Women should undergo mandatory pregnancy check ups: Dr. Saima Afzal

Shujaabad: Consultant Gynecologist Dr. Saima Afzal, appointed in Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Shujaabad, said that women should try to check their sugar, blood pressure and also check that they do not have any kind of infection before pregnancy. During pregnancy get four mandatory check-ups at any consultant gynecologist at an interval of two months each. Try not to get too many X-rays or ultrasounds in the first three months of pregnancy, but keep checking your weight. Make breast cancer screening mandatory during pregnancy. Women should follow a normal healthy lifestyle during pregnancy. Use green leafy vegetables, Mutton and Beef, chicken, fish, apples, dates, and pineapple. Dr. Saima Afzal further said that she wants to inform through the media that women should check before giving birth that there is no anemia in the mother, the mother should know her blood group, check-up reports and file during pregnancy should be with her. Try not to have the delivery at home or at a midwife but at Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Shujaabad as normal delivery and operation facilities are available 24 hours a day.

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