Why is preconception counselling important?

I'm sure you know that most of the pregnancy are very much unplanned. But there are studies have shown that planned pregnancy, especially patients having any medical conditions. I can give you some examples, if you have diabetes, or if you have epilepsy, or if you have any heart conditions, and you are planning to get pregnant, the first question come to your mind is, Is it safe for me to get pregnant? Is it safe for my baby? Is it safe for my family? And that those are the questions will be a very difficult to answer. Even if you Google around, you'll have various informations. But, like of myself, I'm an experienced obstetrician consultant, having specialised in maternal medicine, as well as foetal medicine specialties. I'll be able to guide you how to plan your pregnancy. For example, if you take epilepsy, then I can look at your medications, review your medications, and make sure they are safe before you start your family. And also I can guide you the importance of taking folic acid to prevent a neural tube defects. So I'm just giving you one example like that. There are so many medical conditions patients like yourself would like to know, what are the effects of those medical conditions on pregnancy? What does that has on the baby? On the other hand, what if this medical condition gets worse if you get pregnant? So those are the questions that will be able to help you.