Pre-pregnancy preparation
Most of the mothers of Bangladesh conceive without any prior preparation. When she realises that she is pregnant, the age of the baby in the womb is perhaps two months. The success of life in every step depends on adequate planning and preparation accordingly. Child bearing is not exceptional.
What is pre-pregnancy preparation?
Pre-pregnancy preparation typically refers to the physical, mental and financial preparation of a married couple willing to have a child.
Is pre-pregnancy preparation required at all?
The people of Bangladesh feel unnecessary to take suggestion from the doctor without any problem or sickness. Due to lack of a suitable suggestion or due to a wrong suggestion from an improper person a beautiful life may lead to a confusion which is not expected.
What is done as the prior preparation of pre-pregnancy?
In the developed country people are conscious about it. But the people of our country are being conscious regarding this matter with changes of time recently. Consequently it reduces the rate of unexpected pregnancy, abortion or pregnancy termination, rate of mother and child death.
It is quite possible to diagnose the hidden diseases which may be dangerous for both child and mother by doing some pathological tests before conceiving.
If the pregnant mother is a patient of diabetes, thyroid, epilepsy and is under the medical treatment then she has some duty to perform as pre-pregnancy preparation. Such as, the diabetic patient may take insulin in place of oral medicine, as some anti-diabetic drugs are harmful for the child developing inside the uterus.
Some may have thyroid problem which is unknown to them. It is possible to save the upcoming baby from its negative effects. The epilepsy patients taking medicine for it may discuss about her duties regarding the problem with doctors.
Most of the women suffer from anaemia at or before pregnancy, which may create complication in delivery. Anaemia need to be treated as pre-pregnancy care. One should know from the doctors/health workers about the weight of her body, suitability of weight with height, possible overweight or malnutrition which may be problematic in future pregnancy and necessary changing of life styles etc.
Is family history important?
In some cases, family history bear importance. If anybody in the family is a patient of Thalassemia or if there is any physical disability of the previous child of the same couple, then special care is essential.
Is the same blood group of the couple is a problem?
Same blood group is not a problem, but if it is of negative group then some pathological tests may be done for reducing the risks during pregnancy. If there is any history of abortion, then it makes anxiety of repetition. So it is necessary to find out the cause of previous abortion and receive the remedy as well.
To become a mother, it is required to take balanced diet and get mental preparation. After taking Folic Acid for three months one should try to conceive.
A happy family will be formed by right planning and its implementation.
The writer is a gynaecologist. E-mail: [email protected]
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