Pregnancy Tenure

I was always curious how many tests would happen, what am I supposed to do each month, what medicines should be taken etc. Hence I noted it down, if anyone is curious what pregnancy journey is like. 

1st month - Unaware! 

2nd month - The start of the month, you will feel nausea, morning sickness. I had slight pelvic pain ( might be due to constipation, so keep this in check). Had yeast infection due to summer temperature, I guess. Went through a scan in 5th week, doctor suggested to take scan after 2 weeks as baby development was not there. Went again to see in 6th week. Could see the heartbeat of the baby on the machine, however doctor said that it was early and need to do scan in the 8th week for viability scan. My recommendation is don't go for scan early. Wait for 7-8 weeks before scan. Folic acid started for two months. It is advised if you are planning, start taking folic acid. It doesn't help you get pregnant but prevent any neural damage for the fetus.

3rd month - Nausea was a little better, I was more relaxed and not tensed like the 2nd month. Doctor asked to go for 7-8 tests which included like blood test, HIV, thyroid, double marker test, urine test. I went for NT Scan at the end of the third month.

4th month - Doctor started giving Iron and Calcium supplements and suggested to eat healthy food.

5th month - Midweek doctor asked for anomaly scan. Gave a tetanus injection. No baby movements yet. Frequent washroom trips.

6th month - Normal. Went for Gestational diabetes test (Sugar test - one blood test with fasting, early morning 7 o clock, then nurse gave glucose immediately and took blood after an hour, then again blood test after an hour) at the end of 6th month. So controlling sugar is very important in 4-6months as if its detected at the end of 6th month, the next 3 months are spent taking lot of meds and frequent sugar test. My friend had to test sugar after every meal for next 3 months which was a very bad experience.

7th month - Started feeling light movement and kicks very light.  Doctor gave a tdp injection and asked to go for 8th month growth scan.

8th month - Growth Scan

9th month - Waiting waiting and waiting for baby to pop out :D