We prefer pregnant mothers under our care to come into our clinic at least once a month for prenatal examinations, unless we have made other arrangements, like a home visit.
Please contact us to make a first appointment. As part of this meeting, we will select dates and times for your future visits.
In the last month of your pregnancy, we want to see you at our clinic each week until you have your baby, unless we make other arrangements.
At each visit you should expect to be checked for:
- Blood Pressure
If high blood pressure as a result of pregnancy becomes an issue, it is important to identify this early, when lifestyle and diet changes can be most effective as a method of treatment. - Listen to the Baby’s Heart Beat
A strong heart beat is a sign of a healthy baby and can be extremely reassuring. A doppler fetuscope is an instrument for picking up the heartbeat which can be heard through headphones or from a speaker. - Measure your fundal height – This is one of the best way’s to track the growth of your baby and to detect if there is one or more babies growing in your uterus!
- Weight Gain
This is another way to monitor your babies growth. - Palpation of the uterus to check your babies position and growth and the number of babies.
- Urine dip stick is often done to check for possible urinary track infections, and to check for protein and glucose.
