need to plan now

we saw this general practitioner at the clinic yesterday and told him monica could be pregnant. he wanted to check for himself, handed her a small container and instructed her to bring a urine sample from her first passing the following day. additional instructions were given on the assumption that monica is indeed pregnant. he told us how things work in england, assigning a mid wife, blood test, scans, registering her to the "rosie maternity hospital" etc. etc.

he mentioned something about hepatitis B and some tests need to be done as it is quite prevalent in asia. apparently this bloke used to be a doctor with the royal air force and has practically flown to every corner of the world on various missions. to my horror he claims all his patients in hong kong had hepatitis B. he suddenly jerked, asked monica where she hails from. "indonesia" she says and he follows it up with "how did you come to the UK". with hind sight i grasp this doc was too nosy. but yesterday, for what ever reason, i acted like a little boy standing in the corner clutching on to his 2 inch penis answering everything with a "yes sir, sheriff sir". i bet he was thinking, with monica's far eastern looks, i fetched monica from a "mail order bride" catalogue and i guess he wanted one for himself. when i informed him that we had met back in australia during our university days he looked quite disappointed.

"so", he continues, "this is a planned pregnancy, I presume". monica blushes and nods in agreement. i tell you, this guy cannot shut up. he says "how long have you been trying" and we tell him "a month, there abouts". he looks at me and says "wow !! strong, young man" and i being to look like a sheep. he asks if we have any questions for him. i thought he would never ask. we ask him about monica's nausea and what can be done, her diet, vitamin supplements and he responds with "no no no !! you do no such thing woman. We do not like to give any medicine for nausea except in severe cases". however, he was nice enough to suggest acupuncture as a means to alleviate this nausea. he said "except for folic acid", doctors in europe [excluding italy] advice no vitamin supplements. no aspirin, paracetemol is ok. he advices her to eat vegetables, fruits, meat .."red meat" as it has iron. i ask him about "quantity" - does she eat for two now ? he says, "no no no !!! you do no such thing woman. the baby is like a parasite, the baby takes all the nutrients it needs from you. no need to eat any more than you usually do". i felt i have been misinformed by all those bollywood movies. all the old grannies in those movies have been over stuffing those poor pregnant souls with excess food. he drives a point, "getting rid of excess weight after pregnancy is not easy" and he gives an example of his "nepalese gurka women" and how fit they & their babies were during and after pregnancy just by following a very meager diet.

he may be a bit unusual. i am sure he knew what he was talking about. this afternoon monica called the clinic and they confirmed she is pregnant.