Contents:
- Medical Video: Antenatal Education Class - a guide to pregnancy and caring for your baby
- When do I prepare for a pregnancy plan?
- What should I do with my pregnancy plan?
Medical Video: Antenatal Education Class - a guide to pregnancy and caring for your baby
If you are planning to have a baby, there are many things that you must prepare. This includes your health, your readiness, and of course material to take care of your needs and your baby's future. So, when should I plan a pregnancy plan?
When do I prepare for a pregnancy plan?
In some women, preparing the body for pregnancy takes several months, some even longer. So, ideally a pregnancy plan is made 6 months before you get pregnant. Whether it's the birth of the first, second, third, or more babies. Your body is a priority in order to have a healthy pregnancy.
Unplanned pregnancies are more risky. Usually parents do not know of a hereditary disease that occurs in infants who are in the womb later or the baby lacks intake for growth. Therefore, making a pregnancy plan is one way for you to prepare yourself so that possible bad risks can be avoided or overcome.
What should I do with my pregnancy plan?
All you have to do first is consult a doctor. Ask for advice about vitamins and nutrients needed before pregnancy; exercises performed to prepare for pregnancy and maintain ideal body weight; counseling regarding genetic health; and consult the use of certain drugs that can disrupt the fetus later. Even you and your partner can also ask what lifestyle changes are needed such as quitting smoking, limiting alcohol consumption, and so on.
Reporting from MedicineNet, usually women under the age of 35 have consulted one year before pregnancy while women around the age of 35 have consultations 6 months before pregnancy.
Then, make sex planning according to the doctor's recommendations. Usually the doctor will tell you when the right time for the fertilization process, namely in your fertile period. This is done because some women usually have irregular menstrual cycles. However, you can try estimating your fertility with a fertile calculator at bit.ly/ovulation or in this link.
To find out more about body condition, it is necessary to check the health condition. For example, knowing that you avoid diabetes, the HIV virus or hepatitis. In addition, to find out that prospective mothers have immunized against rubella or smallpox. If not, then immunization must be done immediately and the mother must wait for 30 days to have sex.
For prospective mothers who have one of the diseases mentioned, be sure to get treatment, care and control from a medical expert.
If you follow a family planning program, you don't need to wait for a while. Removing the use of tools or drinking drugs from the program allows you to fertilize.
To control weight to avoid obesity, usually women who want to get pregnant are prohibited from carrying out a strict diet. However, you should avoid consuming excess sugar. Then, according to the American Academy of Nutrition, pregnant women are only allowed to consume caffeine (for example from coffee or tea) as much as 200 mg per day. Consumption of folic acid supplements is a minimum of a month before pregnancy until the baby is born.
