Women’s health : Pregnancy after Abortion

The following are some useful tips to become pregnant after an abortion:

• If you are trying to become pregnant after an abortion, keep in mind that you should rely on a doctor’s advice about your body.

• Discuss with your doctor about when it is safe to start trying to get pregnant after an abortion.

• Be clear that you had no damage done during your abortion. A legal abortion should pose no risk to future pregnancies, unfortunately if something such as a damaged cervix occurred, you may be less likely to conceive.

• Take a healthy diet with nutritious vegetables and fruits and stop smoking, or cut down. Lower drinking habits and caffeine intake.

• Stay active and increase your vitamin intake. Take prenatal vitamins.

• In general doctors advice waiting 6 to 8 weeks after an abortion before trying to get pregnant again.

• Take a long rest after abortion and during your resting period, practice safe sex while you let your body heal.

• Start having sex frequently which increases the chance of getting pregnant after your resting period.

• Refraining from sexual activity for three to six days sometimes can actually increase sperm count, so although you should have sex often, you don’t have to worry if you have to take a break sometimes!

• Get an ovulation kit form a pharmacy which is generally inexpensive. Have sex during your ovulation time, which is generally 14 days after your last period. An ovulation kit can help you keep track of this.

• After having sex, elevate your hips and feet so that the sperm can easily reach the eggs. Do this by propping your hips up under a pillow and lying this way for at least 20 minutes.

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Preparing for Pregnancy

Deciding to have a baby is one of the most important decisions made between the two partners. Both of the partners should ensure that they are in the best of health and are aware of any potential hazards or hereditary factors that could affect their health and that of the baby. A well planned pregnancy is likely to be a more enjoyable experience if only because sufficient care and thought have gone into it.

Tips for pregnancy preparation:

• Start planning at least 3 months before trying to conceive.

• Both of the partners should get a thorough check up to catch any medical problems that can be corrected beforehand.

• If any of the partner have any health issues like diabetes, asthma, heart disease or any other chronic illness they should get their medical condition under control.

• Pre pregnancy is a precious time, will lay the foundations of a healthy pregnancy and baby.

• Try to maintain a normal weight during the pregnancy plan as under weight and over weight could affect the health.

• Be diet conscious when you plan for pregnancy, avoid pre-packaged stuff, junk food and add more fresh and nutritious products like milk and milk products, which nourish the baby too.

• Stress is a major obstacle to both conception and a healthy pregnancy so take a good look at your work schedule.

• You would also need to plan how you are going to work after the birth of the baby.

• Get a dental check up will ensure that your teeth and gums are healthy during pregnancy and also help avoid the need for any x-rays while you are pregnant.

• Keep track of your ovulation period and also try to note when you ovulate to identify the fertile days.

• For irregular ovulation the notable thing is about basal body temperature. It reaches its low point of the month then abruptly rises and also vaginal mucus becomes clear, jelly like and can be pulled into strings.

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