“You’re pregnant!”

Dr. Mandal

The most rewarding times in my practice have been when I’ve told my patients that they are pregnant. Of course, the few times that this has happened, the pregnancies were always wanted.

A month ago, one of my lovely patients came with her husband and 16-week old baby son named Karim. He is the sweetest little angel you can imagine, blue eyes like his beautiful mother and smile like his father. I remember last year when my patient came to me with a missed period and I was the one who told her that she was pregnant. She was so happy. I was happy to tell her.

Today, another lovely woman came to my office who just got married. We did the necessary tests and sure enough, she is pregnant! Even though I’m not an OB/GYN I keep ample quantities of pre-natal vitamins at the office. I gave her a whole box load of stuff to help with her nausea and vitamin supplements for the pregnancy. She looked amused that I was so excited, although concerned about how she was going to carry all those tablets to work without anyone noticing what they were.

This is one of the rewards of owning a practice where the median age is 30 and 98% are women. I have a panel of mostly beautiful, energetic, lovely, talented women patients. It’s wonderful when I get to tell them they’re going to be mothers. I feel touched that these two particular women came to me even before seeing their OB/GYN.