Tips
for Getting
Pregnant to Make Your Dream Come True
That concludes my
contribution about several tips on getting pregnant that you may consider. Hope
you a success.
By: Uno B. Irawan
Time will come when you will start to think
about getting pregnant. Long before your marriage you probably already have a kind
of dream of bearing a child and become a lovely and caring mother. Or may be
directly after your marriage you will start to plan something out to prepare
yourself for a pregnancy.
I have some tips that may be valuable to
you to make it easier to check the things you should not miss. Here are the
tips.
Get a
doctor’s help
This is the first
thing you should do. It will be very wise to have somebody with experience as a
resource person. This is one factor that can reduce tension and ease your mind.
A doctor or an obstetrician is more likely to be the perfect resource person to
help you out.
You can discuss the
problem in depth and try to find out the very basic obstacle that may cause a
delay or difficulty in getting pregnant. In fact the cause of infertility is
not hard to identify if you are in the hand of the right person.
Exercise
adequately
You might be surprised if I tell you that
exercise could be the cause of infertility. The fact is that exercise is
actually a major factor in many infertility cases, whether it is too much or
too little exercising. In other words, exercising has a great impact on
fertility.
Exercising every day for 30 minutes, 3 to 4
days in a week can ease your way to getting pregnant. The possibility will
increase if you combine adequate exercise with a healthy diet and good health
care of yourself.
Eat
healthy
Healthy eating habits or get used to a
healthy diet pattern is strongly related to fertility. Or in other words, what
you eat affects fertility. Eating a healthy meal consistently will definitely
improve fertility and significantly increases the probability to get pregnant.
A healthy diet for getting pregnant means
that you should consume a well balanced diet of carbohydrates, protein and
fats. You should take the long chain carbohydrates (polysaccharides or
oligosaccharides) found in whole grain products and other fiber products. Your
fat intake should be focused on the mono-unsaturated fat. And consume eggs
carefully, since the yolk may cause high cholesterol.
Take
prenatal vitamins
It is recommended to start taking vitamin and
supplements when you plan to get pregnant. You can select the kind of prenatal
vitamins which contain a wide range of essential vitamins and minerals. Look
for those that contain B vitamins, folic acid and zinc, which are essential for
the production of female hormones that regulates your ovulation and strengthen
your uterus
Know
your ovulation time using a basal thermometer
The best time to get pregnant is more
likely to be around your ovulation time. Having sex every other day around your
ovulation time will provide you with the highest probability to get pregnant. To
help you in estimating this perfect time, a basal thermometer should be used
rather than an ordinary fever temperature.
The principle in using a basal thermometer
when estimating your ovulation time is to take your temperature every morning
before you get up and post all the readings into the BBT (Body Basal
Temperature) chart. What you should look for is a temperature shift of at least
0.2 ºC or 0.4 ºF. Before ovulation your basal temperature should show lower
readings compared to after ovulation. The shift indicates your fertile period
or ovulation time.
Things
to avoid
You should try hard to avoid junk food, alcohol
and caffeine, saturated fats, food additives and unpasteurized foods. Although
fish is a good source of protein, but it is better to avoid some sea foods like
oysters, mackerel, sharks, swordfish, tilefish and tropical fish like mahi-mahi,
grouper and amberjack.
Other foods to avoid are uncooked or cured
meats. Herbal teas like green tea, ginseng, raspberry, slippery elm and cohash
which are known to cause contraction of the uterus, therefore it should be
avoided.
Please avoid being on a strict diet in
relation to a weight loss plan. If you are obese the best thing you can do to
reduce weight is through exercising. On top of that try to have three balanced
meal per day at the minimum. Exercising and a balanced diet will be enough to
keep you healthy.
Overdoing
Getting pregnant is also an important phase
in our life that needs planning. There are lots of things that you should
consider before you get pregnant. The most important thing is your readiness
including the readiness of your spouse and environment.
But one thing I have to say is that you should
never overdo the planning. Just make a plan as simple as possible. Avoid to making
plans which are out of your reach. Adjust your plan to your situation,
condition and within your limitation. Making impossible plans will make you stressed,
which is a counter productive to your wish of getting pregnant.
Manage
stress
At this moment the affect of stress to
infertility has not found a clear explanation yet. It is said that there are
not enough data to back up the idea that stress may cause infertility. However,
while waiting for clear answers the best thing to do reduce stress is to manage
it. Reducing the levels of stress seems to help in getting pregnant. One way is
to change the perception about things that winds you up. I have written a
special article on how to manage stress titled: “Stress Management to Induce
Fertility” in this article directory
Spouse
participation
Men infertility is an important factor you
should take into consideration when trying to get pregnant. The responsibility
to carry out your pregnancy plan does not merely lies in the woman, but also
the man. Thus, when it comes to infertility, both parts should be evaluated. It
will be best to solve any pertaining problem hand in hand with your spouse.
