Obstetrics & Abortion

Preconception counseling is an appointment with your healthcare provider that helps you plan for a future pregnancy. You’ll discuss your family history, risk factors, medical conditions and lifestyle. This appointment is an important part of a planned and healthy pregnancy.

• Antenatal visits check the wellbeing of you and your baby during pregnancy.
• During your first visit, your doctor or midwife will check your health.
• They will also work out when your baby is due to be born.
• During your visit you will learn how to keep healthy during your pregnancy.
• Regular antenatal care is likely to positively affect the health of you and your baby.

• Genetic screening can help diagnose the potential for certain genetic disorders before birth.
• First trimester screening is a combination of fetal ultrasound and maternal blood testing. This screening process can help determine the risk of the fetus having certain birth defects.
• Second trimester prenatal screening may include several blood tests called multiple markers. These markers provide information about the risk of having a baby with certain genetic conditions or birth defects.
• You may have ultrasounds performed at different times in your pregnancy to check for fetal growth, estimate your due date and look for any structural abnormalities in the baby.
• Additional testing during pregnancy may include amniocentesis, chorionic villus sampling (CVS), fetal monitoring, glucose testing and Group B strep culture.

Cervical insufficiency (formerly called an incompetent cervix), is a condition where your cervix becomes short or opens earlier than it should during a pregnancy. This unfortunately can lead to losing a pregnancy or delivering preterm, which can put a baby and mother at risk of health issues as well. Contact us to learn about the current evidence to diagnose cervical insufficiency and the treatments available to help, including cervical cerclage.

A vaginal delivery is when a person gives birth through their vagina. It’s the most common method of childbirth. During a vaginal birth, your uterus contracts to thin and open your cervix and push your baby out through your vagina (or birth canal).

Healthcare providers prefer vaginal deliveries because they’re usually safest for the fetus and the birthing person. A vaginal delivery occurs most often between weeks 37 and 42 of pregnancy.

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