You are currently 6 weeks pregnant, what should you be asking my Ob/Gyn?

Question:

I'm currently 6 weeks pregnant, what should I be asking my Ob/Gyn? I want to keep a list with me so I know exactly what to ask. Any suggestions?
 

Answered:

This is a thrilling time for most pregnant women, and sometimes with all of the excitement we tend to forget to ask specific questions. It is understandable to be fearful and feel a need to be exact. Below are just a few suggestions you might consider asking your doctor during your next visit:

- When is my estimated due date? This is counted by the first day of your LMP (Last Menstrual Period)

Pregnant tips for Eating

    Many women think that when they become pregnant it means they can eat anything they want. This is not true. What you eat during pregnancy can really affect the health of your baby and your own pregnancy, actually making it easier.

•         Your daily energy needs will increase by only 300 calories per day (100 calories = one slice of bread and one small piece of fruit), and this only during the second and third trimesters.
•         Vitamin and mineral needs, on the other hand, are high from conception to delivery. So, you must eat more nutrients for the same (or slightly more) calories.

Fetal Movement

Q.     I am 16 weeks pregnant for my first time. I am sooooo anxious to feel some kind of life inside of me, but I haven't yet. How much longer before I get to feel my first “signs” of this little person being alive? Maybe I am a little impatient, but after the first three months of being incredibly sick, I feel like I deserve a little flutter of joy.

A.     Lots of women don't feel the baby until even 20 weeks. Think goldfish, butterfly, fluttery. My kid, however, first said hello with one big punch. By the way, the due date is 40 weeks from the first day of your last menstrual period.

An Alternative Way when you just Can't Get Pregnant

Trying to get pregnant is a frustrating and sometimes heartbreaking business. There are those of us with medical problems. We seem to endure an endless round of embarrassing tests. The concept of fertility, or lack thereof seems unending and for many women unbearable, as they question the very essence of what makes them women. There have been huge inroads made by the medical profession into this problem though, and most weeks we can pick up a paper or magazine and read again of somebody's 'miracle' child. It gives us the hope to keep trying for a child of our own.

So your pregnant and your thinking what know?

So your pregnant and your thinking what know? There are choices open to you none of them are easy but the important thing to remember is this is your body, your life and your decision. Nobody but you can decide whats best for you, take peoples advice, talk to people and listen to them but its you that makes the final disition.

Keeping the baby
 

Keeping the baby may seem like the right thing to do and in many cases it is but this does not mean that its right for you.