Pregnancy

Pregnancy is a unique experience for the mother. While the “new life” is growing inside her womb, she is given to dreaming beautiful dreams. That’s all very fine. “In fact, it is very much desirable,” if I may quote a world-renowned obstetrician. Like any normal individual with responsibilities pregnancy put extra load on her systems, … Read more

Years ago, I ran into an old friend, Dinesh Prabhakar. “So man, Neera is in the family way, I am told. Going to be the proud father? By the way, when should we expect the big news? Before long, I guess,” I virtually bombarded the old boy. Imagine his reaction! “Yes, of course, Neera is … Read more

How it all begins Now that a couple has decided to go ahead and have a baby, let us see how it all happens – I mean how a new human being starts developing within the mother. What is conception? To understand the phenomenon you need to have some idea of the process of ovulation. … Read more

So, here we go, talking about the salient features of various contraceptive means. Natural means If you and your husband practise contraception without using any contraceptive, you are adopting natural means. Two categories of natural methods are employed. In the first category are included abstinence or celibacy, coitus interrupts, safe period, and breastfeeding. In the … Read more

The million dollar question is: Who’s responsible for the unhappiness of the Chaudhuris, Rainas, Singhs and the Pathaks? You’ll agree with me that no one else but the couples themselves. They should have used one or the other of the birth control measures, the subject matter of this chapter.