Pre-pregnancy

Prepare your body for the optimal development of your child

Pre-pregnancy is the period from when you decide to become a mother until you finally get pregnant. This period is important because it can help your pregnancy to go smoothly. It determines the healthy growth of your baby from the start, with adequate foetal development. That's why, before fertilisation takes place and you notice the first signs of pregnancy, it's essential to prepare your body for pregnancy by sticking to a healthy diet, exercising and avoiding alcohol, tobacco and other toxins. Another important piece of advice is to take folic acid and iodine supplements for about three months before conception to prevent defects in the baby's neural tube. Are you ready for this big adventure? We'll help you: we'll tell you when you are ovulating.

First symptoms and signs of pregnancy

Pregnancy symptoms

Before you take a pregnancy test, your body will produce the first signs of pregnancy. In the first few days, there are symptoms and signs that indicate that a woman is expecting, even before a period is missed. Depending on how sure the early pregnancy symptoms are, gynaecologists divide...

Positive symptoms of pregnancy

Pregnancy symptoms

What are the positive symptoms and signs of pregnancy? The detection of foetal heartbeat, baby’s movements, and positive pregnancy tests, in blood and urine. Now all we have to do is make sure the embryo is correctly implanted and monitor everything to see that it is developing normally...

Probable symptoms of pregnancy

Pregnancy symptoms

The probable symptoms that make a woman, and her gynaecologist, suspect a possible pregnancy can appear all at once or at different times. Some women have pregnancies without symptoms, but this is uncommon. 1. Larger belly An enlarged belly can be a probable sign of pregnancy, but it is...

Pregnancy or period

Pregnancy symptoms

When a woman is thinking about getting pregnant, the world seems to stop. For some reason, everything revolves around the future pregnancy. She walks down the street and all she sees are pregnant women; she looks into shop windows and she only notices pregnant women's clothes. It's...

Human fertilization, how it works

Fertilization

Once the gametes are formed and in order to produce a new being, the egg and spermatozoon have to fuse. This process is called fertilization. Human fertilization is internal, that is, it takes place inside the woman's body, specifically in the fallopian tubes. The egg or ovum is fertilised...