Wow, how daft! I was taking folate anyway and knew about the vitamins to take in pregnancy, as well as what food I can't eat, but even so the doctor did just check that I wasn't drinking/smoking/doing drugs and taking folate/vitamins and eating fortified cereal (oops, another thing out the window on my holiday - but I'm drinking fortified bottled water!). Also they made me fill out a form with how much I drink and how much I smoke, when I quit (or, as in my case, never smoked)... also how much DH smokes (or not).

However, if I knew NOTHING, which would be very hard (do you not have sex education at school in NZ?) I'd look up stuff on the Internet to check if I could do something for my baby. Or buy a pregnancy book, there are so many out there. Or even ask a friend, even the non-preggie obsessed ones know basics like no alcohol! I'd even do that before the GP appointment - though I was lucky and saw my GP the next day, I usually have to wait 3-4 days for an appointment.