Planning a Pregnancy
We always invest a great deal of thought, preparations and elaborate planning- be it physical, emotional or financial, into each decision we take. Then why should pregnancy, which is one of the most important journeys in a couple’s life, be an exception? Women nowadays are at par with men in terms of education and career, and taking a break for pregnancy and childbirth can be a setback. The decision to have a child, and what follows, changes your life completely. Hence, it is the need of the hour to know what goes into planning a pregnancy. It is also equally important to know for how long one can afford to procrastinate before the biological clock ticks away irrevocably. What is the right age to plan a pregnancy? What is ‘too early’ or ‘too late’? Girls become reproductively able once they start getting their periods. However, it might be ‘too early’ to get pregnant before the body completes its growth. Teenage years are when there is a growth spurt, and that...