Feb 27
Today we had our Consultation with our Gynecologist, 9:30 Am and as always we where there on time. This time thanks to the wallet parking started by Wockhardt.
Well this time we had spent lot of time with the Doc, it felt good, we had made a detailed list of questions to be asked, they were ( Note, these are not the exact n accurate conversation, but the more or less the meaning was the same ) :-
Vanitha : My nose bleeds, is it alright?
Doc : It is perfectly normal, nothing to worry, such things do happen during Pregnancy
Vanitha : I have been having vomiting frequently, even had one before coming here
Doc : Usually by the end of first 4 months, the vomiting should come down, but sometime it extends beyond that time
Me : Complaining – Apart from Pomegranate she does not have any other fruit
Doc : let her have only that, it is a good source of Iron ( Vanitha giggling )
Vanitha : The Calcium tables are so huge, it sort of gets suck in my throat
Doc : break it and have one half in the morning and one ha;f in the eve, how many glasses of milk do you have in a day?
Vanitha : Three glasses of Milk
Doc : then it is fine, you can switch to 250 mg instead of 500mg, but I suggest you continue your intake
Vanitha : I think I have lot of gastric problem?
Doc : have shorter & more frequent meals and have gelusil
Me : again complaining – She has only three meals, and no fruits and vegetables intake – this time she is caught
Doc : this is not the way, you should not have three meals a day, infact have shorter and frequent meals through out the day so that even your gastric is at check
Vanitha : trying to give explanation – I dont feel like having
Doc : you do not have a choice, there is no “feeling like not having” – “you should have”
Vanitha : again trying – but I don’t feel like having food
Doc : there is no excuse, you should have proper intake of diet which should include fruits and vegetables.
Vanitha : I’m applying Stretch Nil, will this remove the stretch marks?
Doc : It depends on Individual skin types, for some it may not appear at all, for some it may be very prominent and no cream can clear this marks, they can only reduce
We had few more discussion and the Doc did her routine check also with some Hifi device where in we could hear the heart beats of the baby loudly. She then directed Vanitha to have a Tetanus Injection and one more next month.
She then suggested the Triple Marker Test, this is done to rule out the absolute chances of Down Syndrome ( I was lil disappointed – reason in next post ). She also suggested an Anomaly Scan in about 20 weeks ( that is two weeks from today ). Our Consultation & the tetanus injection was included in the TLC Package so we did not pay anything 
