Frequently Asked Question
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A. Your blood pressure, your weight, vital parameters. All blood test tobe done in first 3 months.Keep your reports carefully. Injections: - Tetanus Toxoid – 2 doses during your check up.
B. Eat Well – Balanced diet to be taken. Take iron and calcium after 3 months and continue till last term. No dietary restrictions. Home food is safe.
C. Avoid Sexual Intercourse during first 3 months of pregnancy and after 7 months, to avoid risk of abortion and preterm labor.
D. 8 hrs of sleep at night and 2 hrs in the afternoon.
E. Exercise – Light exercises to be done. Avoid exercise in first 3 months. Assure correct posture during exercise. Walking is the best exercise.
Sudden cessation of Menses.
Nausea and vomitting.
Frequency of Urination.
Heaviness in breast.
Excessive fatigue.
Nausea and vomiting.
Confirm by testing morning urine sample after 1 week of missing period.
Pregnancy - 40 weeks, 9month-9 days, from 1st day of Last Menstrual Period(LMP).
1-3 months organ development-Hence avoid medication.
Movement felt by 5th month.
Gain weight 10-12 Kg during pregnancy.
As pregnancy advances, breathlessness, tiredness, swelling of feet and burning micturation are common symtoms. Please consult your doctor if you have any complaints.
Some Common problems:
1. Nausea – 1-3 months
Eat frequently in small meals, Avoid spicy food. Drink lots of Water. Take Medicine that are safe after consulting your doctor.
2. Frequency of Urination
1-3 months<–common-> last 3 months due to altered physiology. Drink less water before bed time.
3. Constipation
Increase fibre diet vegetables. Have regular exercise.
4. Burning in chest
Eat small meals and drink Cold Coffee.
6. Bleeding piles
CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR.
7. Swelling of feet
Seen in last few months - due to enlarged uterus or increase in blood pressure. Do not stand for long time.
8. Backache and leg cramp
take adequate rest and calcium
Medical Checkup regularly.
Consult your doctor.
Monthly visit for 1st 6 months.
Forthnightly during 7-8 month.
Weekly during last month.
Frequency of visit may change at discretee of your doctor.
Consult your doctor if you have any problem:
a.Bleeding.
b.Fever.
c.Pain in abdomen.
d.Watery discharge from Vagina.
e.Decrease in movement of your baby.
There is no specific restriction. 1-3 months – Nausea and vomitting. Take frequent feeds, Eat dry food like bread, biscuits in morning and avoid spicy food.
No harm, if eaten in small quantity.
1st 3 months - medicines should be taken only after consulting doctor.
No harm with sonography. Avoid X-ray, If necessary with abdomen shield.
Because it increases the blood flow to the uterus by removing pressure of uterus on large blood vessels and this is good for foetus.
1-3 months, no intercourse and after 7 th month of pregancy, to avoid abortion and preterm labor .
No. No scientific base to it.
Need to inform doctor.
No. 8 hrs sleep is sufficient.
No Problem Till 7th month.
Yes after 32-34 weeks, long journey should be avoided.
Travelling by aeroplane not allowed after 32-34 weeks.
To clean the uterus. The innermost lining - endomertium of uterus is currettage.
It is done with a spoon like instrument called currete - curettage.
In laymans terms to wash uterus but this is not good word. There is no process like washing.
Mentruation is a normal process which does the cleaning of uterus every month. It is not unhygenic.
Curettage is a minor operation done for right purpose and benefical in many ways.
For diagnosis and Treatment of some disease.
For diagnosis –
1. Complaints about menses (Irregular, heavy flow, early stoppage of menses or delayed menses). In these cases, endometrium is scraped and seen for any histological changes and we can comment on it. We can also see the effect of hormones produced by ovaries on endometrium.
2. Infertility - In older days curattage was done to see the effect of hormones on entometrium. But now we can measure the level of hormones, progesterone & by sonography to monitor ovulation.
3. Before Menopause - to rule out tuberculosis and Cancer.
Local anesthesia (LA) to cervix or for painless procedure general anesthesia(GA) is given. After LA / GA serial dilatation of cervix is done & curette is introduced and endometrium sent for histopathology. The procedure id done in 10min & done pre menstrually 2-3 day prior to menses.
Complications of pregnancy: Because of advent of technology, risk is minimal or reduced.
Complications: Infection, Asherman syndrome i.e complete stoppage of menses, Cervical tear, Perforation.
