During your six-to-eight week visit, your healthcare team’s goal is to exchange information and identify existing risk factors that may affect your pregnancy. For your 10-to-12 week visit, the provider determines your current health status and works toward a healthy pregnancy. Your healthcare team is working toward a comfortable and safe pregnancy for you at the 16-to-20 week visit.
On your 24-week visit, your healthcare team strives to prevent preterm labor, so you can have a safe delivery and healthy baby. During your 28-week visit, your provider monitors your baby and your progress, and you learn to count fetal movements. You begin preparations for your hospital experience at your 36-week visit. The team helps you prepare for birth and your baby’s arrival at home on the 38-to-41-week visit.
During the post-delivery visit, at six-to-eight weeks after delivery, the healthcare team determines your health status and promotes your adjustment to being a mother.
TIMING
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GOAL
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6 – 8 Week Visit
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Exchange information and identify existing risk factors that may affect your pregnancy
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10 – 12 Week Visit
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Determine current health status and work toward a healthy pregnancy
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16 – 20 Week Visit
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Work toward a comfortable and safe pregnancy
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24 Week Visit
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Prevent preterm labor for a safe delivery and healthy baby
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28 Week Visit
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Monitor your baby and your progress and learn to count fetal movements
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32 Week Visit
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Prepare for your baby’s arrival
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36 Week Visit
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Begin preparations for your hospital experience
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38 – 41 Week Visit
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Preparing for birth and baby’s arrival at home
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Post-Delivery Visit
(6 – 8 Weeks After Delivery)
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Determine health status and promote adjustment to being a mother
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