Weeks Gestation: Discussion &
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6-8 weeks - Visit with nurse
- Pre-natal blood work drawn
- Obtain medical history from mother and father
- Pregnancy
education
- Discuss testing options: 1st Trimester Screen (provides
a more accurate assessment of a woman’s risk for carrying a baby
with Down syndrome, than age alone) and AFP (Alpha-fetoprotein
- screens for Down syndrome, Trisomy 18 and neural
tube defects).
Educational Handouts
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9 weeks
- Dating Ultrasound – used to confirm your due date and ensure
the well-being of the baby.
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8-10 weeks - Visit with MD or Provider
- Review results of Pre-natal blood work
- Discuss 1st Trimester Screen if you wish to pursue
- Discuss 9 week Dating Ultrasound
- Discuss indication or need for Strong Memorial Hospital Genetics
if High Risk or 35 and older for amniocentesis or CVS (Chorionic
villus sampling) tests used to diagnose chromosomal abnormalities.
- Full pelvic exam includes Pap smear and cultures. Please note,
there is a possibility of spotting after the exam.
- At each visit
- Check Blood
pressure (BP)
- Check Urine
- Check Weight
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12 weeks
- Discuss AFP Testing with provider. AFP to be done between
15-22 weeks if you wish to do it.
- Check Fetal heart
beat at each visit
- Check weight, BP, and urine
- Sign up for Childbirth Education Classes
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16 weeks
- Discuss AFP results if they are back
- Urine culture to be obtained
- Discuss results of 1st Trimester Screen
- Listen to fetal heart beat and check uterine size
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19-20 weeks
- Detailed Anatomic Screening Ultrasound – during this Ultrasound,
we take a detailed look at the anatomy of the baby.
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20 weeks
- Check weight, BP, and urine
- Listen to fetal heart beat and check uterine size
- Review urine culture
- Review results of 19-20 week ultrasound if done
- Review results of AFP if done later than 16 weeks
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24 weeks
- Check weight, BP, and urine
- Listen to fetal heart beat and check uterine size
- Discuss 1-hour Glucose Test to be done to check for Gestational Diabetes
- Order blood work for Anemia
- Antibody screen to be checked only if Rh negative
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28 weeks
- Check weight, BP, and urine
- Listen to fetal heart beat and check uterine size
- Review results of 1-hour Glucose Test and blood work to check anemia.
- Discuss Rhogam injection Only if Rh negative
- Schedule 3rd Trimester Talk with nurse at 32 weeks
- Select a Pediatrician, if you haven’t already done so.
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30 weeks -
Starting every 2 weeks visits
- Check weight, BP, and urine
- Listen to fetal heart beat and check uterine size
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32 weeks
- Visit with OB nurse to discuss labor and delivery,
circumcision, breast or bottle feeding, and to
be registered at Highland Hospital (unless this has
already been done)
- Discuss disability if needed
Educational Handouts
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34 weeks
- Check weight, BP, and urine
- Listen to fetal heart beat and check uterine size
- Address any additional questions or concerns you may have regarding
labor and delivery, Highland Hospital, etc.
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36 weeks -
Starting Weekly Visits
- Check weight, BP, and urine
- Listen to fetal heart beat and check uterine size
- We will obtain a Cervical Culture to check for Group B-Strep
- Prepare for a cervical exam at every visit now
- Please note, there is a possibility of spotting after the exam
- Repeat HIV test (if indicated)
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37 weeks
- Check weight, BP, and urine
- Listen to fetal heart beat and check uterine size
- Cervical Exam
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38 weeks
- Check weight, BP, and urine
- Listen to fetal heart beat and check uterine size
- Discuss 36 week culture results
- Cervical Exam
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39 weeks
- Check weight, BP, and urine
- Listen to fetal heart beat and check uterine size
- Cervical Exam
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40 weeks
- Check weight, BP, and urine
- Listen to fetal heart beat and check uterine size
- You may have a non stress test (NST) and/or ultrasound to check the
status of your baby
- Provider may discuss and schedule induction prior to 42 weeks.
- Cervical Exam
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Obstetrical Calendar