If you are at that moment in your life when you start to feel the desire to become a mother, you will surely be grappling with a thousand questions, among which the most important is perhaps the one in which you question yourself if you are ready for the big step. A difficult question, to which there is no logical answer. Follow your heart and if the answer is yes, review this video how to calculate fertile days.
Things to do before pregnancy
It is said that a woman becomes a mother from the moment she knows about wait for a child and there is nothing more true. There care of the little one starts from the belly, if not earlier.
Get one worry free pregnancy with a good one prevention; check out these steps to perform approx 3 months before conception:
- Make an appointment with the gynecologist of trust. The first step is certainly to discuss with a specialist, who will go and highlight any problems in the reproductive system with an ultrasound and will reconstruct your family anamnesis.
- Make blood tests and test for rubella. After the visit you will certainly be redirected to take the classic blood tests, plus the rubeo-test. Rubella, if contracted during pregnancy, can be dangerous for the unborn child and therefore it is good to know in advance if it has already been made by the expectant mother. If you do not have the necessary antibodies it is possible to get vaccinated, and only after 3 months from this vaccine can you try to conceive a baby.
- Undergo the test for toxoplasmosis. As above, toxoplasmosis is a disease that is best avoided while pregnant and therefore it is best to know the result from the very beginning.
- Take folic acid, at least in the month preceding conception and throughout the first trimester of pregnancy. The supplement helps a lot to prevent the appearance of spina bifida in the baby.
- Pay attention to medications they assume.
- Follow a healthy lifestyle: first stop smoking! Also limit alcohol and get some physical activity.
What is motherhood
You've been preparing for the idea for 9 months and the time to meet the baby has finally come. You're a mom now, congratulations! And now?
As much as becoming a mom is one of the most beautiful experiences of a lifetime, we don't want to lie to you: the maternity it's not all pink and flowers. It is a long journey that sometimes tests you more than you would have thought; obviously there will be many moments that will repay you for all the effort, but you would never have imagined that such a small being would occupy you body and mind!
Furthermore, each of us has a concept of being a mother that is completely different from that of the others. There is no single definition and a woman can feeling like a mother even several months after giving birth.
I first months da puerpuera are certainly the most Grilled cheese sandwich, but with some good practice and lighthearted advice you will succeed!
We wanted to collect some experiences and bring them back to you in a simple way. A child changes your life, since you have only the idea (see all the prevention to do before conceiving it), and it will be with you forever, so no one judges you when you have need some extra advice to overcome critical situations.
What can change when you become a mother
- Continuous judgments. One of the things that many women have found is that in the early days of a new mother unsolicited advice on handling the baby they fall as if it were raining. You will have already noticed this by the pregnancy, but after the arrival of the baby it will be even worse. Ignore them. There are few times when these digs from friends and family really work; rather prefer a comparison with other new mothers, perhaps creating a Whatsapp group with the girls of the preparatory course.
- Mutated balance of couples. Almost inevitably the birth of your child will change the pace and the habits that had come to be created with your businesses, but the good news is that become parents together it makes you stronger than before, as a team! A real one family.
- Time for yourself at an all-time low. Your schedules and routine will undergo a radical change to adapt to the needs of the little one. Especially if you choose to breastfeed, you may feel very frustrated (also the fault of the pregnancy hormones still in circulation) for the short time for you. Don't worry, it is a condition that is resolved asking for support to grandparents or support figures, and above all it will evolve as the child grows.
becoming a mother: what changes after childbirth© GettyImages- Different body. Your physical needs time to recover from childbirth and from the extra kilos of the months of gestation. And if you get back into physical shape, do not take it if some clothes no longer fit as they once did ... See it as an excellent excuse to renew your wardrobe and to dedicate yourself to a postpartum gymnastics targeted.
- More energy and more courage than I imagined. Nobody prepares you enough for the challenges of motherhood and you certainly couldn't imagine one stock up on energy: amazing, sleep 3 hours a night and still stand up! Furthermore, having the little one next to you gives you a strength and courage that you have never felt before.
- Fluctuating emotions, you will happen to burst into tears for nothing and you will want to go back, but we can assure you that love breaks out sooner or later and you will wonder how you did before you met your child.
Article source: Afemale
