Planning 4

Bleeding in the nose: there is increased blood flow to the nose. Even mind blowing of the nose may cause mild bleeding. There is no need to fear this.
Water retention: Water is retained in the body instead of being excreted. This causes swelling in the hands and legs. This is normal. Try a little walking and rest.
Pulse: pulse is increased during pregnancy. This is not dangerous.
Skin: Skin may develop of line scars. The young skin may change. This is normal. Most of them will disappear. Some are retained forever.
Increase in weight: The body weight increases by 12kg during pregnancy. This includes the weight of the baby, placenta and the amniotic fluid etc.
Movement of the fetus: The fetus starts moving during the 18-20 week. Though it is slightly inconvenient and painful it gives a lot of psychological pleasure. Absence or reduction in movement should be immediately reported to the doctor.
Work and Rest: there is wrong in working throughout the entire period of pregnancy. But see to it that you have sufficient rest. There should be no running about.
Medicines: if you need to take medicines please do so after consulting the doctor even well before becoming pregnant. Otherwise the baby may develop disabilities and deformities as it is growing in the womb.
Delivery time: Pregnancy is calculated from the first day of Last menstrual period(LMP). To calculate the correct time of delivery, note down the LMP date carefully somewhere.
Delivery: Delivery is always associated with pain. The pain may be from few minutes to several hours. If the baby is correctly positioned then delivery will be normal. Otherwise caesarean section may be required to separate the baby and the mother
These are the important facts about pregnancy. This information will be useful since you are planning for your first baby.

Right time for conception

Some of the methods or signs to know the right time for conception. The first methods are calendar method if the cycle is once in 28 days regularly then mark the date of menstruation in the calendar. Continue doing this for many months. This will help to calculate the regular duration of monthly periods. If the cycle is regular, the intermittent period between two cycles will be uniform. If the dates are different then intermittent period will be irregular. Ovulation occurs 14 days prior to the onset of the next period. Conversely, it occurs 14 days after the previous periods. This can be calculated from the calendar method.

Secondly, Temperature method. When the body temperature decreases slightly every month after ovulation and becomes normal. So recording the temperature regularly can help in identifying the time of ovulation. The chart on which temperature is to be recorded can be obtained from the doctor. This will show when the ovum was released and if it was released at all. There is a special thermometer for this. Using this record, the body temperature on the first day of menstruation in the morning itself. This method it would ease for use by keeping this in mouth for more than a minute and record the chart. For next month other chart. In interval if the temperature is same, it is the right time for conception.

The other method is mucus discharge, just before ovulation , the mucus secretions around the cervix become thin to facilitate easy movement of the sperms across the uterus. Sometimes the discharge is high as to wet the undergarments. For some discharge is sticky and thick.