Antenatal Checkup
What is Antenatal Checkup ?
Antenatal Checkup also termed as prenatal checkup is a type of health care service given to a pregnant woman throughout her pregnancy period. The word “antenatal” is just an abbreviation of the generally spoken word “maternity care“
Throughout the pregnancy, an obstetrician or midwife monitors and actively monitors the health of both the mother and the developing baby.
Putting into a short overview, what does the checkup look like? Here’s what you should expect:
- Visiting a clinic, hospital, or home visit from an expert
- Weighing yourself
- Monitor vital signs
- Check your baby’s heartbeat
- Collect and check urine samples for sugar
- Expert confesses your health requirements
- Additional tests (blood tests, ultrasound, genetic testing, cervical screening)
- Uterine examination
- Tailored information to help you have a healthy pregnancy
Antenatal Checkup At Pacific IVF
As soon as you land at the Pacific IVF website, a book an appointment pop-up invites you to fill in the necessary details so that your appointment, which is an antenatal checkup, its date, time, and follow-up email, is registered.
Our expert team of highly skilled practitioners makes sure to provide the best services from arrival to departure, embodying your care as the top-most virtue.
Commencing An Antenatal Checkup
Your first Antenatal Checkup is usually consists of a combination of examinations and checkups, including:
- Menstrual history, including the starting day of the recent/last menstrual period
- Thorough body checkup
- Scanning for any possible congenital history, prescribed medications, and allergies from drugs
- Inquiry on family medical history such as genetic conditions passed down the lineage of any disease prevalent in your partner’s side of DNA such as thalassemia and Down syndrome
- Although the first-ever visit, queries on any previous pregnancies, and complications faced will be popped
- Blood pressure measurement, body weight, and height measurement, blood and urine tests, abdominal ultrasounds
How Many Antenatal Appointments Will You Have?
Well, this question boils down to whether the pregnancy is your first. If you have had a baby previously, you will need around 7 appointments, plus or minus a few days following individual conditions.
However, expecting your first child calls for up to 10 antenatal appointments. Your doctor will make sure to convey in a written form the number of appointments you will presumably attend along with the timings!
Flexibility Of Antenatal Appointments
Antenatal appointments are fairly feasible to schedule and execute as the location can be a hospital, a clinic, a GP surgery, or in the comfort of your own home.
However, given that hospitals and clinics are equipped with advanced medical facilities, the best bet would be to get your antenatal checkup done there.
At Pacific IVF, we have the just service, catered by a specialized team. Midwide may proceed with several questions and tests throughout the checkup at Pacific, prioritizing health and successful pregnancy ahead.
At Pacific IVF Center Nepal, we are committed to providing the highest quality care and support to help you achieve your family-building goals. Our team of experienced fertility specialists will work with you to create a personalized treatment plan and provide ongoing support throughout the ICSI process.
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