Can I Get Pregnant Just After My Periods

Posted on November 23, 2009 by admin
Positive pregnancy test

Positive pregnancy test

Yes pregnancy can occur if you have unprotected sex or intimacy.

Pregnancy occurs when a male’s sperm burrows into a female egg (fertilization). The sperm is one of millions that are contained in a man’s semen (the liquid produced when a man ejaculates or ‘comes’). The egg is released from one of the woman’s ovaries (ovulation) between 12-15 days before her next period.

Sperm enter the woman’s body through the vagina, before making their way through the cervix and womb to the fallopian tubes where the egg is fertilized.

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Can I Get Pregnant During Periods

Posted on November 20, 2009 by admin
Negative pregnancy test

Negative pregnancy test

The question is whether or not a woman can get pregnant during her period. Every girl or woman is different, therefore the menstrual cycle of the woman will be different due to the hormones.
A woman can become pregnant from having sexual intercourse during menstruation. It is proven that women have the potential to become pregnant at virtually any time during their cycle. While the chance of pregnancy is greater on certain days of a woman’s cycle, it is never completely absent.
A woman’s fertile period lasts for about a week each month. In addition, even women with normal cycles do not always ovulate at the same time each cycle. Sperm can survive in the cervix for up to a week, and the egg is viable for 24 to 48 hours after ovulation. The difficulty is that ovulation is highly unpredictable. Teenagers as well as women nearing menopause – two groups that are less likely to desire pregnancy – have the most irregular menstruation cycles.

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Forum

Posted on November 19, 2009 by admin

A pregnancy support forum with topics from getting pregnant to delivery. Special topics include pregnancy and intimacy, diet & fitness, and miscarriage and loss.

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Changes and Symptoms in First Month/Trimester of Pregnancy

Posted on November 19, 2009 by admin

Changes and Symptoms in First Month/Trimester of Pregnancy

9 Week Human Embryo from Ectopic Pregnancy

9 Week Human Embryo from Ectopic Pregnancy

As you’re changing and growing, so is the baby inside of you. It’s difficult to imagine just how much growth is packed into such a short period of time. In the first three months, the fetus is only 8–10 millimeters in length (the width of your thumb), but within that embryo is a beating heart with blood circulating through it and the potential for growth with the maturation of multiple organ systems. At this point, it’s difficult to determine the gender, but limb buds that will eventually change and become arms and legs are clearly visible. Doctors can also identify the cranial (head) portion of the fetus. They will use this crownrump length from an ultrasound (roughly the distance between the head portion of the embryo and its bottom side) as a form of measurement to determine how far along the pregnancy is. It’s actually fairly accurate when measured.

Physiological Changes in the Baby’s Growth

When the sperm meets the egg, a virtual explosion occurs in terms of rapid cellular division. By the end of the first trimester, most of the baby’s organ systems are formed, including the heart, lungs, kidneys, and digestive system. Still forming is the baby’s neurological system, including the brain, brain stem, and spinal cord. Organ formation occurs through most of the first trimester.

Afterward, the organ systems that have formed are increasing in size and maturation By about the fifth or sixth week of pregnancy, heart motion is visible with a trans-vaginal ultrasound, although most of the other systems are too small to see at this time. A fluid sac has developed around the fetus that will eventually comprise the amniotic fluid. The yolk sac is present in early pregnancy, although it slowly regresses and the placenta takes its place as the major support system of nutrients and the exchange of waste products.

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First Month of Pregnancy or Pregnancy at Early Stages

Posted on November 19, 2009 by admin

Tips and precautions for first trimester(three months) of pregnancy

6 day old human embryo

6 day old human embryo

The first trimester brings with it a whole host of changes to the pregnant woman— all coming at once. It can be disconcerting at best; overwhelming at worst. Our philosophy is that if you’re prepared for what is coming, it will be easier to face and adjust to the extreme changes.

■     Depending on your pregnancy, the physical changes could be great or subtle, but you will notice a difference in your body.

■     Many of the body changes in the first trimester are easy to live with and shouldn’t upset your routine much.

■     If you are one of the women who have a miserable time physically the first trimester, then talk to your health care professional and get help. Help is only a phone call away. Don’t tough it out—it’s not necessary.

■     Always, always trust your gut intuition. If you think something is wrong, call your doctor or midwife.

■     It would be downright surprising if you didn’t have any emotional ups and owns during this period. The pregnancy aside—simply adjusting to the fact that you’re going to have a baby can cause a lot of stress. Talk to people about your feelings and get a support group in place. If that doesn’t help, enlist the care of a professional.

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Safe sex positions during pregnancy – Precaution in pregnancy

Posted on November 19, 2009 by admin

Safe sex positions during pregnancy – Precautions in pregnancy

condom

condom

Sex is a wonderful way for couples to remain intimate during pregnancy.
It is usually safe, as long as some guidelines are followed:

  • Women on top position or side lying may be more comfortable as pregnancy advices.
  • Deep penetration should be at the discretion and comfort of the mother.
  • Water or air in the vagina should not be part of any sex play during pregnancy.
  • Understanding, empathy, creativity and humors will be good to love making during pregnancy.
  • A woman should always be able to say no.
  • If a women is at high risk of preterm labour, orgasm, nipple stimulation and intercourse should be avoided as both stimulate release of a hormone which acts on the uterus and makes it contract. This may bring on preterm labour.
  • Avoid intercourse or any sexual activity if advised to do so by the doctor.
  • Intercourse should be avoided if amniotic fluid is leaking, has ruptured, or if there is suspicion that it may be leaking as it would lead to infection of the uterus and amniotic sac.
  • Any sexual contract should be avoided if anyone of you has been exposed to, or has confirmation of a sexually transmitted diseases or HIV. Use condom and a spermicidal is recommended if sexual activity cannot be avoided.
  • It is better to avoid intercourse after 36 weeks of pregnancy.
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Best Age For Pregnancy or The Right Age for Pregnancy

Posted on November 18, 2009 by admin

Age plays an important role in women life for getting pregnant. It depends upon the body condition whether you are healthy and your body is ready for the changes or not in your age. Your body should capable to handle the changes will occur during pregnancy.
The most favorable age for fertility for women begins at the age of 18. Until about the age of 25, women will be at their most fertile, and most likely to get pregnant. Beginning around 25 or 26, a woman’s fertility starts to decline. This decline is relatively gradual for the next ten years, however. It is not until the age of 35 that the process of losing fertility begins to speed up more rapidly. By the time a woman reaches the age of 40, she is exponentially more likely to have problems getting pregnant. In fact, around 2/3 of women who are over the age of 40 will have issues with infertility of some sort or another.

To be sure, statistics are just statistics. It is possible, obviously, to become pregnant before the age of 18. In fact, a woman can become pregnant as soon as she starts to ovulate. In some girls, this can occur as early as age 11. On the other end of things, it is definitely possible for a woman who is 50 to become pregnant. In fact, a woman can become pregnant right up until she stops ovulating (which is generally indicated by the onset of menopause).

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How can I get pregnant and what is the best time to conceive

Posted on November 18, 2009 by admin

These tips will help you get pregnant/conceive provided you have the necessary patience and lady luck by your side.

Simple Steps to Becoming Pregnant

To be able to become pregnant there are certain facts that you should be aware of that when applied to your lifestyle and your lovemaking will dramatically increase your chances to become pregnant

• Prepare body for pregnancy

You need to take the correct minerals and vitamins, this is very important not only for trying to conceive but once conception has occurred then you will need to have prepared yourself to be able to nourish the unborn in the first few weeks. There is a lot to be said ion this subject.

• Discover when you ovulate

You should be aware of how your body works and exactly what your body is doing at every step of your monthly cycle. Get to know the tell tale signs that you are about to ovulate. With a little practice you should be making love just as you ovulate.

• Best time to get pregnant

Know when to make love. You need to know about male ejaculation and about how sperm can become more or less active. Plan it so that you make love just as you ovulate with the highest quality sperm. Also you need to learn about how female orgasms can help in conception if timed right.

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Pregnancy Tests and Symptoms – How to test pregnancy?

Posted on November 17, 2009 by admin

Pregnancy Tests and Symptoms

How to test pregnancy?

Mostly all the women find out that they are pregnant by checking and trying the correct method that is, when their periods stops or miss out any period. So in any month you miss out your period and you have been in any sexually active or physically intimate without any protection. In this situation you can say that you are pregnant, and you should take a pregnancy test.

You can either purchase a pregnancy kit at your local drugstore or go to a clinic (or your doctor) to have a test performed.

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Pregnancy Time

Posted on November 17, 2009 by admin

Most Fertile Period – Determining Your Fertile Period

The most fertile period is that period in a woman’s life when her chances of getting pregnant are the peak. Each month during ovulation the ovary discharges an egg or ovum that goes down to the mouth of the fallopian tubules. It is most crucial time when a woman makes love with her partner prior to ovulation or perhaps even after ovulation. If sperms are present in the uterus when the woman ovulates fertilization occurs, leading to pregnancy. Many couples do not understand the concept of the fertile period so in some cases accidental pregnancies occur and in others delays in getting pregnant.

How to Determine the Fertile Period

To decide the best time to fertile period of a woman it is necessary to know about the menstruation cycle. It varies between 23 and 35 days among women and this cycle is been classified into two parts, before ovulation and post ovulation.

The first day of the period is called day one. During this period of seven days the ovum is getting ready for fertilization and in between seven day to day eleven the uterine lining get thickens for getting ready for the implantation of the fertilized ovum.

During day fourteen the ovum is released and it moves  down the fallopian tubules. If a sperm is waiting for it the ovum is fertilized and implants itself in the uterine lining resulting in pregnancy. The ovum has a life span of only about 12 to 24 hours. Sperm can survive up to 72 hours inside a woman. In the event that it is not fertilized the ovum breaks down and is shed along with the uterine lining during day twenty five.

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Best time to get pregnant

Posted on November 17, 2009 by admin

An egg lives for about 12 to 24 hours after it is released from the ovary. If conception is to take place it must be fertilized within this time. Sperm can live for a number of days inside the woman’s body. If you make love a day or so before ovulation, the sperm will have time to travel up the fallopian tubes and will be waiting when the egg is released. So the chances are highest if you make love on the day before ovulation.

Women normally ovulate about two weeks into their menstrual cycle. Therefore, if you have a normal twenty-eight day cycle, the best time to get pregnant is on the fourteenth to sixteenth days of your cycle.

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Pregnancy Signs

Posted on November 17, 2009 by admin

Pregnancy Symptoms and Signs

The first and most reliable sign of pregnancy, for women who have a regular monthly cycle, is a missed period. Sometimes women who are pregnant have a very light period, losing only a little blood. Other signs of pregnancy are listed below.

  • Feeling  sick / Feeling tired.– you may suffer sick, or even be sick, it is not necessarily in the morning, but at any time. If you are being sick all the time and can’t keep anything down, tell your doctor.
  • Changes in your breasts – often the breasts become larger and feel tender, rather as they may do before a period. They may tingle. The veins may show up more and the Nipples may darken and stand out.
  • Needing to pass water more often. You may find that you have to get up in the night to do so.
  • Being constipated
  • An increased vaginal discharge without any soreness or irritation
  • Having a strange taste in your mouth – many women describe it as metallic
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