June 17
We had our consultation with Dr. Mangala Ramchandra, as always we were on time
But this time the doctor was not on time. We had our appointment at 6:45 PM but we went inside the consulting room only at 8:00 PM. I guess the doctor was on rounds and there was one patient of some other Gynecologist but visited her on the pretext of showing the reports but took some 30 min :(
But I guess the Hospital should make some changes, they should not make any pregnant woman who is in her 9th month to wait beyond 30 min, common people, 9th month, with Cramps, without any food, seated on a chair, how can they wait for 90 min, ??
The Nurse took Vanitha for a BP and weight check and atlast we went in.
Doc looking at the :-
Doc : The weight from last two weeks is very less, there is no significant increase, why are you not having proper food?
Vanitha : Doc I have proper food
Me : No Doc, she does not have any fruits or vegetables
Doc : Why Vanitha?
Vanitha : No Doc I have half apple, and have proper food
Me : She is lying Doc and there is no intake of Veg
Doc staring at her
Vanitha : No Doc I also have 5-6 peaces of Cucumber
Doc : Cucumber is of no use, what about other fruits n veg
Me : She does not have proper food, she does not have proper intake of fruits and hardly any vegetables
Doc : Vanitha, this is not right, you should have proper intake, you need all the protein & vitamins now
Vanitha : No Doc, I have half apple, a banana and some times pomegranate and also have some Veg with Chapati
Doc : Vanitha you should have proper intake of your vegetables, leafy vegetables and fruits combined with your tablets.
Vanitha was silent – looking down, like a student-when a teacher scolds at them for not doing homework, the scene was just like that. I was actually feeling a lil bad for her.
Then some routine test and Doc with her portable device heard the heartbeat of the baby loud and clear.I actually dunno If I have shared this with you guys, but I have recorded the first time we heard the Heartbeat of our child, will try to locate that and post that :)
Vanitha was fuming, she came back home with a sad face and told that she actually did have fruits and Veg and my complain with the Doc was not reasonable at all.
Even I realized I complained a lil bit more, but then we both decided to have an agreement over her diet. That details some other day :)
Our Consultation was included in the TLC Package so we did not pay anything