What to do to prepare for pregnancy

Children are very important to every family. They are the hope of the whole family and can make the family more warm and happy. Being able to give birth to a healthy baby is very important for a family. If you want to have a smooth pregnancy, you must make adequate preparations before pregnancy. Especially many young men and women always have bad living habits. Let’s learn about what preparations to make for pregnancy.

What to do to prepare for pregnancy

1. Adjust your lifestyle

Expectant fathers and mothers should first quit smoking and drinking.

Alcohol is toxic to the male reproductive system and can cause sperm abnormalities. Expectant mothers who like to drink coffee should limit the amount to one cup a day. As for beverages such as cola, it is best to completely eliminate them from the diet and replace them with fresh fruit or vegetable juice. In addition, expectant fathers are advised not to grow a beard, even the beards above and below the lips, because the beards will absorb dust and pollutants in the air, enter the body through breathing, affect the internal environment of "sperm production", and may also be easily transmitted to his wife by various pathogenic microorganisms when kissing her.

2. Comprehensive physical examination

Doing a physical examination before pregnancy and assessing your own health status is the most basic action to maintain women's reproductive health and raise a healthy baby. You can go to the "Family Planning Department" or Gynecology Department of the hospital, explain your purpose to the doctor, and ask them to guide you to do the corresponding examinations. If any disease is discovered, treatment should be sought as soon as possible to prevent the medication from having adverse effects on future pregnancy.

3. Take body temperature and test semen

Basal body temperature is the body temperature of a woman when she wakes up in the morning and has not yet moved. The body temperature is relatively low during the period from menstruation to before ovulation. When ovulation begins, body temperature rises sharply and mucus secretion increases, indicating that it is a good time to conceive. Recording for several consecutive months can detect the stability of ovulation. In addition, let the husband go to the hospital and collect a semen sample with the help of a doctor to analyze the number, mobility and vitality of sperm to determine whether there are sufficient high-quality sperm.

4. Be cautious with pets

Take your pet to the hospital for a physical examination and to test for toxoplasmosis antibodies. If the result is positive, you can still keep it at home. Just be aware that from now on you will have to take your pet to the vet for a checkup at least once a month to ensure 100% safety.

5. Stay away from unsafe environments

If you are often exposed to chemical substances, strong electromagnetic waves, etc. at work, you should be especially careful when preparing to conceive. Especially expectant mothers should try to avoid contact with hair dyes in daily life; operating a computer for more than 8 hours a day is obviously unhealthy; in the office, you should leave the air-conditioned environment every 3 hours and go outdoors to get some fresh air.

The above is an introduction to what preparations should be made in preparation for pregnancy. After understanding it, we know that boyfriends and girlfriends must first be mentally prepared before pregnancy. In addition, they must pay attention to nutritional balance in their diet. Before pregnancy, they must try to avoid smoking and drinking and ensure adequate sleep every day. Before pregnancy, both husband and wife must go to the hospital for a pre-pregnancy check-up.