Pre-pregnancy preparations and precautions

Pregnant women are the most beautiful, and pregnant women are the happiest. It is a happy thing for a family to welcome their own baby, but there are many things that should be paid attention to during the preparation for pregnancy. Here are some things you should pay attention to during the preparation for pregnancy.

Preparations for both parties before pregnancy

1. Keep exercising

Pregnant women should keep exercising to prevent fetal malformation caused by colds, rubella and other viruses. Pregnant women should exercise moderately and avoid participating in intense sports competitions, because the excited and tense competitive psychological state will affect the balance of their physiological functions. If they must participate, they should postpone conception.

2. Make good nutritional preparations before pregnancy

The nutrients needed by the embryo in early pregnancy can be obtained directly from the nutrients stored in the endometrium, so nutritional preparation before pregnancy is very important. In order to take good care of your body before pregnancy, you should reasonably allocate your diet and eat more nutrient-rich foods, such as meat, soy products, vegetables and fruits.

3. Avoid contact with radioactive materials

Various harmful substances not only affect the health of the expectant mother, but also affect the growth and development of the fetus, and are important factors that induce fetal malformations. People who have been exposed to harmful substances such as radiation, lead, cadmium, mercury, etc. before pregnancy should pay attention to check whether the harmful substances in their bodies exceed the normal standards. If they exceed the standards, they should leave such work for a period of time and wait until the values ​​of various physical indicators are normal before conceiving.

4. Use drugs with caution

Drug-induced teratogenesis is an important cause of congenital malformations. Teratogenic drugs can generally be directly transmitted to the fetus through the placenta, and the fetus is most susceptible to the effects of drugs in the first three months of pregnancy. If the drugs taken before pregnancy accumulate in the mother's body, it will affect the development of the fetus. Therefore, medication must be used with caution in the first few months of pregnancy.

5. Pregnant fathers should avoid wearing tight pants

Eugenics is not just a wife's business. Foreign scholars have found that when men wear tight jeans, their testicles are pressed against the higher temperature of the inguinal canal, causing spermatogenesis to decline.

6. Do not enter the house after drinking

Alcohol, the main component of alcohol, will cause chromosome aberration and gene mutation in the human body. If you get pregnant after drinking, the development of the fetus will be greatly affected. Children born after drinking often have intellectual disabilities, fine motor development disorders, and various deformities, such as small eyes, cleft lip, short legs, congenital heart disease, etc. Therefore, women who are preparing to get pregnant should not drink alcohol, and persuade their husbands not to drink alcohol.

Pre-pregnancy tips

1. Start measuring your basal body temperature from the first day after your last menstrual period ends. The so-called basal body temperature is the temperature you take when you wake up after sleeping for more than 6 hours and do nothing. Record the value every day.

2. You should test the ovulation test paper every day the next day after the menstrual period ends, because some people ovulate early, on the third day of menstruation. If you test it too late, you will miss the time. It is better to test the ovulation test paper once a day, and 2-3 times a day during the ovulation period, because the positive time is sometimes relatively rare, so you must not miss it.

3. About the calculation of ovulation period: for example, if your last menstruation was on September 26th and your menstrual cycle is 30 days, then the time of your next menstruation in October will be October 26th. Use 26-14=12, and the 12th is your ovulation day. The four days before and after the 12th are your ovulation period.

4. After the ovulation period is the safe period. From the perspective of pregnancy testing, the period from the ovulation day to the next menstrual period is the luteal phase. Generally, a normal woman's body temperature will remain high for 13-14 days during the luteal phase. If it does not reach this level, it means that your luteal function is insufficient, which affects pregnancy. Of course, this situation should not exist if the menstrual cycle is very accurate. The high temperature mentioned here does not mean that the body temperature is particularly high, but refers to the body temperature relative to your body temperature before ovulation.

5. About the uterus: It is easy to get pregnant if the uterus is in the anterior position, but it is more troublesome if it is in the posterior position. If it is in the posterior position, you can try the doggy style. If you are not used to it, you can lie on your stomach and put a pillow under your belly and sleep for an hour after ejaculation. If it is in the anterior position and you want to increase the chance of conception, you can sleep on your back with a pillow under your buttocks.

6. Endometrium: The endometrium can be measured during B-ultrasound. Such a test is best done about 5 days after menstruation, because the endometrium is different at different times. If the thickness of the endometrium is between 8-14mm, it is relatively normal. If it is not within this range, less than 8mm, there may be insufficient estrogen, and the relative androgen is too high. This is a hormone imbalance, that is, endocrine disorders, which is not easy to get pregnant. On the contrary, too high is also an imbalance. But this is not the only standard, you can learn about it through the six pre-pregnancy examinations.

5. Regarding the problem of fallopian tubes, many people suspect that their tubes are blocked if they cannot get pregnant for two or three months. In fact, there is no need to worry too much. There are very few people who are born with blocked fallopian tubes. Acquired blockage is mainly caused by miscarriage. If you have not experienced miscarriage, it is generally not blocked.

6. Regarding the issue of follicles, this is a very important issue. Every woman will grow several follicles on both sides of the ovaries every month. The best-growing one will ovulate last, and the others will atrophy. For example, if the diameter of the follicle grows to 10MM, it is a dominant follicle and has a chance to ovulate. It is a mature follicle when it grows to 18-25 and will ovulate. Some people will ovulate when it grows to 17MM. Those smaller than 17 generally will not ovulate, and even if they do, they will not survive after fertilization, and pregnancy will almost certainly result in miscarriage.

7. Regarding ovulation test strips, some people cannot detect a strong positive result, because for most people, a strong positive result only lasts for a few hours. If you test once a day, it is obvious that you have missed the time of a strong positive result, and mistakenly believe that you have not ovulated, and cannot arrange the time of sexual intercourse well. During the ovulation period, generally test 2-3 times a day, preferably once every 4 hours. After a strong positive result is detected, test once every 3 hours until the result becomes weak. Do not drink a lot of water two hours before the test to avoid affecting the result. Some people can detect a strong positive result without ovulation, because the follicles rupture naturally before they grow to maturity, and then all the LH in the follicles flows out, resulting in a false positive result.

8. Under normal ovulation conditions, sperm and egg combine, which is fertilization, 2-3 days after intercourse. After successful fertilization, the fertilized egg floats and is looking for a suitable position to implant. It takes 9 days after ovulation to implant, which means that the early pregnancy test paper can only detect a watermark by then. At this time, you can use the ovulation paper to test first, because the human LH peaks when ovulation is approaching, but if you are pregnant, the LH value will peak again.

9. Some tips on pregnancy symptoms: Some people may feel breast pain, swelling, and nipple pain when pregnant. Some people may not feel it until two months into the pregnancy. Also, the left lower abdomen may feel cramp-like pain when implantation occurs. It is very painful, but only lasts for a while. Very few people do not feel pain. If your body temperature continues to be high, and suddenly drops by less than 0.3 degrees one day after the 9th day after ovulation, then you may be pregnant. This is a sign of implantation cooling. In addition, when you are pregnant, your lower body secretions increase, and this situation will continue.

Several taboos before pregnancy

Pregnancy preparation

Avoid falling in love with someone with the same disease and getting married and having children

A marriage where two people with the same disease fall in love and eventually get married is an extremely unhealthy marriage. From the perspective of reproduction alone, if a couple suffers from the same disease, it is very easy for the disease to be passed on to their offspring, which will seriously affect the health of the child.

Avoid marrying close relatives

Marriage between close relatives can lead to fetal malformations and decreased intelligence in children.

Avoid getting married when you are sick

After getting married with illness, the changes in married life will affect the health of both husband and wife. If it is a serious illness, it will bring crisis and rift to the family. More importantly, if you conceive and have a child without curing the disease, it is likely to have a negative impact on the health of the child.

Avoid not taking a medical examination before marriage

Premarital physical examination is a necessary procedure for marriage, and it is also a guarantee for the harmonious and happy life of the couple after marriage. In the premarital physical examination, it can also be checked whether the couple has any problems that affect eugenics and good parenting, so as to prevent problems before they occur.

Avoid lack of necessary knowledge about fertility

Many newlyweds lack knowledge about fertility and still have no children after several years of marriage. They are extremely anxious about this and even blame each other, leading to family disharmony.

Avoid pregnancy during honeymoon

Conception is the first step in having a child. The physical condition of the couple at this time directly determines the physical condition of the child in the future. During the honeymoon period, the couple is generally tired and their sex life is not very coordinated. It is obviously not the best time to get pregnant. In addition, the couple should avoid getting pregnant after drinking, traveling or being overly tired.

Avoid advanced pregnancy

For female friends, if you want to have a child, you should do it as early as possible. The best childbearing age for women is between 25 and 30 years old. If you are too old, it will have a great impact on the health and intelligence of the child.

Avoid drug abuse during pregnancy

Drug abuse during pregnancy will directly affect the growth and development of the fetus, and sometimes cause premature birth, miscarriage or stillbirth, so it must be avoided. If you really need to take medicine, you should take it under the guidance of a doctor and never abuse it.