Planning a pregnancy involves healthy lifestyle choices. Female fertility is affected by the choices you make in both physical and mental health. By improving your lifestyle your chances of conceiving a healthy child greatly improves.
Nowadays "choice" is the watchword of maternity care. Will you put your trust in a doctor who has all the medications and emergency equipment you may need on hand or will you choose a midwife with a great bedside manner and the possibility of a laid-back homebirth?
The various screening and diagnostic tests done during the course of pregnancy play a crucial role in keeping track of the health of both mother and baby and possibly preventing illness and abnormalities in the baby.
Using contraceptives not only helps to control a woman's fertility, it also helps her to take control of her life.
Most of us are familiar with the contraceptive pill and are aware that condoms are important in preventing pregnancy and the spread of sexually transmitted infections, but what do you do when you are faced with a contraception emergency?