Jan 30, 2023 | During Pregnancy
Starting a family is an exciting time, but it’s important to ensure that you and your partner are as healthy as possible before conceiving. A healthy pregnancy starts with a healthy pre-pregnancy plan. Here are some tips to help you prepare for pregnancy and increase your chances of having a healthy baby.
Pre-Conception Health Check-Up
Before trying to conceive, it’s important to schedule a pre-conception health check-up with your healthcare provider. During this appointment, your healthcare provider will assess your overall health and discuss any potential risk factors for pregnancy. They may also run tests to check for any underlying health conditions and make recommendations for any necessary lifestyle changes.
Balanced Diet
Eating a balanced diet that includes a variety of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and lean protein is important for both you and your partner. This type of diet can help to reduce the risk of certain health problems during pregnancy and ensure that both partners have the nutrients they need to support a healthy pregnancy.
In addition to a balanced diet, it’s important to make sure that you’re getting enough folic acid. Folic acid is a B-vitamin that’s important for the development of the neural tube, which eventually becomes the baby’s brain and spinal cord. Women who take 400-800 mcg of folic acid daily before and during pregnancy can reduce their risk of having a baby with certain birth defects of the brain and spine.
Manage Chronic Conditions
If either you or your partner have a chronic health condition such as diabetes, high blood pressure, or asthma, it’s important to have it under control before trying to conceive. These conditions can impact both your health and the health of your baby, so it’s important to work with your healthcare provider to manage them before pregnancy.
Avoid Certain Substances
Certain substances such as alcohol, tobacco, and certain medications can have a negative impact on fertility and pregnancy. It’s important to avoid these substances before and during pregnancy to reduce the risk of health problems for both you and your baby.
Exercise Regularly
Exercise is important for overall health, and it can also help to prepare your body for pregnancy. Regular exercise can improve circulation, increase energy, and reduce stress. Just be sure to talk to your healthcare provider before starting any new exercise regimen, especially if you have any pre-existing health conditions.
Preparing for pregnancy is an important step in ensuring a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby. By following these tips, you can increase your chances of having a successful and healthy pregnancy. Make sure to schedule a pre-conception health check-up, eat a balanced diet, manage any chronic health conditions, avoid certain substances, and exercise regularly. With these steps in mind, you’ll be well on your way to a happy and healthy pregnancy.
Jan 26, 2023 | During Pregnancy
As a soon-to-be parent, the thought of bonding with your baby before they’re even born might seem a little far-fetched. But the truth is, bonding with your baby during pregnancy is not only possible, it’s important. Not only for the baby’s development, but for the emotional well-being of the parent as well.
Why Bonding is Important
Bonding with your baby during pregnancy helps to create a sense of emotional connection and attachment before the baby is born. This can make the transition to parenthood easier, as the parent already has a sense of attachment and love for the baby. It can also help to prepare the parent for the responsibilities and challenges of raising a child.
Additionally, studies have shown that babies who have a strong emotional bond with their parents during pregnancy have a better chance of developing healthy emotional and social skills later in life.
How to Bond with Your Baby
- Talk to your baby: This may seem silly, but talking to your baby during pregnancy helps to establish a sense of connection and communication. It also helps your baby to become familiar with your voice and can even help them to learn to recognize it after they are born.
- Read to your baby: Reading to your baby during pregnancy can help to stimulate their cognitive development and can also be a soothing and bonding activity for both you and your baby.
- Play music for your baby: Playing music for your baby during pregnancy can help to stimulate their auditory development and can also be a bonding activity for both you and your baby.
- Touch your belly: Gently rubbing and talking to your belly can help to create a sense of emotional connection with your baby.
- Attend prenatal classes: Prenatal classes such as birthing and parenting classes can help to prepare you for the responsibilities and challenges of parenthood. They can also provide an opportunity for you to bond with other expectant parents.
Bonding with your baby during pregnancy helps to create a sense of emotional connection and attachment before the baby is born, and it can also help to prepare the parent for the responsibilities and challenges of raising a child. It can also have a positive impact on your baby’s development. So go ahead and talk to your baby, read to them, play music for them, touch your belly and attend prenatal classes, it will be worth it in the end.
Nov 6, 2017 | During Pregnancy
Yes, I am going to be one of those parents that see it fit to tell the world about their experiences as a parent. As current parents roll their eyes, or think “how naive” I would like to say why, exactly, I started Daderoo – so we’re all clear from the get-go.
I have always loved writing, ever since I was a little one myself, and I can remember making my own newspaper for my Dad, and asking him what was going on around the local area. A little journalist in the making. While I studied media at University I was drawn more to publishing and to the potential of the Internet (at that point it was basically email and a few websites, nothing serious).
And so I end up now, after writing commercially for many years (mostly for companies and a little for myself) being given a chance to write on something that is a pivotal moment in my life, and something that others may relate to or even find helpful.
My little baby isn’t even born yet and they have given their Dad a chance to get back to what he really loves! How wonderful is that! I hope that the coming parenthood will give me loving cliches by the bucketload, and my child will keep motivating her Dad to follow his dreams.
You’re probably thinking it’s easy for me to sit here and say “well, wait till you have a screaming baby in the house”, but in reality, I am looking forward to it. My wife and I have been blessed with the chance to plan our pregnancy, have our businesses and be at a point in life where we both think “YES! It’s time”.
I think we are also both people that get bored without a challenge, and I don’t think there are many greater challenges in this world than bringing up a child. I’ve had enough trouble last night having a trial run unpacking and packing the travel cot.
Although my wife assures me I did it in good time.
I know this is my first post on Daderoo, but I will be posting regularly (and irregularly) covering a bunch of stuff from cooking through to children’s stories – which I am currently working on in the background.
A big thank you to family and friends that have wished us well and helped us with so many things we needed for the little one. Everything about this pregnancy is making me happy in some way – even the very first kick I felt was straight into the side of my head as I was listening to my wife’s belly!
If that is how great it is before full Dadhood, then fantastic, count me in!
