Your healthcare provider will also continue to guide you through any questions or concerns you may have, and can advise you about your pregnancy diet or symptoms, which are more important than ever, now that you’ve reached the later stages of pregnancy. In addition, the healthcare provider is also going to do the standard baby check-up, measuring the height of your womb to see how big Baby is, checking their heart rate with a fetal doppler, and discussing the frequency of their movements with you. Your healthcare provider will take your weight, blood, pressure, and have you give a urine sample that will be tested to check for elevated levels of protein and sugar. Ready for another 15-minute check-in? Now that you’re quite the prenatal professional, you probably are getting the gist of the routine. With most of the diagnostic testing behind you, and the pre-labor testing still to come, these appointments will mostly be based around any questions you have for your healthcare provider about symptoms, or delivery, or anything else that you feel needs addressing. He or she will also measure your uterus to get a good sense of how Baby is growing, and take their heart rate with a fetal doppler, as well as asking about their movements, and if their frequency or intensity has changed since your last visit. Per usual, your healthcare provider will measure your weight, blood pressure, and have you leave a urine sample that will be scoured for elevated levels of protein and sugar. Now that you are solidly ¾ of the way through pregnancy, your healthcare provider has started having you schedule your 15-minute check-ups for every two weeks rather than four, as the due date approaches. If you tested Rh- back at your first appointment, it’s imperative that you get this injection, otherwise Baby could develop erythroblastosis fetalis, a disorder in which your antibodies will deplete their red blood cell count. Your healthcare provider will probably also start asking about Baby’s movement from appointment-to-appointment as a good indicator of their health.Īnd remember how you were tested for your Rh factor way back at your first appointment? If your test came back Rh-, and your partner is either Rh or unsure, Week 28 is generally when your healthcare provider will administer a Rhogam shot, a medicine that prevents Rh- women from producing antibodies to Baby’s potentially Rh blood. In addition, he or she will measure your uterus to get a sense of how Baby is growing, and take their heart rate with a fetal doppler. As always, your healthcare provider is going to want to check your weight, blood pressure, and have you leave a urine sample to test for the elevated presence of protein or sugar. Now that you’re in the third trimester, the frequency of your prenatal visits will increase from once every four weeks, to one 15-minute appointment every two weeks, just so your healthcare provider can make sure that all is going smoothly with Baby’s development. Your healthcare provider is a hugely valuable resource for you as you head down the homestretch of pregnancy – make sure you get your questions ready! 3rd Trimester, 1st Appointment (Week 28)
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