Normal Pregnancy Timeline

Before getting pregnant:

• Risk assessment
• Prenatal vitamins

6-10 weeks:

• Medical history and physical exam
• Prenatal blood work
• Risk assessment

12-14 weeks:

• Visit with physician
• Review of personal chart, labs
• Documentation of fetal heart tones
• Risk assessment

14-16 week visit:

• Discussion of genetic testing, quad screen
• Schedule 20-week ultrasound
• Discuss childbirth classes

20-22 week visit:

• Ultrasound
• Discuss breast feeding
• Schedule childbirth classes
• Risk assessment

24-28 week visits:

• Glucola test, Rh test
• Fetal well-being evaluation
• Discuss pre-eclampsia, preterm labor
• Discuss pediatrician
• Risk assessment

28-32 week visits:

• Childbirth classes
• Sign Family Beginnings paper work

36 week visit:

• Group B strep culture

Weekly visits until 41 weeks:

• Cervical check
• Antepartum testing
• Induction

Web Resources for Women

• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• Boonshoft School of Medicine Health Links
• HealthFinder
• Miami Valley Hospital's Health Encyclopedia
• MedlinePlus
• National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
• National Women's Health Information Center
• Up-to-Date Patient Information

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Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine