If you smoke, be sure to quit. When smoking, fetal growth is inhibited, due to a decrease in the amount of incoming oxygen. As a result, a weak child can be born. If your husband smokes, he also needs to give up this bad habit to save you from the risk of secondhand smoke.
At the time when you decided to conceive a child and during pregnancy, you must categorically abandon alcohol.
If you doubt whether you have immunity to rubella, consult a doctor, he will give you an inoculation if necessary. It is also necessary to start folic acid - one tablet a day is recommended - for fetal cells it is a "building material". You should go to the dentist, in order to avoid any problems with your teeth during pregnancy, when they are particularly sensitive.
In addition, it is not necessary, there are soft cheeses, jerky, pâté, raw or not roasted eggs - can contain bacteria of salmonella or listeria in all these products.
After a year of unsuccessful attempts at conception, if you have had a regular sex life and without using contraceptives, the doctor can send you to a special clinic with your husband. A survey will be conducted, as a result of which you may be offered weight loss, a change in diet or exercise in order to relieve stress, unless of course there is a more serious problem than this, like infertility.
Special tests will establish whether a woman is normally ovulating, and whether sperm penetrate into the uterus - these are the main reasons that cause similar problems. If spermatozoa can not pass on their own - in this case artificial insemination will be the best option. Also, the reason for not being able to conceive, can become, if the sperm has a low number of spermatozoa. In this case, injection of testosterone male hormone stimulation of sperm formation is possible.
In the case of benign neoplasm in the uterus - fibrosis - surgical intervention may be required.
If you strengthen your health before conception, you will provide the best start to life for your baby.
- do not smoke;
- give up alcohol, for the sake of your child's healthy future;
- Use a healthy diet;
exercise regularly;
- Have a good rest and get enough sleep;
- learn about all possible risks at work;
- Using garden and household chemicals, wear gloves;
- consult your doctor about hereditary diseases and medications you take.
The ability to conceive a child with age is indeed gradually declining in both women and men, although this is more likely for women, because they have an absolute limit to their childbearing age, that is, menopause.
It should be noted that the ability to conceive or childbearing is not the only factor that should be remembered. Women who give birth in adulthood should take into account the increased possibility that her child will be born with Down's syndrome or other complications. Although such mothers have already fully completed their careers, they are sufficiently financially secured and therefore can devote themselves to educating their baby.