Overall plan
"Darling, you're going to be a dad!»Photo: GettyImages/Fotobank As a rule, most girls find out about pregnancy at 7-8 weeks. This is the period when the first visit to the doctor falls. You are free to choose: to be observed by a doctor at a women's clinic or to entrust the management of the pregnancy to a specialist at a private clinic. Regardless of your decision, the first tests that are carried out when registering will be the same. The doctor will assess your general health, measure your height, weight, and blood pressure. Perhaps, he will prescribe special vitamins for pregnant women. And he will also give you a bunch of directions for tests. You will have to donate blood several times: a general blood test, in particular, will show the level of hemoglobin, the analysis of the Rh factor will exclude the possibility of Rh conflict, and the doctor will also make sure that you do not have such serious diseases as HIV, hepatitis C, syphilis. During the first examination, the doctor will take a smear from the vagina. You will also have to donate urine for analysis. Normal kidney function is a key factor in the normal course of pregnancy, because now they have to work for two. By the way, throughout your pregnancy, you will visit the lab with the treasured jar almost before every gynecological examination. What else? Additionally, you can take a blood test for coagulation and TORCH infections. In the first case, the doctor will assess whether you have a tendency to thrombosis. In the second case, he will exclude infections such as toxoplasma, mycoplasma, cytomegalovirus and herpes virus. They can exist in the body for years without causing you harm. But they pose a threat to the baby's health. Read on: