To get pregnant you should stop taking your birth control pills or any form of birth control and not use a condom during sexual intercorse. Birth control pills prevent you from getting pregnant because it stops ovulation which stops the sperm from meeting the egg.  The condom also prevents the sperm from reaching the egg by trapping the sperm. 

Contraceptives

The traits a child will have depends on the genes of the parents. There are dominant and recessive traits, the dominate trait has more power over the recessive trait and occurs more often.   

Genes

Birth Defects

There are many birth defects that a baby can have that are typically passed down through genes or certain behavior. An example is Huntington's disease which is a dominant trait. It causes kids to have involuntary muscle movement, struggles with eating and talking and impaired posture.   

Do's and Don'ts

There are many things you should and shouldn't do when you are pregnant. 

Don'ts

- don't smoke or drink

- don't eat deli meat

-don't paint indoors

- don't use hot tubs

-don't eat too much 

Do's

- exercise 

- take prenatal vitamins

-gain a healthy amount of weight

Feeding Options

Breastfeeding:

- better eyesight 

- reduces chances of SIDs

--fewer UTIs

-first few weeks are difficult

- careful diet

Formula:

- responsibilities can be shared with a partner

-expensive

-constantly planning ahead

-fewer ear infections

Your baby will respond to each feeding option differently and there is not a right answer when it comes to feeding. 

Birth options

When having a baby there are many ways you can go about the birth, such as OBGYN, midwifes, home births, and hospital births. Both midwives and OB GYN doctors can deliver babies but Midwives do it where and how the mother wants but and OB GYN will do it the regular way in a hospital. A midwife gives specific help to birthing and preparing for labor but OB GYNs are more broad and stick strictly to medical practices. 

Costs of a Baby

Having a Baby comes with many expenses. You have to buy all the necessities of a nursery, lots of diapers, clothes, food, stuff for the baby's safety, ETC. None of theses things are cheap and they all add up. Designing a nursery itself is super expensive. You have to buy a crib, a mattress, a changing station, toys, blankets, a rocking chair, a dresser and more. the cost could be as little as $1,300.  

Labor and delivery

Labor is the process of the mother giving birth. The time labor takes can vary but the average  for a first baby is between 12-14 hours. When your going into labor you will have lots of contractions and your water may break. There are 3 stages of labor; contractions and the cervix dilating,  the birth of the baby, and the after birth of the placenta.