Family Planning Tips

Why Proper Meal Timing Is Necessary?

Are you gaining excessive amount of weight during your pregnancy, well you are not alone. Most of the pregnant women tend to be overweight or obese. You are viewed as overweight, if your pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) is approximately between twenty-five and twenty-nine. Your BMI is the relationship between your height and weight. You are considered obese, if your BMI is thirty or more.

However, here are some ways with which you can control the weight gain during pregnancy:
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There is every possibility that even after going through more than three rounds of IVF, the treatment might not turn out to be successful, wherein it might not result in pregnancy. Naturally this kind of situation makes women frustrated and thus leads them to consider other alternative options.

One other option which is sometimes offered by IVF clinics present abroad after few unsuccessful attempts or miscarriages, which cannot be explained by the specialists, is using corticosteroids. ...more

Fertility potential optimization!

Adequate body mass index a must-lose weight: excessive weight means excessive fat cells. Excessive fat cell means excessive estrogen. Too much estrogen is harmful for fertility.
if you are underweight, gain weight: being underweight can hamper or even stop your menstrual cycle altogether.
give up smoking: smoking has been proven several times to cause infertility problems.
stop taking birth control: in case of pills or patch, stop 3 ...more

As we age, the lean muscle and bone density in the body starts decreasing-- this process is called catabolism. Because of the decreased muscle mass, metabolism goes down too. In your 40s, you cannot get away with eating and working out the same way as you did in your 20s and 30s.

How?
Eat right. The biggest misconception people have is that they need to starve or give up sugar to look good in their 40s. Quality is the key word here. Instead of a commercial chocolate bar, look for h...more

Take small and frequent meals as per dietician suggestion, on appropriate timings of the day, to get effective results.

Diet in Navratra s

For those who fast all nine days. It is important to eat small meals at regular intervals. This will keep your metabolism in top shape.
Avoid fried foods and include more of yogurt, smoothies, lassi, fruit which not only will keep you full but maintain the optimum fluids in the body.
Instead of puri or pakodas (both fried) made from kattu atta, try out kattu ki roti.
Replace fried aloo- chat with boiled aloo - chat and
Kheer with mixed - fruit curd or ...more

The inability to conceive for a prolonged duration after trying to do so is usually termed as infertility. This is usually diagnosed when a couple is unable to conceive even after trying regularly, without any kind of contraceptives. There may be many causes and factors for this and it may occur in either or both partners. So, you all need to know the causes and treatment of infertility.

1. Age - Age is a major factor that can lead to infertility for either partner. Usually, the trend ...more

For centuries, there have been cases where women were unable to conceive a child. The reason could in both, female or male body. Despite knowing the reason, it wasn t possible to treat such patients or let them have a chance at parenting. Many such marriages would end in a divorce that was unable to conceive a child, but mostly, the motherly instincts of a childless woman were hurt deeply and inconsolably. Thanks to the IVF, which stands for- In-Vitro Fertilization, that it has given a newly fou...more

Your ovulation cycle is largely ignored until you decide to have a baby. Suddenly, the ovulation cycle becomes more than just a countdown to your next period. When you're trying to get pregnant, you need to identify when you're ovulating to calculate the time available to you to conceive a child. Ovulation occurs mid-cycle, every month for most women. It is usually accompanied by a number of symptoms. Some of these are:

Ovulation pain

Some women may experience abdominal pain wh...more