Yesterday I was reading one of my pregnancy books when I read about the preparation for pregnancy. It said that the best thing a woman can do is get to a healthy pregnancy weight, give up alcohol and any drugs, and eat healthy. It also mentioned prenatal vitamins. According to the book, some women chose to start taking a prenatal vitamin as early as 2 to 3 months prior to getting pregnant. That way, their body is fully ready and nutritionally ready to conceive a baby. In addition to prenatal vitamins, it also recommended starting a folic acid supplement too.
Well luckily for me, I just got my medical plan set up at work just this month. So I am hoping to find a clinic nearby and set up an appointment to meet with a doctor. I want to ask about getting started on a prenatal vitamin as well as get my annual checkup just to be sure I am in good health and ready for baby-making.
Another thing I learned was that by about 8 weeks into the pregnancy, the baby's heartbeat can be detected. It use to be customary to announce your pregnancy after hearing the baby's heart beat at the end of the first trimester. But since doctors' equipment is so much more refined these days, they can pick up the heart beat nearly a month earlier. Once there is a heartbeat, the chances of a miscarriage decrease drastically. Since the body can sort out any pregnancy that won't take typically before the heartbeat stage, it's more of a sure thing once you hear that little heartbeat. So my husband and I have decided we will save the announcement of our baby until that 8 week marker when we hear Pickle's heartbeat....that will be a life changing moment for sure!
I am so excited to be getting that much closer to making Pickle!!! Who knows, maybe Santa will being me some prenatal vitamins this year to help me prepare my body for my baby!
Just a spoon full of Pickle helps the medicine go down...
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