Being mother
Those
days are gone by when women were to experience pregnancy at an early age.
Nowadays, being more conscious about professional career, conjugal matters,
financial stability, secure jobs; many women have barely any chance to think
about being pregnant before reaching 30 years of age. Getting pregnant at such
an age is critical. Did you know this?
“Girls are born with all their eggs.
So, the age of their eggs is equal
to their physical age.”
With
this concern adds another concern; that is the health and lifestyle of both you
and your husband. If you are at thirties, you will find this article helpful
enough to help yourself with safe and easy pregnancy.
Planning
for sex for pregnancy:
Be
regular: At such an age, you are likely
to lose interest in having sex regularly. However, try to be regular if you
want to be pregnant.
Maintain
best timing: If you cannot have
sexual intercourse regularly, consider doing it from 8 days after your period
up to the 19th day. During these twelve days, the likelihood of
successful conceiving is good.
Be
careful about your positioning while having sex: It is advised to have such a position that enables your
husband’s semen to reach your eggs. The best position can be that you lie on your
back with legs apart, and your husband lowers himself on top of you, with
support for his weight with elbows. This is called Missionary Sex Position, the
most popular and classic one.
Quit
bad habits:
Quit
smoking: Nicotine along with other
harmful particles cause harms to your womb, Fallopian Tubes and uterus.
Besides, smoking cigarettes reduces your husband’s sexual stamina. So, quit
smoking if you do and have your husband do so. Also, stay away from smokers.
Quit
drinking alcoholic drinks: Research
suggests a relationship between reduced ability to conceive and give birth and
drinking wine. So, quit the habit if you have.
Refrain
from caffeine: Caffeine hinders
peaceful sleep and slow down your regular ability to conceive, leading to
abortion. Refrain from caffeine or take only one or two cups of coffee/tea.
Stop
eating junk foods: Eat freshly cooked
food and stop eating any kind of junk or frozen items along with foods
containing harmful artificial ingredients.
Be
careful about medicines: Before taking
any medicine, you should check it with your doctor in order to stay assured it
will not endanger your pregnancy.
Say
goodbye to sugar: Try to remove
sugar from as many items as you can since sugar causes weight gain, issues to
conceiving though indirectly and weaken regenerative power. In order to find an
alternative to sugar, you can take ZeroCal which is safe for health.
Stay
free of concerns: Although concerns
have no direct impact on pregnancy, staying stressed with concerns all the time
may cause loss of appetite and sleep, leading to hormonal disorders and
barriers to ovulation.
Take
care of your own health:
Lose
weight: Excessive weight hinders
pregnancy progress. To ensure that your periods are regular, you need to stay
in good health by living a healthful life.
Take
exercise regularly: Consider taking
physical exercise regularly in order to increase the likelihood of proper
conceiving.
Take
prenatal vitamins: Right after three
months of conceiving, start taking folic acid tablets.
Besides, you may take iron and calcium tablets as per doctor’s prescriptions.
Change your food
habits:
If you want to enhance
ability to conceive, you can take foods like properly boiled eggs, sea fish,
fruits and vegetables which are rich in Omega 3 Fatty Acid, Vitamin B6, Vitamin
C and E, and Beta Carotene.
You
need to take care of your husband’s health too:
Husband’s
health: With age, men’s ability to
produce sperm in the semen starts decreasing. However, with good health, it is
possible for men to have sexual intercourse regularly and get rid of other
issues eventually.
Foods
for your husband: Due to
insufficient quantity of sperm in a man’s semen, the couple cannot have a baby.
Eating some natural food items like eggs, cauliflower, pomegranate, walnuts, broccoli,
peanuts, barley, meat, beans, peas, etc. might work wonders. Tell your husband
to drink much water.
Take
doctor’s suggestions:
Regular
advice: Always keep your doctor
informed of your problems and condition and follow the advices offered.
Checkup
of reproductive health: Have yourself
and your partner examined for reproductive health, so that you can stay assured
of any issues and inability of your spouse.
Other
problems: If you have some common health
conditions like diabetes, blood pressures, etc. Consult your doctor and try to
control these diseases.
Examining
thyroid: Thyroid has had a great impact
on your pregnancy. If your hormones are not in good condition, your pregnancy
might be interrupted. So, see a doctor and follow required suggestions before
you even think about being pregnant.
Final
words:
Becoming
pregnant at the matured stage of life comes with some advantages too. At this
stage, you can be more conscious and form a relationship with your spouse based
on mutual understanding. While reproductive capability lessens with age, you
might have understood how easily you can become pregnant by following the tips
above.
Happy
pregnancy!