How to prepare your body before pregnancy

"I want to get pregnant," Edna told me forward. "What are you doing?" I asked, to which she replied, laughing and blushing "because you know ... What are we going to do? ". They two laughed but I insisted, "No, I did not mean that. I mean if you're ready to get pregnant. " Edna did not know what to say, get ready to get pregnant? I had never thought of.

Pregnancy is a unique experience in life of women. So to get pregnant, it is not only necessary that you would propose mentally or have unprotected sex. It is important to also prepare your body. So here are some tips.

Change your lifestyle

During pregnancy you need to be strong and healthy, to resist the great changes that your body will have and for your baby to grow healthy.

• Increase your physical activity.
• If you are overweight, lose weight now and start improving your eating habits now. Do not wait to start a diet to pregnancy.
• Stop smoking, drinking alcohol and use drugs.
• Start taking folic acid or prenatal multivitamin from now. If you take a milligram daily for three months, you can help prevent your baby being born with birth defects.
• Try to control your stress level, this can alter the performance of your body including the regularity of your menstrual period.

Visit your doctor

He or she not only helps you to cure diseases, but to stay healthy during all stages of your life. If you want to get pregnant, you can advise.

• If you have more than 35 years or someone in the couple has fertility problems, make a plans or necessary treatments.
• If you are taking medicines, vitamins, herbal supplements, but sold without a prescription, make sure you can continue taking them while trying to get pregnant and / or during pregnancy.
• If you have not had rubella, chicken pox or Hepatitis B , or you have never applied the respective vaccines to prevent them , ask them to check if you have antibodies or if you need a booster.
• If you suffer from diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, hypothyroidism or asthma, consúltale on the best way to control that does not affect your chances of getting pregnant or the pregnancy itself and about the best medicine to control it .
• Go to the dentist and catch up with your oral health before becoming pregnant.

Know your body

For some women, getting pregnant is very easy. But taking contraceptives interrupt to become pregnant on the first try. So knowing your menstrual cycle will help you take advantage of the moments of greatest fertility:

• Identify when you ovulate. If your periods are regular and your cycle is 28 days, very likely you will start to ovulate about 14 days after the first day of the last period.
• Identifies vaginal secretions. Before ovulation, your vaginal discharge increases, it is almost transparent and more liquid than thick.
• Your breasts are enlarged and put sensitive to movement and touch.

Have you already started to prepare physically? Now we must put good energy and very excited to get pregnant. Good luck!