Pregnancy Calendar Week 1

Pregnancy calendar week 1 marks the beginning of your period. You are looking forward to getting pregnant and bringing a healthy baby into this world. As the uterus sheds its lining, the ovaries are preparing to release another egg, and this egg may be the one that leads to successful conception.

There is nothing you can do that will provide a 100% guarantee you will get pregnant this month or in ten months. In fact, there is only an estimated 1 in 4 chance of a couple conceiving a baby each month, and those odds vary greatly, dependent on such factors as the man’s sperm count and the female’s health.

Certain measures can be taken to improve your chance of getting pregnant, and pregnancy calendar week 1 is an excellent time to establish a routine of prenatal care.

• Discontinue the use of birth control.
• Take a daily over the counter prenatal vitamin that contains folic acid, which helps prevent neural tube defects in a developing fetus.
• Avoid the use of alcohol, recreational drugs, and tobacco products.
• Reduce stress in your daily life.
• Exercise regularly and maintain a healthy diet.
• Discuss the use of prescribed and over the counter medications and their affects on a fetus with your physician.
• Learn about Ovulation and the four-day window each month when intercourse is most likely to result in a pregnancy.

Ovulation is when a woman’s egg travels from the ovary through the fallopian tube and into the uterus, where it is available for fertilization by the man’s sperm. Ovulation also means there is only a four-day window each month in which conception if viable. This four-day window is normally twelve to fifteen days before the start of a typical 28-day menstrual cycle.

Two tests can be performed at home to determine when you are ovulating:

Basal Body Temperature (BBT) is based on charting a woman’s body temperature upon waking up each morning, before she gets out of bed and begins any physical activity. Her temperature can be taken orally, rectally, or vaginally. A woman’s temperature is apt to increase by as much as one degree when she ovulates.

Ovulation Predictor Kits test for the presence of luteinizing hourmones (LH) in a woman’s urine. LH increases significantly 24 to 36 hours prior to ovulation; thereby warning couples when it is the optimal time to have intercourse that will result in pregnancy. To optimize the chance of conception, intercourse should take place the day of ovulation and the next day.

Additionally, look for these body signs that may be telling you when ovulation occurs:

• Increased libido;
• Cramping;
• Nausea;
• Thinning of the cervical mucus often means you can expect ovulate within a day or two.

At this stage of the pregnancy calendar week 1, your baby is little more than a glimmer your eye — an unfulfilled dream — but it is never too early to get healthy, and give you and your baby the best chance at a healthy pregnancy.

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