Preconception Physical Exam
Visit your OB/GYN three months before you try to get pregnant. Are you physically ready to have a baby? Schedule a complete physical exam with your OB/GYN to be sure. Your physician will assess your family history, preexisting conditions, lifestyle and will give you a medical exam. This first visit provides your physician with helpful baseline information to use as a guide during your pregnancy.
Whether this is your first baby or you are adding to your family, you may have questions, too. Prepare a list of questions and bring it to your preconception exam.
Your preconception visit may include:
- Complete medical history
- Use of birth control methods
- Family medical history
- Lifestyle assessment and recommendations
- Genetic counseling if you have a family history of genetically transmitted diseases
- Immunization review and update
- Review of diet and nutrition
- Pelvic exam
- Pap smear
- Urinalysis
- Blood tests (type and Rh factor, hemoglobin and hemotocrit, rubella titer, serology)
- Medication review - prescription and over the counter
- Blood pressure check
- Test for sexually transmissible diseases (optional)
- Toxoplasmosis (optional)
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