Checklists on Pre-conception

After being able to confirm that you are pregnant with several pregnancy tests, you might be decided to see your doctor for official confirmation on your pregnancy. Nonetheless, your doctor may see it necessary to do several laboratory test before you can take home your confirmed pregnancy results. Pre-conception can be defined with a checklist that may be helpful in preparing you to conceive.



There are several things to do and tests to be made to confirm your pregnancy status. Here are some of the things that your doctor may request from you, however we will not tackle them all as the list may go on and on.

Medical History
Urinalysis
Pelvic Examination
Blood test
Blood Pressure test
Pap smear

We will discuss each of the stated terms above mentioned as part of the checklist on pre-conception, in the next discussions here at Pregnancy and Childbirth Answers for you to know the importance of each in preparing for your baby and in being a mother.

Ensuring good health during pregnancy

After being able to know that you are pregnant through pregnancy symptoms or through pregnancy tests, or maybe by directly consulting your doctor, your doctor might be able to prescribe you vitamins and supplements to support your pregnancy. It is therefore necessary that we are informed of the roles and functions of these vitamins and supplements to ensure good health during pregnancy not only of yourself as a mother but also of the baby inside the womb.



Doctors may not be able to prescribe the same brand of vitamins, but there are preferences. Nonetheless, they have the same functions and these can be recognized with the generic name. There are some vitamins which are very necessary to ensure good health during pregnancy and these will be discussed later in the topic.



There are two groups of vitamins, the fat soluble and the water soluble. Water soluble vitamins are not stored in the body therefore it is necessary that these are maintained and replenished. Vitamins that belongs to this category are the B group and C. Meanwhile the Vitamins A, D, E and K are fat-soluble. You have to remember the logic so as this will guide you to ensure good health during pregnancy.

Water soluble vitamins that belongs to the B group are the following:

Thiamine (B1)

Riboflavin (B2)

Niacin (B3)

Pantothenic Acid (B5)

Pyridoxine (B6)

Biotin (B7)

Folic Acid (B9)

Cyanocobalamin (B12)

You may research the functions of these but it is advise that you asked your doctor if you need a particular vitamins or a multivitamins to ensure good health during pregnancy.

Pregnancy Tests: Knowing your pregnant without the assumptions

Having a baby is one of the blessings that one can have. While some may be quite sure to know that they are pregnant based on pregnancy symptoms and also on their own previous pregnancy experience(s), it would be wiser however, to know your exact condition clinically through pregnancy tests.

There are a number of pregnancy test kits that are sold out in the market and can be bought over-the-counter even without doctor's prescription. Many women resort to this method as this can be a cheaper means to know if you are pregnant. Nonetheless, there are some who question the reliability of the results, due to a few inconsistencies. But what are the other types of pregnancy tests and how it is being done?



There are two kinds of pregnancy tests, the urine at the blood tests.

Urine pregnancy test is the most common test being used by women because of its affordability and accessibility. This is the common application used by over-the-counter pregnancy test kits.

The pregnancy hormone detected in the urine tests is known as hCG. This stands for human chorionic gonadotrophin (www. pregnancybliss.com). Most common in home pregnancy test, a piece of rectangular object(see above image) is dropped with urine and the number of lines that appear becomes the indicator for the results (e.g. one line= negative; two lines= positive).

The blood pregnancy test on the otherhand, is being done by getting a few samples of blood and analyzing the hCG content. Blood tests are considered more accurate than urine tests as blood tests can can detect hCG levels as low as 1 mIU/mL, while urine tests have published detection thresholds of 20 mIU/mL to 100 mIU/mL, which also vary depending on the brand of the urine pregnancy kit.

You may miss one period, and if you are regular, it is advise that you consult your doctor for the accuracy of the results of pregnancy test.

How do you know you are pregnant?

While you may have some occasions of nausea and vomiting, especially when you are sexually active, this however does not mean that you are already pregnant. There are situations that this becomes a false alarm. But what are exactly the symptoms that you may experience when you are pregnant or during pregnancy?

Pregnancy is one of the blissful moments that a couple may have been waiting for. This may signify the ultimate union of the partners and also a sign for the building of a family. However, there are situations like what we call, "false alarm" which may rather cause disappointment rather than blissful moments. It is therefore necessary that you are informed of the probable symptoms that you may experience.



Being pregnant involves a collective symptoms and conditions which may justify that you are pregnant. These may include, nausea and vomiting, morning sickness, gets tired easily, series of headaches and so forth. Aside from these, there can also be emotional and of course, physical changes that a woman my experience.

It is notable that women who are pregnant will inevitably notice her abdomen becomes larger as the baby grows. Moreover, the breasts change during pregnancy in preparation for the lactation of the mother to the new born.

If you are doubtful of the symptoms, it will be necessary that you consult an obstetrician or your family doctor to include laboratory and other pregnancy tests.

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