First experience!!!

First of all, this is NOT a medical advice. Its just an attempt to write down my personal feelings and what I am going through in my pregnancy. Just to give back to the society of pregnant ladies :)


So, from where do I start ? From the time when the first thought of having a child crossed my mind or from the time when I saw those two lines in my pregnancy test?

A little background first: We've been happily married for over 4 years now, din't think of having a child until now - despite the usual family pressure and advices even from those who don't matter, about: why and how you should start a family now and how they did it at the right time and blah blah blah. We'd thought that we'll do it when we feel its right!!!!

So Tip 1: Please don't give in to such pressures. Do it when you and your partner wants to do it. All those people giving free advices won't care a damn when you are going through it all....

Anyways, after trying for about 6 months,I missed my period and took the pregnancy test. Its simple to take : Just pee and put a few drops on the stick... If you get two lines, its positive. Well that's what I did and it was positive on June 13th (R'ber it clearly coz it was my hubby's b'day and that stick was my gift to him!!!)


So, what next? We decided to consult a gynae within a couple of days. I searched on the internet and asked a few friends around and zeroed in on Dr. Suman Kher in Apollo Hospitals, Noida. It was convenient since Apollo Hospital, Noida is very close to our work place (both me and hubby work in the same office)..

This is what the Doctor did on the first visit, after I mentioned that I've taken the home pregnancy test:

1. My Last Menstrual Period (LMP) date. I was already 5 weeks + now. Your current time is calculated from the LMP.

2. Enquired about any illness in our families, like diabetes, thyroid, high BP, low BP, etc. It is good to mention anything and everything, for the records. Even if you feel its small, tell her.

3. Enquired about any illness/diseases I've suffered in the past.

4. Some other routine questions.

5. Did a check up of my stomach and felt the uterus and noted down some measurements.

Her suggestions:

1. Get a beta-HCG test done. This tests the level of HCG hormone in the blood. The level varies at different stages of pregnancy and is really high at the beginning. So this is like a confirmatory test of your pregnancy.

2. Get a complete blood investigation done. She gave a list of the tests to be done. It had various things like Hemoglobin, thyroid etc etc. I got it done from Lal Path Labs near my house.

3. Asked me to visit her again with the two reports.

4. Asked me to take Folic Acid tablets. These are important for the nervous system growth of the baby and should be taken from the very start.


Well this was about my "first" experience. To be continued in the next post...