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FACEBOOK.COM/WDDTYAUNZ ISSUE 01 | AUG/SEP 2019 | WDDTY 65FAMILY HEALTHIt contains one month’s supply
of pre-conception vitamins
for both men and women, a
digital thermometer and LH
urine testing stick, as well as aLimit your alcohol intake
“We also know that excessive alcohol intake
causes direct damage to egg and sperm
quality and can harm the foetus during
early pregnancy,” says Dr. Teirney. “It is
recommended that both men and women
limit their alcohol intake to one glass each
day and that women abstain altogether
during pregnancy and when breastfeeding.”conceiveplease™ Fertility Calendar
to plot your most fertile time.There is also a comprehensive
fertility book outlining lifestyle
tweaks you can implement to
make your journey more fun and
successful, plus a meditation CD
to bring you relax in what can be a
stressful time. And of course, it also
has two pregnancy testing sticks to
help you test for success!GET TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND
YOUR MENSTRUAL AND OVULATION CYCLES
Knowing your cycle will help you understand your most
fertile times each month and make it easier for you to
accurately predict when you’re ovulating. Dr Teirney explains
that there are are many ways you can do this:
■ “Monitoring your basal body temperature using a
high-speed digital thermometer. When women with a regular
menstrual cycle are ovulating, their temperature drops by about
0.2degrees Celsius, followed by a rise in temperature that stays
high for two weeks before menstruation when it drops again.■ “Check for a surge in Luteinising Hormone (LH). A simple
urine test can detect the surge in your body, which indicates that
you are ovulating and at your most fertile.■ “Check your cervical secretions. When you are ovulating, they
will be clear, thin, slippery and stretchy.■ “You may also notice that your breasts area tender and
swollen, your sex drive increases, you experience lower
abdomen pain on either side, you are bloated and you may even
get pimples or acne.’9
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Use a fertility planning kit, such as the
conceivepleaseTM Fertility Kit, $130,
http://www.conceiveplease.com to improve your chances
of falling pregnant.Enjoy Quality Sleep
“Getting plenty of rest and giving
your body time to recuperate is
important for both fertility health
and during pregnancy,” says Dr.
Teirney. “Not only that, if you are
tired, you are less likely to track
your fertility window and a lot less
likely to want to have sex, or indeed
enjoy it when you do.” Aim for eight
hours of quality sleep each night.