| Week #1 | | | | signs. Check out the article called "So |
| | | | You're Ready to Have a Baby....." to see more |
| The most wonderful experience that can happen | | | | information. |
| to a woman is to be pregnant. It is a truly | | | | |
| amazing process of life and being able to go | | | | Make sure to check back next week to see what |
| through 9 months of carrying another living, | | | | happen in week 2. Until then, happy baby |
| breathing person inside of you will change | | | | making. |
| you forever. | | | | |
| | | | Week #2 |
| When you think about pregnancy, you think | | | | |
| about 9 months. But you actually have to | | | | This is around the week of ovulation. You are |
| start from the first day of your last | | | | now at the midpoint of your menstrual cycle |
| menstrual cycle. Women have no idea when they | | | | (if you have a regular 28-day cycle), about |
| ovulate or conceive, but they do know when | | | | to ovulate and are most likely to get |
| the first day of their last menstrual cycle | | | | pregnant. Your uterus has shed its lining and |
| occurred. Ovulation won't take place for | | | | is preparing itself to house your fertilized |
| another 2 weeks, so you may actually conceive | | | | egg. Your egg is ripening in one of your |
| during week 3. | | | | ovaries and is getting ready to be released. |
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| If you are planning on becoming pregnant, now | | | | A woman is truly fertile for about 4 days a |
| is the time to start getting your body ready. | | | | month and this is determined by when she is |
| You need to start taking prenatal vitamins, | | | | ovulating. You need to keep track of your |
| which contain folic acid and iron (two very | | | | menstrual cycle, your basal temperature and |
| important nutrients for fetus development | | | | the consistency of your cervical mucus. These |
| early in pregnancy). | | | | will give you the best signs of when you are |
| | | | about to ovulate. |
| Also, start tracking ovulation by taking your | | | | |
| basal body temperature and watch for the | | | | Prepare to have fun trying to make your baby. |