Most of us dream of to have a cute baby. The desire for a baby has no limit whether it’s first or consecutive. So, getting pregnancy is a wonderful thing to happen. In this article we provide some useful information about pregnancy.

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Pregnancy is a word used to describe a woman of mammals carrying the offspring in uterus. Sometimes, offspring referred as zygote or embryo at some stages. You start to feel the symptoms of pregnancy  early as two weeks since you missed the menstrual period. Its better to carry out a home pregnancy test at the beginning of the pregnancy symptoms.

Home pregnancy test:

There are various kinds of home pregnancy test kits available in the markets nowadays. Still, Clear-blue kits are very effective with completely clear results. By using this kit you can have a positive self assurance before you meet your doctor. This test requires a hormone known Chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) in your urine. It secreted by the growing fetus and enters into the blood stream as early as one week following fertilization. This can be traced from your blood or urine by special test. By home tests are done with urine, To avoid false pregnancy test, you should be able to take care in collecting the urine sample in a dry and clean container, early morning urine sample is good as well as a fresh sample. The following factors may affect the results to be negative even you are pregnant Such as, irregular or delayed cycle or very earlier test. In such cases if the test is repeated after one week it may become positive.

After confirmed as pregnant you should follow some restrictions in food and nutritional intake as follow,

Food and Nutrition during pregnancy

What should I eat in pregnancy? This is might be a question in your mind during pregnancy. There is nothing special to eat in pregnancy. Just add enough Protein, carbohydrates, Calcium, Iron, Vit A, C, B6, B12, D, Folic Acid and Limited amount of fat are essential to stabilized a healthy baby. Some foods to avoid during pregnancy as they prone to carry a small risk of infection or high level of chemicals could cause birth defects. Such as,

• Soft and sterilized cheeses,
• Unpasteurized milk or Juices,
• Raw eggs or foods contain raw eggs,
• Raw, partially cooked and persevered meat.
• Mercury concentrated fish (shark, swordfish, king mackerel, and tile fish)
• Unwashed vegetables.

There is no a safe amount of alcohol to consume during pregnancy and consuming of this substance can lead to fetal alcoholic syndrome.

Stop smoking and caffeine.

Strictly be safe in cleaning the litter box of pets like cat. Toxoplasmosis cause by a parasite generally a mild infection with flu like symptoms can lead to miss courage and birth defects.

Find the useful Resources:

1. Stages of Pregnancy
2. Diabetes during Pregnancy
3. Pregnancy Exercise
4. Sex and Pregnancy