Appointments
During your pregnancy, you will be seen for many appointments. Each pregnancy is unique, so your schedule may be different from someone else's.
What to Know
- Always arrive 10 minutes before your appointment.
- You will meet with our financial advisor at one of your first in-person visits to review insurance.
- Each appointment with your provider will involve checking your blood pressure, weight, listening to the baby's heart tones, checking growth of baby, and discussing any questions you may have.
Typical Schedule
Nurse Visit
Virtual or in-person.
The first visit with the prenatal nurse will involve sharing information regarding your health and past pregnancies. Material involving this pregnancy will be reviewed.
10-12 Weeks
Your provider will see you at about 10 to 12 weeks gestational age. At this appointment, you will have a physical examination and have blood and urine lab tests done. A dating ultrasound will be done to verify your due date.
20 Weeks
An Anatomy Ultrasound will be done.
28-36 Weeks
You will have an appointment every 2 weeks. Additional blood tests will be done at approximately 28 weeks.
- Hemoglobin - iron level
- Indirect coombs - antibody screen
- One hour glucose - gestational diabetic screen
- RhoGAM work-up, if mom is Rh Negative
There is no preparation for any of these tests. You may eat normally, avoiding excess sweets. Chin in at the reception desk 10 minutes before your appointment time.
You will be given a glucose drink. This is a very sweet beverage that needs to circulate in your body for one hour. When you are done with your appointments in OB/GYN, you will need to go to the lab, and when the hour has expired, the lab tech will draw blood from your arm.
36 Weeks
You will begin to see your provider every week. At one of these visits, a vaginal/anal culture for the presence of Group B streptococcus organism will be done. Your healthcare provider will begin vaginal exams at some point to evaluate the cervix for dilation/effacement. Usually, this begins about two weeks before your expected due date.
