoking is more harmful to women than to men, and women who smoke can cause menstrual disorders, difficulty conceiving, ectopic pregnancy, low estrogen, osteoporosis, and early menopause. Pregnant women who smoke are more likely to have spontaneous abortions, fetal growth retardation, and low birth weight. In severe cases, it can even lead to premature birth, stillbirth, early placental abruption, and placenta praevia. Even if a woman does not smoke, excessive inhalation of secondhand smoke can be more harmful than if she smokes directly. For the future father, if he smokes more than 30 cigarettes a day, his percentage of deformed sperm is as high as 20% and his sperm survival rate is only 49%. And the duration of smoking increases in direct proportion to the rate of sperm malformation. In particular, the father-to-be often drinks alcohol and has intercourse after drinking. This is when not only testosterone secretion is low, but also increases the number of bad sperm. Together with chronic or even acute alcoholism caused by long-term drinking or heavy drinking, the number of sperm decreases, the vitality decreases, and the rate of malformed sperm and dead sperm increases, thus affecting embryonic development. If the mother-to-be drinks alcohol, the alcohol will be directly transported to the fetal baby’s school month, causing baby alcohol syndrome. If you want to have a smart little baby, the father and mother-to-be remember to quit smoking and drinking. The minefield 2: irregular intercourse Want to have a smart baby, which is very important in the pre-conception preparation is to adjust the regularity of intercourse, so that it is in line with the healthy and natural routine of life, so that the health and mental condition to reach a good state. This is because when both parties are extremely tired or ill, the quality of sperm and eggs will be affected due to poor nutrition and immune function, which also interferes with the internal environment of the uterus, which is not conducive to the embryo’s implantation and growth and can easily cause fetal atrophy, miscarriage or affect the brain and nerve development of the baby. Therefore, it is not advisable to have intercourse when you are fatigued, and you should adjust your work and rest before conception to have sufficient rest. It is recommended that conception is best carried out when both men and women are in a fit and healthy condition and full of energy. The minefield 3: too light or too fat The mother-to-be is too thin or too fat before pregnancy not only affects her health, but also is not conducive to conception, and may even have a negative impact on the baby later. If the mother-to-be is too low in weight before pregnancy, it indicates poor nutritional status. This is prone to conception difficulties, or poor development of the fetal baby. If the mother-to-be is excessively obese before pregnancy, she is more likely to develop diabetes or combined diabetes during pregnancy. This can cause a series of nutritional and metabolic disorders in the mother, and these changes can affect the growth and development of the fetus through the blood circulation between the baby and the mother, often manifesting in the birth of a baby with congenital heart malformations. In addition to the mother-to-be’s pre-pregnancy weight control within the normal range, the father-to-be’s weight should not be too light or too heavy. It is best to control the BMI between 22-25, as this is an ideal value. Some studies have found that if the BMI of the father-to-be is below 20, or above 25, the percentage of abnormal sperm will increase, which will have a negative effect on conception and embryo development. Therefore, both the future mother and the future father must pay attention to control their weight before pregnancy, not too light and not too fat. Minefield 4: Vaginal irrigation There is a recipe on the internet that says that vaginal irrigation can improve the conception rate. I would like to remind you that this is not reliable and you should not play with your body. The vagina is an open organ, so it is easy for outside bacteria to invade. But why is it so difficult for bacteria to attack her in general? This is because she has her own protection to maintain an acidic environment, and with the difficulty for bacteria to survive in an acidic environment, she is able to resist some outside bacteria and prevent infections from occurring. Once you use baking soda solution to clean her, because of the alkaline nature of baking soda, easy and acidic environment mixed with the acidic balance of chemical reactions, thus destroying her own resistance to bacteria. She is then susceptible to bacterial invasion causing infection and even inflammation. It is recommended that you do not irrigate your vagina to avoid health problems and gynecological inflammation that can affect conception. Minefield 5: Don’t know to measure ovulation period Grasping the right ovulation period and adjusting your condition will also help to have a smart baby. Generally speaking, if your menstrual cycle has been very regular, then your ovulation is usually around the 14th day before your next menstrual period. If your menstrual cycle is not very regular, there are some symptoms that can help you determine if you are ovulating. For example, increased leucorrhea, increased body temperature, decreased appetite, increased energy, increased sex drive, decreased resistance, ovulation bleeding, and ovulation pains. All these symptoms are telling you that you have entered the ovulation period. In fact, the egg can survive 1 to 2 days after ovulation, and the sperm can survive 2 to 3 days in the female reproductive tract. The ability to fertilize is mostly within 24 hours after ovulation, and the sperm loses its ability to combine with the egg more than 2 to 3 days later. Therefore, conception is possible if you have intercourse 2 to 3 days before and 1 to 2 days after ovulation. It is recommended that parents who are actively preparing for pregnancy should be aware of their ovulation period and be prepared to meet at the right time with the best quality condition, quality eggs and quality sperm. This way, having a smart baby will be half the battle. Minefield 6: Too much stress If the parents want to get pregnant and have a smart and cute baby son, they really need to control their emotions and release stress, because worries and stress can affect a woman’s conception. When a person is in a good mental state, energy, physical strength, intelligence, sexual function are at their peak, the quality of sperm and eggs is also high, when conception, the quality of the fetal baby is very good, conducive to genetic eugenics. And bad mood is likely to lead to endocrine disorders, so that the body functions are adversely affected. If you are stressed out, your ovaries will stop producing female hormones and you will not ovulate, and your menstruation will start to be disrupted or even amenorrheic. In this case, it may also be difficult to conceive. Therefore, it is advisable for couples preparing for pregnancy to adjust the psychological state of both partners, and it is also best to consider pregnancy when life and finances are more stable, and when the mind is more stable and in a better mood. Minefield 7: Eat junk food Do you like to eat French fries, fried chicken wings? Can you resist the temptation of ice cream, ice cream? Can you resist the cold, refreshing sensation of Coke and other soft drinks? If you want to have a healthy, smart baby, do not resist junk food, eat as little as possible. For example, fried foods, frozen desserts, preserves, instant noodles, sodas, cookies and processed meat products. Because these foods contain a large number of food additives, food coloring agents, food preservatives and other non-normal absorption of nutrition. If the parents often consume such additives, it is easy to have a negative impact on the pregnant mother and the fetus baby, so that the fetus baby in the pregnant mother’s womb development is delayed. And food additives tend to reduce the body’s immunity, affecting the growth and development of the fetal baby and neurological health. In serious cases, the baby’s intelligence will even be affected after birth. Therefore, in order to baby is smart and clever, lively and lovely children, parents should try to avoid eating these junk food.