| The U.S. Center for Disease Control and | | | | you are suffering from chronic disease |
| Prevention recognize preconception care | | | | such as diabetes. An opportune plan will |
| as an important factor of health care | | | | not only help you to improve your |
| for all women of reproductive age, | | | | chances to conceive, but also reduce the |
| developing educational programs to | | | | risks associated to your condition that |
| improve both preconception health and | | | | could be harmful for your developing |
| pregnancy outcomes. | | | | baby. |
| Some of these programs are aimed to | | | | If you are under a birth control method, |
| reduce the misuse of alcohol and to quit | | | | talk to your doctor and allow from one |
| smoking, although women are also taught | | | | to three months before assuming |
| to understand the problems associated to | | | | something is wrong if you cannot get |
| obesity, acquired immunodeficiency | | | | pregnant. It takes a few months for your |
| syndrome (AIDS), human immunodeficiency | | | | reproductive system to retake its normal |
| virus (HIV), intimate partner violence, | | | | ability to conceive. |
| and exposure to occupational hazards, | | | | The intake of a diet rich in folic acid |
| among others. | | | | is another of the factors contributing |
| Most women in America and around the | | | | to increase your chances for pregnancy. |
| world do not realize that such factors | | | | Prenatal vitamins also serve as a |
| affect their reproductive health and | | | | prevention for birth defects and most |
| childbearing. If you want to get | | | | doctors recommend the daily intake of a |
| pregnant, a change or improvement in | | | | multivitamin with folic acid throughout |
| your lifestyle can contribute to | | | | your pregnancy. |
| conception and also reduce pregnancy | | | | Fertility can be monitored in different |
| risks. | | | | ways, including measuring your basal |
| Prenatal care is often out of a woman's | | | | body temperature (BBT) or keeping track |
| plan when it comes to conceiving. Since | | | | of your fertile period by means of an |
| the early moment when you and your | | | | ovulation chart that determines when is |
| partner begin to make plans for your | | | | the right time for having sexual |
| future baby, prenatal care must take | | | | intercourse with increasing chances of |
| place. | | | | getting pregnant. |
| A change of habits and a visit to your | | | | Eating well, avoiding caffeine, alcohol |
| doctor to design your birth plan are | | | | and xenoestrogens drugs, as well as |
| just two of the basic steps towards a | | | | including folic acid, vitamin C, zinc |
| successful and happy pregnancy. Even | | | | and calcium in your diet, contribute to |
| though you can take care on your own | | | | increasing your chances for pregnancy, |
| empirically, the visit to a professional | | | | although you can just begin by trying |
| care will be always rewarding. | | | | different sexual positions so extra |
| Planning pregnancy is also useful when | | | | semen leaks to your reproductive system. |