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Baby Steps
A 5-point Plan to Help You Conceive
By Teri Brown
"All women trying to conceive should be taking a multiple vitamin with 400 micrograms of folic acid," Dr. Burry says. "This will reduce the incidence of birth defects in half. She should also be immunized against rubella and be current on pap smears."
Making an appointment with your doctor is a good starting point for those looking to conceive. General health can be checked, supplements can be discussed and any questions concerning fertility cycles can be addressed.
Cycle length is calculated by counting from the first day of bleeding to the next first day of bleeding. Ovulation can occur at any point in the cycle.
Tracking your fertility signs is the only way to know for sure when – and if – you are ovulating. That can be done by taking your temperature every morning before leaving the bed (basal body temperature or BBT) and physically examining the consistency of cervical mucous. A slippery and stretchy, raw egg consistency is exactly what you are looking for. After that, a rise in the BBT signals that ovulation has indeed occurred.
While ovulation predictor kits are available, the tests are not always accurate; you can have false positives. But for those who have been having difficulty conceiving, those tests and kits may just be a life saver.
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Baby Steps by joanna on 08/17/2009 08:32PM
im trying to have a baby with my spouse ive been having all the syptoms now i have a 14 year old son and i heard all pregnancys are different.