Children, you know, especially with the love you make. But you can speed up the arrival of the stork? Absolutely. Knowing your body and its rhythms. And prepare to experience the best the long and wonderful adventure of pregnancy

Decided: After discussing it, but after having dreamed, perhaps, postponed, now is the right time to have a child. Your love and awareness are an important starting point. For the rest, especially if you're young and in good shape, do you think that you just leave it to nature. You're right: pregnancy is not a complicated thing, or worse, a disease. But you can prepare yourself to enjoy this adventure. And at the same time, make sure you start as soon as possible, without too many attempts "empty" and stress resulting from "performance".

Chances of getting pregnant

First of all, planning the arrival of the stork, so you have several months to gradually get used to what will be your lifestyle during pregnancy (changing diet, stopping smoking ...) and to implement some strategies that will make more serene waiting.
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The plan, age and time to achieve it vary by age (and in the tables of this service you'll find advice tailored to you.) But some right steps to get there "to target babies" are valid for all women.

Where do I start? "A preliminary meeting with the gynecologist is useful," says Enrico Semprini, a gynecologist and an expert in reproductive immunology. "Especially if you have a stressful and demanding profession, or maybe the woman smokes or consumes alcohol regularly. If there is a predisposition to diabetes or hypertension, if you are too anxious and need to understand the impact that the disease may have on pregnancy and vice versa. The same applies if you suffer from recurring headaches as repeated to assess whether it can continue to use regular medication during the wait. "
The essential tests

The doctor, along with regular blood tests, will prescribe some test pre-conception, to exclude major diseases that can harm your baby. "Toxoplasmosis, syphilis and HIV, and possibly cytomegalovirus infections," says Lino Del Pup, a gynecologist in Pordenone. "A share of Italian (and partners) is also unaware of thalassemia carrier: is the time to check it. Very important is the examination for rubella and its vaccine, from which it will spend at least one month before conception. "

If you used the pill, but there is no need to "take time": "When ovulation resumed, fertility is normal," assures Del Pup. "The spiral, however, you just removed can temporarily make less" receptive "to the lining of the uterus. So it is better to wait a couple of menstrual cycles before triggering the "count-down pro-baby", so that the implantation of the embryo takes place with the best chance. "

About chance: there is an important natural principle that ensures the health of your baby.
Folic acid: no more free

"It's the folic acid or vitamin B9, is essential to cell multiplication. A deficiency in pregnancy causes repeated miscarriages, malformations of the spine and the "hare lip", "warns Alex Graziottin, gynecologist and sexologist.