How Can Older Women Successfully Prepare for Pregnancy?

1. Conduct Pre-pregnancy Examinations

Pre-pregnancy examinations can help you detect abnormalities before pregnancy, treat and avoid potential problems in a timely manner, adjust your physical and mental state to the best condition, and plan your pregnancy under medical guidance to avoid neonatal defects and safely pass through pregnancy and childbirth.

2. Exclude Familial Genetic Diseases

If anyone in your family has suffered from genetic or chromosomal mutation diseases, you need to be vigilant about their impact on your baby's health, which may lead to conditions such as Down syndrome, intellectual disabilities, and congenital birth defects. If you are uncertain or suspect such issues, it is recommended that both partners undergo chromosomal testing.

3. Quit Bad Habits

Quit stimulating foods such as tobacco, alcohol, coffee, and soft drinks, and consume more fruits and vegetables. These bad habits can have serious impacts on sperm and eggs, leading to decreased quality and quantity.

4. Actively Regulate Physical Condition

Relax physically and mentally, especially emotionally. Maintaining sufficient sleep, nutrition, and appropriate physical exercise every day helps maintain balance in the body after pregnancy. Of course, women preparing for pregnancy are advised to conceive early, as the body's tissues continue to age and egg vitality decreases, directly affecting embryo quality.

5. Actively Treat Gynecological Diseases

If you have menstrual disorders, cycle changes, or other gynecological diseases, they should not be ignored. Female endocrine disorders and reproductive inflammation are the most common issues. Older women need to actively treat these diseases to successfully conceive without causing pregnancy risks such as early miscarriage.

6. Maintain Good Physical Health

(1) Eating: Try to eat as much as possible, regardless of weight gain, but avoid fried and cold foods, such as white radish. Similarly, avoid cold fruits like watermelon and melon.

(2) Sleeping: Sleep is very important, and it is even more important to go to bed early and rise early. The body's blood production mainly occurs between 22:00 and 02:00, so ensure you fall asleep during this time and preferably reach a deep sleep state.

(3) Exercise: It is not important what type of exercise you choose; what matters is that it suits you. It is recommended to choose soothing and relaxing exercises such as walking and yoga. Vigorous exercises like playing badminton and swimming are not recommended.