Pregnancy Services
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Understanding Your Obstetric Appointments
The Women’s Health Group P.A. promotes healthy pregnancies through active management of all obstetric patients. OB care for a non-complicated pregnancy typically includes 12 in-office appointments with the patient’s assigned physician or available nurse practitioner, a 20-week anatomy ultrasound, initial lab work, 28-week glucose testing, delivery, and post-partum care.
The Women’s Health Group P.A. must have proof of a valid pregnancy before care can be established. We offer an HCG blood pregnancy test in-office. We will honor the pregnancy test result from another medical practice, the Pregnancy Testing Center, or the local Health Department.
Patients are required to provide proof of valid insurance before care can be established. Patients without insurance will be required to make a payment of $1,000 at the first appointment. Call us today for an appointment or more details.
First Visit
- Scheduled around 10-weeks
- Initial ultrasound
- Updated health history with OB coordinator
- Payment options
- OB billing information
- Labs
Next Visit
- Scheduled around 12 weeks
- Meet physician
- Complete physical exam and pap (if required)
Appointment Scheduling
- Office visits are typically scheduled monthly until 32 weeks, twice a month until 36 weeks, then weekly until delivery
- Postpartum visits at 2 weeks (cesarean patients) and 6 weeks (all patients)
- 20-Week anatomy scan – scheduled in our office
- 28-Week glucose test – scheduled 30 minutes prior to your office visit this day
- 36-Week GBS screen – completed during your office visit this day
Additional Pregnancy Info
Pregnancy
- Bleeding during pregnancy
- COVID & Pregnancy
- Cystic fibrosis screening
- Childbirth Class Options
- Ascension Via Christi Hospital, Manhattan
- Flu vaccine and pregnancy
- Gestational diabetes
- Group B strep and pregnancy
- Healthy pregnancy for women with diabetes
- Hepatitis B and C in pregnancy
- HIV and pregnancy
- Maternal depression
- Morning sickness
- Non-invasive prenatal testing
- Obesity and pregnancy
- Partner’s guide to pregnancy
- Pregnancy resource guide
- Rh factor
- Routine pregnancy lab information
- Tdap vaccination in pregnancy
- Tobacco, alcohol, drugs, and pregnancy
- Zika and pregnancy
Search other topics here: http://www.acog.org/Patients
Should you need more specialized care during your pregnancy, we work closely with these local Perinatologists:
- KU Medical Center, Kansas City (satellite office in Topeka)
- Midwest Maternal Fetal Medicine Physicians, Overland Park (satellite clinic @ TWHG)
- St. Luke’s Health System, Kansas City
- Stormont Vail, Topeka
Breastfeeding Resources
- Geary County WIC Office
- Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition
- La Leche League International, Manhattan
- Pottawatomie County WIC Office
- Riley County WIC Office
- Lactation Consultant, Via Christi Hospital (785) 587-5432
Pregnancy Loss
Delivering Hospital
Ascension Via Christi Hospital, Manhattan
Current COVID restrictions - Level A
Safe Medications During Pregnancy
- Sudafed or Actifed: as directed (AFTER 12 weeks)
- Tylenol Cold and Sinus: as directed
- Cough drops
- Robitussin cough syrup:as directed
- Benadryl: as directed
- Zyrtec: plain no decongestants as directed for allergies
- Claritin: plain no decongestants as directed for allergies
Common Pregnancy Ailments and Safe Medications
- Constipation: Colace 100mg once or twice daily
- Diarrhea: Imodium AD as directed
- Headache: Tylenol Regular Strength-2 tablets as directed, Tylenol Extra Strength-2 tablets every 6 hours as needed
- Nausea: Vitamin B6 100mg daily
- Heartburn: Mylanta, Tums, Pepcid, Prilosec as directed
- Insomnia: Benadryl, Tylenol PM as directed
- Tiredness: Ferrous Sulfate as directed