Rahul and Shilpa were often
described as the ‘perfect couple’ by their friends and family. They knew each
other from the school days and had a beautiful courtship period of ten years
before tying the knot. They complemented each other beautifully and after six
years of great married life they have really learnt to accept each other’s
strengths and weaknesses. After establishing themselves well professionally and
spending enough time with each other, they decided to start a family. Both of
them wanted to prepare themselves physically, emotionally and mentally for
parenthood. They started reading on how to prepare themselves for a healthy and
enjoyable pregnancy.
Shilpa went through a
thorough gynaecological check up and reviewed her weight and diet. As her work
schedule was over tiring and hectic, she decided to take it a little easy for
the coming year. During their preparation, Shilpa stumbled upon an article that
stated the ill effects of smoking on growth of unborn child. She was shocked to
read that smoking can negatively impact the DNA of the child. She made Rahul
also read that article who took it really casually. “All these researches
really exaggerate everything. As I smoke only occasionally so it will not have
any impact on the health of the child” was Rahul’s point of view. He
argued that his father also used to smoke and he turned out to be really fine.
Rahul’s attitude really irked
Shilpa. She never thought Rahul could be so unreasonable. Both of them had a
major fight and Shilpa decided to postpone her plan to conceive. They stopped
talking to each other. Both of them thought they were right in their own ways.
Two weeks passed like this and then on
Sunday suddenly they got a surprise visitor
at home. It was Avni their common school friend. After school Avni moved to
another city for doing her MBBS course. Then she further did her masters in
Obstetrics and Gynecology. The three of them were on touch on social media but
were meeting each other after many years.
Seeing Avni at their doorstep
broke the ice between Rahul and Shilpa. They welcomed her warmly and in no time
they were their usual self. The three of them chatted endlessly for hours as
they had so much to catch up. Avni mentioned about her professional life also.
She mentioned how she counsels expectant parents about pregnancy and especially
fathers as they think they have no significant role to play in bringing a new
life to the world. She shared her experience how much counseling a father
required to believe the fact that his habit of smoking can impact the health of
his unborn child. He only understood when she made him read about a lot of case
studies in this matter.
Both Rahul and Shilpa were
listening to Avni attentively. Something moved inside Rahul and he looked into
Shilpa’s eyes. They understood the unsaid. Next one year was really testing for
both of them as with Shilpa’s constant support and encouragement Rahul
addressed his addiction really well. The journey was not easy as it sounds to
be but Rahul was doing it for someone special – his unborn child, his loving
wife and most of it for himself. He learnt to cope with the withdrawal symptoms
and found other healthier ways to manage his moods. There were days when
Rahul’s brain used to play tricks and thoughts like “just one cigarette” used
to come in his mind. But he never felt into the trap.
And then Rahul’s struggle
paid. It was the third Sunday of June, a day world celebrates as
‘Father’s Day’. Shilpa woke him excitedly. Rahul rubbed his eyes and couldn’t
believe what he saw. He has never been so happy. There were two pink lines on the detection
card of the Prega News Pregnancy Kit. As Shilpa had missed her periods a week
ago, she had decided to buy this kit as her friends have told her that the test
results of Prega News are
accurate.
Both Shilpa and Rahul hugged
each other. They have gifted each other and their unborn child the
best Father’s Day gift ever possible! Rahul’s phone beeped, it was a video forwarded by Avni. Tears welled up
in his eyes, as the video was about the initiative by No.1 brand Prega
News, #QuitBeforeYouStart .On the occasion of Father’s Day they are urging
all fathers to take the pledge to quit smoking before planning a family.
Let’s be a part of their
wonderful initiative and give our future generation a healthy and conducive
environment to grow.
https://www.preganews.com/fathers-day/?utm_source=lyxel&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=fathersday
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