Where to start this responsible process? Run to the doctor? Get your tests? Pack your bags at the maternity hospital or choose sliders?
Let's tell you in order.
1. Calmness
Stress and neurosis are often the main obstacles to pregnancy. The more pregnancy becomes a "fix idea", the more stressful the failure is - and it snowballs.
It is clear that it is difficult to get distracted from the idea of having a child if the process is running, but you should find yourself some kind of extraneous activity and hobby so as not to get hung up and not get nervous again.
You should not try to conceive a child as soon as you decide to have one. Be patient a little and go through at least the most basic examinations with doctors.
2. Visit to the gynecologist
You need to visit a gynecologist at least once every 6-12 months during your life. If you haven't done it so regularly before, it's time to visit a doctor and check women's health, pass basic tests, and conduct a thorough examination.
3. Visiting specialized doctors
Pregnancy exacerbates chronic diseases and adds new ones. Therefore, during planning, it is worth treating everything that hurt before, and then try to prevent new exacerbations. If a stomach ulcer "seizes" during pregnancy - it will not be treated, the same with a number of other diseases.
4. Budget planning
You need to decide where you will give birth. Yes, already at the planning stage. If you choose a private maternity hospital or a state one that requires large investments, then it is worth saving money now. Moreover, your expenses will not be limited to childbirth, but will only begin.
5. Getting rid of bad habits
Pregnancy is the period when all bad habits need to be quit abruptly and irrevocably, without delaying until a positive test, and for both partners. And also make your diet as much as possible from vegetables and healthy protein and start taking folic acid for the health of the unborn baby.
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