TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 : How Does My Baby Develop ?................ 5
CHAPTER 2 : My Prenatal Care ......................... 9
• Prenatal Visits
• Personalized Care
• Calculating Your Due Date
• Prenatal Lab Evaluation
• Childbirth Education , Tours , and Sibling Classes
• Fetal Movements
• Ultrasound Examination
• Diabetes Screening
• Rhogam
• Third Trimester Labs
CHAPTER 3 : When to Call ............................. 15 CHAPTER 4 : Preparing for Labor and Delivery ............ 17
CHAPTER 5 : Postpartum .............................. 21
• General Information
• Postpartum Instructions – Activities – Sexual relations – Afterbirth Pains – Constipation – Perineal Care – Hemorrhoids – Cesarean Birth ( C-section ) – Postpartum Depression – Breast Care – Please Call Us – Vaginal Discharge & Bleeding – Postpartum Checkup
• Circumcision
• Tubal Ligation
• Contraception
CHAPTER 6 : Obstetric Technology ..................... 32
• Ultrasound
• Fetal Monitoring
• Fetal Testing
• Cesarean Section ( C-section )
• Trial of Labor After Cesarean Section ( TOLAC )
• Operative Vaginal Delivery
• Episiotomy
• External Cephalic Version
• Pain Management
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