Moms should pay attention to scientific preparation for pregnancy. Girlfriends' experience is not entirely correct.

Preparing for pregnancy is a big deal for both husband and wife. Mothers may be eager to ask their besties for advice, and their besties will generously share their experiences. However, it should be noted that the besties' opinions may not be correct and may mislead you. Experts suggest that you must prepare for pregnancy in a scientific way to help women give birth to healthy babies.

Is it really possible to get pregnant at any time?

My best friend said: You can get pregnant at any time, as long as you are under 35 years old, there will be no difference in your reproductive ability.

Truth Analysis:

The best childbearing age for women is 25 to 29 years old. At this time, your reproductive ability is the strongest. However, as you age, the fertility curve starts to decline from the age of 30. At the age of 35, the fertility drops to only 50% of that of a 25-year-old woman, and at the age of 38, it drops to 25%. After the age of 40, it is less than 5%. The treatment success rate of infertile patients under 30 years old is ten times higher than that of those over 40 years old. Why does women's fertility decline so quickly? First of all, our overall health level declines with age, and the chance of suffering from certain chronic diseases and reproductive system diseases will also increase; secondly, with age, women's eggs will decrease, the endometrium will become thinner, and menstruation will become irregular. These factors are important reasons for the sharp decline in reproductive ability.

Tips:

The best childbearing age for women is 25-29 years old, and for men it is 25-35 years old. The overall quality of children born during this period will be better. It is generally believed that there is no limit to the age of male childbearing, but in fact, with the increase of age, the quality of sperm will become poorer, and embryos formed by poor sperm and eggs are more likely to cause early miscarriage and even affect the quality of the next generation.

How long does it take to get pregnant using contraception

My best friend said: If you were taking birth control pills before, you can only get pregnant after stopping for half a year.

Truth Analysis:

How long it takes to get pregnant after stopping the contraceptive pill depends entirely on the type of contraceptive pill. In the past, the view was to wait 2 to 3 months or even longer, and that was because of the medicine. The development of modern medicine has produced new contraceptive pills that are much safer than previous contraceptive pills. If you are taking a new low-dose, short-acting contraceptive that has been used in the past 10 years, you can try to get pregnant in the second month after stopping the pill. Commonly used ones include Marvelon, Yasmin, and Mexinle. In addition, women who use a new type of contraceptive ring containing medicine can start trying to get pregnant after having a menstrual period after the ring is removed. But if you are using a large dose of long-acting contraceptive, such as Depo-Vera, subcutaneous long-acting contraceptive implants, and contraceptive pills for visiting relatives, you will need to wait 2 to 3 months, or even half a year.

Tips:

During the preparation stage before pregnancy, expectant mothers may wish to choose condoms, vaginal diaphragms and other contraceptive methods that will not damage the quality of sperm and eggs and are highly reliable as a transition, and choose the best eggs to conceive their babies.

The second child also needs pre-pregnancy care

My best friend said: If you are planning to have a second child, you don’t need to adjust your body in advance.

Truth Analysis:

Regardless of the number of children you have, it is most conducive to the birth of a healthy baby when both the husband and wife are in the best physical and mental state. In particular, many second-time pregnant mothers are already old and their health is not as good as before, so they should prepare their bodies in advance. If the expectant mother suffers from chronic diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, thyroid disease, etc., she should first receive standardized treatment to control her condition well and consult an internist before preparing for pregnancy. Even healthy women should start comprehensive physical and mental conditioning 3 to 6 months before preparing for pregnancy: go to bed and get up early, don't stay up late, don't drink or smoke, insist on moderate exercise, keep a happy mood, have a reasonable diet, supplement folic acid, it is best not to perm or dye your hair, and avoid contact with toxic and harmful substances in life and work environments.

Tips:

If the first child is born naturally, then after about half a year, the body will be able to recover well and you can start preparing for the second baby. If the first baby is delivered by cesarean section, it is usually recommended that the second child should be at least 2 years apart.

Dads also need to supplement folic acid before pregnancy

My best friend said: Women who are planning to have a baby need to supplement folic acid in advance, but husbands don’t need to do so at all.

Truth Analysis:

Folic acid is a B vitamin that plays an important role in cell division, growth, and the synthesis of nucleic acids, amino acids, and proteins. Therefore, folic acid is an indispensable nutrient for fetal growth and development. If you do not pay attention to folic acid supplementation before and during pregnancy, it will affect the development of the fetal brain and neural tube, and may cause neural tube defects. In severe cases, it may cause spina bifida or anencephaly. Usually, we always recommend that expectant mothers supplement folic acid 3 months in advance. In fact, folic acid is equally important for expectant fathers. Folic acid is an important substance for improving sperm quality. When folic acid is insufficient in the male body, the concentration of semen and sperm motility decrease, which will reduce the chance of conception. Therefore, during the preparation for pregnancy, it is best for the expectant father to supplement folic acid with his wife.

Tips:

Couples who are preparing to get pregnant should consume more animal liver, dark green vegetables and legumes rich in folic acid, such as red amaranth, spinach, lettuce, asparagus, asparagus, rapeseed, Chinese cabbage, beans, yeast, bananas, orange juice, etc. Pregnant mothers should also choose appropriate folic acid supplements.

How to improve your chances of getting pregnant

My best friend said: If you want to get pregnant sooner, you have to work harder, because the more sex you have, the higher the chances of getting pregnant.

Truth Analysis:

Ensuring a certain amount and quality of sperm is critical for successful conception. If you have sexual intercourse every day or ejaculate more than once, the amount of semen and the density of sperm will decrease, and the activity and survival rate of sperm will decrease significantly, which will greatly weaken the ability of sperm to move in the female reproductive tract and the "stamina" to meet the egg, and the chance of conception will naturally be greatly reduced. Therefore, couples who have frequent sexual intercourse should adjust the frequency of their sexual life during the pregnancy preparation period, such as having sex twice a week, to ensure the quality and quantity of sperm. Vice versa, too few sexual intercourses will cause the interval between sexual intercourses to be too long. In this way, the quality of sperm discharged from the body is not high or "aging", which is also not conducive to pregnancy. Those expectant fathers and mothers who want to save "bullets" and pursue accurate shots should also reflect on this.

Tips:

Normal women only mature one egg per month, and release about 12 mature eggs per year, which means there are about 12 chances of pregnancy. Therefore, accurately grasping the ovulation date to arrange sexual life is to seize the best time for conception, which can often achieve the effect of "hitting the target with one shot".