Felt uneasy around 5-6 weeks and went for home pregnancy test. Went for doctor checkup on my wedding anniversary. Our anniversary gift !!! Any from the ordinary like sense of nausea, headache, excessive hunger, tiredness may be signs..
Checklist -- Things to do:
Checklist -- Things to do:
- Find a good gynaecologist near your home or office and get tested. Usually ultrasound is done after 6 weeks gestation
- Drink lots of water (at least 1.5 liters per day .. Keep one slice bottle for reference). Body gets heated up plus uterus will start needing more water.
- Take folic acid, calcium, iron and multivitamin everyday.. Ask your paed to write a brand if you want..
- Eat one banana and one apple everyday. Eat any other fruits also but ensure you eat these two daily. Banana to avoid constipation and apple for antioxidants. Pomegranate is also very very good. Avoid mango, papaya and pineapple only. (My paed had asked me to go slow on coconut water also as it is known to aggravate morning sickness )
- Eat couple of badam, dates and walnut everyday. Other dry fruits not very beneficial.
- Never skip a meal cause you might get head aches and acidity and you can't take any medicines to treat either.
- Strict no to any over the counter medicines including dart, sinarest, gelusil etc. Crocin also to be taken only after consulting your paed. Take steam baths and rub Vicks for your headaches, strictly avoid anything else.
- First trimester is very important as people can't still see you are preggy and you may also forget sometimes. So consciously ensure you don't lift anything heavy including a pressure cooker and don't overstrain yourself with work. Take people into confidence whenever required and they will understand. Else say doctor told you so..
- Get lots of rest.
- Pls note you may need your office leaves in last trimester, so judiciously use them.
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