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Home › Articles › Considering Pregnancy › The Right Way to Get Pregnant

The Right Way to Get Pregnant

By William Grigg

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  • Stay faithful to one, uninfected and equally faithful partner to prevent the tragic consequences of a newborn with HIV or other sexually transmitted diseases. Discuss your own and your mate's sexual history (and any injected drug use) with your physician – and get tested for HIV or other infections, as appropriate. Even if you have HIV, for example, proper drug treatment can often prevent your child from becoming infected.
  • Exercise moderately. Walk, swim, ride a stationary bike and/or join in a special prenatal aerobics class three or more times a week. Even a vigorous workout is OK for most women, and may help you carry your baby to full term. Not so advisable: bouncing or jerking movements, toe touches, knee bends and sit-ups. Doctors generally counsel against any vigorous exercise that has you lying on your back after the first three months of pregnancy. Injury-risking sports, skiing, rock-climbing, horseback riding aren't good bets, but regular, safe exercise can make labor easier and prepare you to get back in shape afterwards.
  • Relax, too. You don't need a lot of stress during pregnancy or before pregnancy, either! Summing up, you just need a good clean, healthy and uninfected man; a doctor; a good diet; a vitamin pill and a work and home environment where you won't be needlessly exposed to tobacco smoke, pesticides, alcohol and other potentially harmful chemicals, drugs, mercury, soft cheese, undercooked meats and kitty litter.

    • That's it. A piece of cake. Your environment is your health. A good environment will help keep you healthy – and will help make your baby the finest-looking, healthiest, smartest baby in the world! Why, everything will be the way writer-humorist Garrison Keillor describes his home town: An environment where the women are strong, the men are good looking – and all the children are above average!


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