l period was from Jan. 1st to 5th, we find
January 5th and below it we note October 12th as the probable date of
confinement.

WHEN SHOULD A PREGNANT WOMAN FIRST CALL UPON HER PHYSICIAN?--The earliest
indication of pregnancy is the interruption of menstruation. When
menstruation fails to appear at its regular time in a young married woman
whose past menstrual history is good,--i.e., she has been sick every month
regularly and without pain since she began menstruating as a girl,--the
assumption would naturally be that she was pregnant. Menstruation may
however "miss" one month for other reasons than pregnancy just at this
time, as is explained elsewhere, so it is wise to defer a positive
assumption on such an important matter. When the second menstruation does
not appear, and there are no specific reasons for its failure to appear, it
may be safely assumed that pregnancy has taken place. A visit to the family
physician one week after the second menstruation should have appeared, or
at least long enough to feel absolutely certain that the sickness is not
coming around, is not only necessary, but is the essential and correct step
to take for a number of very good reasons. If a woman for example has not
had a baby, how does she know she can have one? It is quite possible to
become pregnant and yet it may be wholly impossible to give birth to a
child. It is necessary to be constructed normally, or as near what is
regarded as normal as is possible, in order safely to assume the
responsibility of carrying a pregnancy to a successful completion. No one
but a physician, who is skilled and familiar in the knowledge of what
constitutes the proper size, and shape, and quality, and relations, one
with another, of your bones, and ligaments, and muscles, can tell [69]
whether you can safely be permitted to carry a pregnancy to term or not. If
the anatomical conditions are not just right; if circumstances from a
medical standpoint are not favorable; if your personal risk is too
hazardous; if, in other words, medical science should decide that you are
one of the very few women who cannot have a baby, is it not of very great
importance that you should know this as soon as possible? Does not that
fact alone render your early call upon your physician imperative? A
physician can bring out facts, relating to the personal and family history,
and habits, of the prospective mother, which will enable him to formulate
advice which will prove