Ensuring your health and your baby’s development requires specialized prenatal care. If you are or think you might be pregnant, talk to the experienced OB/GYNs at Main Street Obstetrics & Gynecology in Ventura, California. You can feel comfortable discussing any concerns with the compassionate team, who have considerable experience supporting women through all kinds of prenatal challenges. Call the office to arrange your prenatal care consultation or schedule an appointment online today.

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What is prenatal care?

Prenatal care ensures you and your baby are healthy during pregnancy. The obstetricians at Main Street Obstetrics & Gynecology are highly skilled specialists who monitor your progress, provide reliable, up-to-date advice on pregnancy, ensure you know what to expect, and manage any problems that arise.

Main Street Obstetrics & Gynecology has the only all-female obstetrics team in the Ventura area. The practice doesn’t share calls with other providers, so you can be confident in knowing your delivering doctor.

The team is also comfortable with high-risk obstetrics, where they help women and their babies with pre-existing conditions or a greater risk of complications. They perform C-sections with high precision and skill and encourage skin-to-skin contact after delivery. Their emergency C-section rate is less than 10%.

What does prenatal care involve?

Prenatal care consists of regular visits to assess your health and your baby’s development. During a prenatal visit, your OB/GYN will:

  • Check your weight
  • Measure your blood pressure
  • Take blood or urine for lab tests
  • Listen to your baby’s heartbeat
  • Help with morning sickness
  • Offer diet and exercise advice

If you have common pregnancy problems like backache, swollen legs, and other types of discomfort, your OB/GYN can help with these after checking there’s no underlying problem.

In addition to prenatal visits, you also have at least two ultrasound scans. These safe procedures display moving images of your baby on a screen, enabling your OB/GYN to detect any problems and monitor your baby’s progress. If you want to know your baby’s sex, it’s usually possible to determine it during your ultrasound (anatomy) scan.

What are the benefits of prenatal care?

Prenatal care is a vital preventive health tool for you and your baby. Many women have no or few problems requiring medical treatment during pregnancy, but others develop issues that, if left untreated, could put them and their babies at risk.

Gestational diabetes is a good example of why prenatal care is so vital. This form of diabetes only occurs during pregnancy and often causes no symptoms or symptoms you might experience anyway, like fatigue and weight gain. However, untreated gestational diabetes can cause your baby to grow too large and could lead to a dangerous drop in blood sugar after delivery.

With prenatal care, you can be sure you get prompt, expert treatment for gestational diabetes and other pregnancy risks.

To arrange your prenatal checkup, call Main Street Obstetrics & Gynecology or schedule an appointment online today.