Pregnancy is the heart desire of a lot of young women out there.
Now, you might find this post a little useful if you are desiring to have a child or you are still bearing children. If you do the folowing, you and your baby will be happier, healthier, safe, and saner all through your pregnancy.

Keep your blood sugar level up


You can do this by taking more of a whole, healthy foods and of course, plenty of protein. Make sure these constitute your little but frequent meals all day. You should also vary your diet

Keep yourself hydrated

If you ask me I would say Plain water is great and perfect. SEE ALSO: see striking causes of infertility and early pregnancy loss                    You could add a spoonful of sugar and a pinch of salt to your water if you can't keep water down due to nauseation. The effect of that is rehydration and easing you off your nausea

Get plenty of rest.
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This is very important. During pregnancy, everything should be done in moderation. You should time yourself, give yourself at least a 10mins break as often as you can. Take a nap about lunchtime and take a nap before dinner. You should go to sleep early and rise as late as you can accommodate.

Never fail to uphold confidence in your body

You need to ignore the inevitably negative stories you will hear about childbearing and its ordeals. You should stay positive minded and you could do this by looking for positive information about childbirth and pregnancy. Your body system is endowed with all it needs at childbirth. You should not give in to anyone who is trying to make you think your body could fail you at delivery. In fact, try to avoid these set of people or better still, tell them to tell you about their horror stories after you have your baby. People might come around you to tell you about what they think is the best thing to do or the best way to behave or act during childbirth. Know this, there is no one best to give birth to every woman. You can discover your best way. Guess what? You will find it easier doing that only when you filter the negative vibes about childbirth

Hire a midwife.

You may say you don’t think you need the services of a midwife, however, it is good to start with the services of a midwife first. Why? She definitely is a more experienced person. This means she will give you adequate advice and guide you aright on nutrition and taking care of yourself during pregnancy. So, even if you think you will not have your baby in the house or have a midwife-attended birth, you still need the services of a midwife or a midwife figure.

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Hire a Doula

A lot of people do not understand the value of the services of a doula. The interest of this person is to take care of your emotional well being and your comfort  issues
This might come in handy for you if you have a whole lot of nosy family and friends. You should add 2weeks to the official due date when telling people about your pregnancy. Do you know why? First, it saves you the whole post-due-date syndrome where you have your mother in law calling on a regular and going “Hey Hannah, you had that baby yet?” Also, it is more realistic. Did you know that 50% of first time moms take over a week late to deliver? Did you also know that even after several deliveries, a lot of women go quite past the due delivery date, sometimes with 3 days late being the average and up to 14 days late being normal?

Ask questions about your care

It is adviced of you as a pregnant woman to be smart, inquisitive, sensitive, observant and responsible. This is because it is expected of you to be fully are of the fact that you are in absolute control of two lives, hence,  you should act and live as such. You should ask questions. For example, when your doctor recommends a test, such as ultrasound or blood test; you have the right and more fundamentally, a responsibility to ask questions such as “what is this test?” “why is it necessary?” “What are we going to learn from this?” “ what should we do with this information?” “are there alternatives?” “what are the consequences of ignoring it?” and many other questions. You should know that whatever issue comes up on running tests, it finally ends with you taking the final decision. There may be side effects to any tests. You may choose to ignore or consent. You and your family are the ones to live with the consequences of choices about your care. Almost every test has a good reason for carrying it out or ignoring the test, it all depends on what you want, priorities and situation. It is funny how every test carries risks and how there are some risks in not knowing. Finally, which risk are you willing to take?

You should seek knowledge, attend classes and be educated enough to make wise and smart choices and decisions about the care you receive


However, in all your quest for acquisition of knowledge, you should understand that when it comes down to the main issue when it is time for delivery, you need to lay every bit of knowledge and education you have acquired down and let your body do what it is designed to do. This is because you don’t have to be taught to birth successfully. Note, this does not imply that you should just give up and go off during childbirth, but on the contrary, what is meant is that you don’t have to depend  on a specific technique someone told you to get through contraction well and you don’t need to hold your breath and count to 10 to push your baby to the world. Every woman is innately inclined to give birth without necessarily being told how to go about it. You may ask? What should be my attitude in the labour room? Be willing to experience all that is involved in childbirth, this includes the pain and all that comes with it, and to follow the leading of your body. If you surrender to your body, it will definitely tell you what to do

You need to be mindful of the people you allow to be with you during labour

Every person in that labour room should consciously have your interest and safe delivery as the utmost priority. Not just that, they should be committed to helping you find your best way through labour. They take a step back if needed, give you privacy with just you and one of your support team if you request for it.  You should not worry yourself about anything during labour. Your emotional, professional, family issues and every other form of disturbances you may be going through at that period should be suspended. You are also under no obligation whatsoever to invite people you don’t want to be at your childbirth. If you feel the presence of certain people will help you feel relaxed at delivery, that is great! Just don’t get caught away and mistake it for a social event. Especially for the first pregnancy, it is good to reduce the number of people present at delivery. Let's say your partner,  a labour support person, may be a friend or family who can be helpful without being intrusive.You may ask why. All these are because labour is more of a personal and intimate experience. You need almost the same state of mind that makes you reach orgasm during childbirth. Know this, it is usually harder birth when you are surrounded by too many people.

Maintain good parental care.

This is having and maintaining a healthy lifestyle during pregnancy. What should be done during this period is maintaining a healthy lifestyle and being frequent at the hospital for regular check up. Among the first thing, you should do when you notice you are pregnant is to schedule an appointment with your doctor. The doctor will in return carry out all necessary steps to ensure your comfortability and health stability during the period. A urine test will be taken for sugar level, bacteria, protein level. A blood test also will be taken. On your first visit, the doctor may check the size and shape of your uterus, screen for cervical cancer, ultrasound to view baby’s growth and position. You should still maintain a regular visit with your doctor. When you meet with your doctor questions to ask him to include; advice weight gain, what to eat, vitamins, how long you can keep working, exercises, sex, what you can do to feel better.
There are a whole lot of other things you are expected to do during pregnancy to aid safe delivery. They shall be discussed subsequently...

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God gave the command to be fruitful and multiply, Thank you Lord.