By : Eddy Kong
There are many couples that are may looking healthy and perfectly well, and the thought of female or male infertility never crosses their minds.
What is actually infertility?
An infertility problem is defined clinically as the inability to have babies or carry a child to full term during the pregnancy period. If you have had a year of unprotected sexual intercourse or are over 35 years of age and can't conceive, you may have this problem.
There are many women that after been diagnose of having infertility problem by their medical doctors, could not accept the fact as explained by their doctors. It is not the end of their planned chapter on parenthood; it was just the beginning of a different chapter.
Doctors will take a look at their medical and family history to uncover other symptoms of infertility. Symptoms found are:
1) Having irregular menstrual cycle. It is less likely for women to have a perfect 28 day cycle and there are many having their period only once a couple of months. Any cycle less than 24 days or more than 35 days is considered irregular and can lead to a meeting with a reproductive endocrinologist. By knowing this before hand, you can treat infertility problem
2) Are you having not constant ovulation?
There many women out there assumes that if they are have period regularly, they must be ovulating. In fact, not all women ovulate every cycle.
Since there is usually a 24 hour window where she is most fertile, calculating when she ovulates is crucial to eliminate female infertility. This method is one of the oldest method to curb this problem.
3) What about your family history?
You need to know if your mom had trouble conceiving you and your other family members having problem conceiving babies. This will give you an indication on how answer screening questions.
4) Does age also play a part in female infertility?
Women above the age of 35 may not automatically be infertile, in fact 40 something women also could get pregnant. The reason may due to the number of eggs a woman produces each cycle diminishes in her mid-thirties.
Therefore the chances of getting pregnant become less in comparison to someone in their early twenties with all other factors being constant. After knowing this, you should take having early medical checkup to undercover the symptoms before planning a baby.
5) Are you stress out?
There are lots of medical research that stress is one of the symptoms that causes female infertility. Stress management by controlling your emotional and mental pressures may able to prevent infertility issues.
Fear not medical science is so advanced and there lots of miracle babies being born everyday.
Once you are aware of the symptoms of infertility, and take some measures to prevent it, and at the same time having the faith of having a baby will overcome any fears of infertility.
About The Author-- Eddy Kong WW is the author of this site. If you have already started on to get yourself pregnant, your search for solutions may end here. I recommend you visit his site, Signs of Infertility Symptoms. It is one of his sites and he will be personally maintaining it for the latest findings and recommedations from doctors on increase pregnancy. Drop by at his site now for more information and updates.
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Weekly Pregnancy Calendar - Almanac For Every Mother To Be
Author: Apurva Shree
A weekly pregnancy calendar is a manual that records the journey of the fetus from conception to birth. It expounds in detail, the pregnancy week by week development that the fetus should achieve in the mother womb. The pregnancy calendar also gives the details about the changes that occur in the mother body and tells how to cope with these changes. This information can help the would-be-mother to ascertain that the fetus is growing in a healthy manner and her pregnancy is safe. Hence, every mother-to-be must possess a pregnancy week by week calendar to keep track of the milestones that the growing fetus achieves every week. Nowadays, there are numerous websites from where you can download these pregnancy calendars for free.
A Look At The Pregnancy Calendar
A weekly pregnancy calendar generally follows a forty week schedule. The calculation of the calendar is very simple. The LMP i.e. the last menstrual period date is the first day of the pregnancy calendar. Forty weeks from the date is the due date. Here, it has to be noted that only in very few cases, the baby is delivered on the due date. Generally any day after the 37th week is safe, because the baby would have attained full development by the 37th week.
A pregnancy calendar generally makes the following information available.
1. The growth and development that the fetus must achieve in each week of pregnancy,
2. The physical and the emotional changes that the mother-to-be undergoes and coping with these changes,
3. Nutritional requirements and exercises for a health pregnancy,
4. The do and do not during the nine months.
In a nutshell, a weekly pregnancy calendar is an excellent reference guide for every anxious would-be mother. It helps her to understand every change and emotion that she would be undergoing through the forty weeks of the pregnancy wheel. It helps her to keep track of what is going on in her womb every minute. The calendar helps in alleviating her anxiety and comforts her.
Maintaining Your Own Weekly Pregnancy Calendar
You can also make your own pregnancy calendar. It is very simple. Once you know your LMP and due date, you can yourself start maintaining the physical and emotional changes that you undergo on a weekly basis. You can compare this with any standard pregnancy calendar to assure yourself that everything is well.
Advantages Of Maintaining Your Own Pregnancy Calendar
In addition to the above mentioned benefits, maintaining your own weekly pregnancy calendar has some apparent advantages.
1. You can use the calendar as a jotting notepad to record your queries, doubts and apprehensions. This will be useful in future appointments with your doctor.
2. The pregnancy calendar is particularly useful in the third trimester of pregnancy (week 26 to week 40). In this final trimester, there are many changes happening in the mother body. The would-be mother will then find the pregnancy calendar handy. With the help of a good calendar, she can identify if her contraction are true or false and if there is a need to consult the doctor.
3. A religiously written pregnancy calendar will be very useful for the doctor in case any emergency arises in the course of delivery.
4. You can use your weekly pregnancy calendar to understand your future pregnancies better.
Pre-Natal Vitamins : What They Do For New Moms
By: Tc Yeap
Pre-natal vitamins are very important for mothers and their babies. These vitamins are specially formulated multivitamins that help to make up for any deficiencies that the mother may be lacking her diet. While the supplements contain many vitamins and minerals, the most important components of pre-natal vitamins including folic acid, calcium and iron. All of which are very important for the healthy development of a baby.
Pregnant women need a substantial amount of folic acid in their diets. Folic acid helps to reduce the risk of birth defects in the baby, particularly in the brain and spinal cord. A baby that is born with spina bifida most likely lacked in the folic acid they needed while developing. In spina bifida, the baby is born with nerve damage because the spine is not closed. This can cause a number of issues from nerve damage and paralysis to mental retardation.
These types of defects often occur within the first 28 days after conception. Unfortunately, this is before many women even realize that they are pregnant. Because of this and because half of pregnancies are unplanned, it is recommended that all women old enough to have children take 400 micrograms of folic acid on a daily basis. The FDA also requires that certain food items be fortified with folic acid to help women get the necessary amounts of folic acid that they require through their diets. All foods that are made of flour, such as bagels and breads, these are fortified with folic acid.
In addition to these fortified foods, women can get folic acid from the following sources:
* Green Leafy Vegetables
* Nuts
* Beans
* Citrus Fruits
Calcium is also particularly important in women and a pre-natal vitamin can assist her in getting the recommended amounts of calcium she needs. Women who receive ample amounts of calcium in their diet are able to prevent their own bone loss while the body builds bones for the baby.
Iron helps both the mother and the baby's blood carry enough oxygen for proper function.
It is important to realize that not all pre-natal vitamins are built the same. A woman's doctor is able to advise her on the brands that are best suitable for her.
TC Yeap is the CEO of Singaporean company Sainhall Nutrihealth . Founded in 1990, Sainhall Nutrihealth is a leading distributor for health products in South East Asia.
