What should you pay attention to when preparing for pregnancy?

Children can be said to be the hope of the entire family. In particular, many families are always very nervous before preparing for pregnancy, fearing that there will be some problems with the child. Every family is full of expectations and hopes for the baby. Many families hope to be able to give birth to a healthy baby, but before pregnancy, you must make adequate preparations to ensure eugenics. Let's take a look at what precautions should be taken when preparing for pregnancy.

What should you pay attention to when preparing for pregnancy?

Precautions for women preparing for pregnancy

1. Make an ovulation cycle table

Ovulation test strips and thermometers can help you figure out when your best time to get pregnant is, and can also tell you if you have irregular ovulation. If there is an irregular ovulation problem, adjustments should be made in time to arrange the time of conception reasonably.

2. Pay attention to healthy diet

Choose fresh fruits and vegetables. Stay away from junk food. You and your husband should also quit smoking and drinking for the sake of your future baby, as these may cause abnormalities in your eggs and sperm and reduce your fertility. In addition, you can also take some vitamins and folic acid orally. Try to choose bottled mineral water or purified water as drinking water, because tap water may contain excessive heavy metals, which can lead to decreased fertility or miscarriage. When it comes to fish, you should choose carefully as some fish, such as tuna, shark and trout, may contain high levels of mercury.

3. Manage your weight and blood pressure

Many women start to gain weight after the age of 35, but obesity can reduce your fertility and may also cause you to develop diabetes after pregnancy. Gestational diabetes can cause the fetus to be too large and newborn breathing problems. In addition, high blood pressure can cause slow fetal development and pose a life-threatening risk to pregnant women, so you should pay attention to controlling your blood pressure before and during pregnancy.

4. Get enough rest and sleep

Maybe you are in the rising stage of your busy career, but please make sure you get enough sleep every day, otherwise your immune system will be affected, hormone secretion will be disrupted, and inflammation and other symptoms will occur, all of which are not conducive to your pregnancy.

5. I will relieve my stress

Reduce work appropriately and let yourself have a relaxed mood. Don't put too much pressure on yourself. The Great Wall wasn't built in a day, and you can't get your body in shape and get pregnant immediately. You can try practicing yoga, which can relax your mind and exercise your body.

6. Stay away from radiation from electronic products

Keep laptops and cell phones away from you and your husband's reproductive system, as the electromagnetic fields they emit may reduce the quality of eggs or sperm. If the radiation in your work environment is severe, you should consider wearing radiation protection clothing or changing your work environment as soon as possible.

Things to note for men preparing for pregnancy

(1) Make good preparations before pregnancy, and the future father must cooperate well. Married men who are engaged in spraying pesticides, herbicides, etc. should avoid their wives getting pregnant for at least 70 days and should also reduce their exposure to chemicals and heavy metals.

(2) An obese husband should not allow his wife to get pregnant while he is losing weight. Because more harmful chemicals are stored in the bodies of obese people, and some fat-soluble chemicals are stored in fat. During the rapid weight loss process, the toxins accumulated in the fat will be released into the human blood, causing direct or indirect harm to sperm.

(3) Husbands should not abuse drugs, and should not use skin care creams containing estrogen. Many chemicals can affect the viability of sperm and significantly increase the number of abnormal sperm.

(4) The husband should not be picky about food. The production of sperm requires high-quality protein, calcium, zinc and other minerals and trace elements, arginine, multiple vitamins, etc. If you are picky about food, sperm production will be affected, or some low-quality sperm will be produced.

(5) The husband should quit smoking and drinking. Many harmful substances in tobacco and alcohol can also kill sperm. You should stop drinking and smoking at least 3 months before conception.

(6) The husband must also maintain a good and stable mood. If you are often depressed, worried, or have a bad temper, it will make the testicular spermatogenesis and sexual function unstable, affecting the production and quality of sperm.

The above is an introduction to the precautions to take when preparing for pregnancy. After understanding this, I hope that many families planning to have children must make adequate preparations in time before giving birth. First of all, both husband and wife must do prenatal examinations in time. In addition, they must change their habits of smoking and drinking frequently in daily life, and pay attention to balanced nutrition in their diet, and eat more vegetables and fruits.