Sunday, 26 May 2013

When to Take Pregnancy Test and How

PREGNANCY TEST METHOD

Other than following the instructions on the manual that comes together with the pregnancy test paper, you should carry out the pregnancy test at least seven days after sex or on the day when your menstruation is due. If you carry out the pregnancy test too early, the test result will not be accurate and you just waste you pregnancy test kit.
Normally the instruction manual will teach you how to dip the kit or paper into the urine sample and how long you should wait before checking the pregnancy test result. You must strictly follow as instructed. If you forget to check pregnancy test result on time, what you see may not be reliable.

PREGNANCY TEST RESULT RELIABILITY

Typically, urine sample plays a part in the reliability of the pregnancy test. The first urine after you wake up in the morning is most suitable for this test, the result obtained will be more reliable. The water or fluid you drink may dilute the level of HCG (Human Chorionic Gonadotropin) in the urine and may make the pregnancy test result unreliable.

WHAT TO DO AFTER PREGNANCY TEST?

Once pregnancy test paper indicates that you are pregnant, it is recommended that you do a confirmation check at the gynecological clinic or hospital. There, you can also ask the gynaecologist to perform the other necessary related health check.
Read further here if you get a faint positive line

Saturday, 25 May 2013

Baby Care Product Promotion in Singapore

Order of Appearance of Teeth for Baby

For many babies, first tooth may appear around six months of age and is usually the lower central incisor. By the time she or he reaches 24 to 30 months old, she or he should have all 20 teeth. A general formula can be used to calculate the number of teeth your baby should have is:
no of teeth = age of the baby (in months) - (4 or 6).
Once the teeth start to appear, they will usually come at a rate of 1 per month and follow a certain order:
1. Two lower central incisors will appear first, followed by the two upper incisors when the baby is about 8 months of old.
2. The four sides incisors will appear by the time the baby is about 1 year old.
3. Four back molars or chewing teeth will appear when the baby is about 14 months old.
4. Four canines (pointed teeth) will appear when the baby reaches 20 months old.
5. Four more back molars appear between 24 months to 30 months.
Take note that the above information is only the average time of appearance of teeth. It is normal to see babies with teeth at the age of 2 months and or no tooth at the age of 10 months. However, parents are advised to bring their children to dentist if the concerned child still does not have any teeth after 1 year old.

Sunday, 19 May 2013

Wednesday, 15 May 2013

How to Get Pregnant Fast


Most of us want to get pregnant fast when we decide to start a family or add another baby to the family. Getting pregnant may not be as easy as many may have thought; in fact, only 60% of couple succeeds after half a year of trying.
Below we present to you some tips to help you to get pregnant faster when you are trying to conceive.

How to Get Pregnant Fast - 1. Take vitamins supplement and folic acid

Taking vitamin supplement will help to increase sperm count and sperm quality, both are essential for successful conception. For women, taking vitamin supplement can help to regulate period and improve egg quality.
By taking folic acid, women help to prevent many of the birth defects that may occur to the baby.
You can read further about fertility and vitamins in details.

How to Get Pregnant Fast - 2. Get a preconception checkup

If you have irregular period in the past, you may want to visit gynaecologist or a traditional Chinese medicine practitioners to help you to regulate the period first.
Irregular period may make it hard for you to get pregnant as it can affect your ovulation.
Some other underlying medical problems can also cause problem when you want to get pregnant and need to be controlled before couples try to conceive.
It is recommended that couple should pay doctor a visit if they fail to conceive after 1 year of trying.

How to Get Pregnant Fast - 3. Know when you will ovulate

Woman will only release an egg once in a cycle and it is called ovulation. Having sex before ovulation will increase the chance of getting pregnant tremendously.
You can buy the ovulation kits that are available at the personal store like Guardian, Watsons and pharmacies stores.
If you want to save some money on the ovulation kits, you can try to monitor signs of ovulation such as the amount and color of cervical mucus or basal body temperature.
You can read further here about the signs of ovulation.
If you have regular period, you can also calculate the ovulation date as followed:
Ovulation date = projected starting day of next period - 14 days

How to Get Pregnant Fast - 4. Lay Low right after sex

After sex, women can lie in bed for 10 to 15 minutes to make sure the sperms will not leak out. You can put a pillow under your buttock to help sperm to get into the cervix. This can also help you to get pregnant faster as well

How to Get Pregnant Fast - 5. Adjust your lifestyle if necessary

5.1 Quit Smoking
If you or your partner smoke, it is better for both of you to stop smoking as soon as possible as cigarette contains a lot of harmful chemical such as nicotine, tar, carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide and many more. These chemicals will decrease your chance of conception and affect the health of the fetus greatly even it does not hinder conception.
Read further here about how smoking affect male and female fertility.
5.2 Quit Alcohol Consumption
If you or your partner drinks alcohol, you should consider stopping if you wish to get pregnant fast. Excessive alcohol consumption or alcoholism is associated with numerous ovulatory dysfunctions. Without a proper ovulation, Getting pregnant is impossible.
Alcohol may destroy sperm-generating cells in the testicles and therefore decrease the sperm counts.
5.3 Reduce Coffee Consumption
Coffee consumption should be reduced while you are trying to conceive. Read further how consumption of coffee can affect your chance of conception here.