2006-10-18 16:37:41 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
they just usually feel on your tummy and do a quick pelvic exam...kinda like the visits you had at the end of pregnancy! congrads on the baby!
2006-10-18 16:46:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What happens at my first antenatal check?
The timing of your first antenatal appointment will vary according to where you live. Most women used to have their first appointment, or 'booking visit', at around 12 weeks of pregnancy. However, guidelines published by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) in 2003 recommend that women are seen earlier than this. One of the reasons for this is that the dating scan, which is carried out at, or shortly after, the booking visit, is more accurate if you are between 8 and 11 weeks pregnant.
At your booking visit, your midwife will ask about your medical history and your lifestyle. She will take your blood pressure and measure and weigh you so that she can work out your body mass index (BMI). Your urine will also be checked for protein, which could indicate the pregnancy-related condition pre-eclampsia.
Your midwife will also take some blood samples and may arrange for you to have a dating scan to establish how many weeks' gestation you are. She may feel your womb to get a rough idea of whether your baby is growing at the expected rate.
Your booking visit is a good opportunity to ask questions, and it's not too early to ask about where you might give birth -- most areas have various options, and you should be offered the chance of a home birth if you'd like one.
2006-10-19 04:38:23 · answer #2 · answered by mj_missi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well you know all about the pap test and the full physical so there isn't really anything to worrie about for your first visit your doc will ask how breast feeding is going how your holding up with this new change in your life if your getting help around the house how your feeling like if your depressed crying all the time that sort of stuff and then they will check you baby and find out how she or he is doing
2006-10-18 23:42:02 · answer #3 · answered by savagekitten225 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They will ask you how you are feeling, what method of birth control would you like to use. They will ask how your heavy bleeding is if their is any, and they will check your cervix to make sure they are trying to close.
2006-10-18 23:40:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
THey might not do a pelvic exam, there is no reason to do one.
they will talk about birth control, and make sure breastfeeding is going okay.
2006-10-19 04:25:57 · answer #5 · answered by sheila 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
their just gonna do another papsmear to make sure u healed correctly. they ll probaly check the breasts. it will be over in no time, unless the docs office is packed
2006-10-18 23:47:47 · answer #6 · answered by nicky l 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋