What's New
We are excited to have Caring Touch Spa right here at Ob-Gyn Care! Linda Adams, a licensed massage therapist, has joined our office family. We are as excited as she is to be able to offer wellness massage, medical massage and body treatments. These services are performed in the comfort and security of a private medical office. You'll find a relaxing, pampering atmosphere to help you look and feel your best. Let us help you manage stress, reduce muscle and joint pain and achieve deep relaxation. Do it for yourself, you deserve it!
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1505 Eastland Drive, Suite 500,Bloomington, IL 61701
Phone: (309) 662-2273
Fax: (309) 662-2014
Pregnancy, Weeks 6-8
Congrats on your exciting new addition! We are so glad you have chosen our practice to follow and care for you and your baby through the next amazing 9 months. If you are a new patient to us, welcome! We are excited and ready to provide you with exceptional, personalized care through this amazing time in everyone's life—you, your significant other and your baby. If you are already an established patient, thank you for allowing us to participate in yet another wonderful pregnancy, labor and birth. We are looking forward to seeing you and your baby grow!
You may have already experienced some of the following:
- Breast tenderness
- Nausea and/or vomiting
- Urinary frequency
- Fatigue
- Skin changes
- Increased vaginal discharge
- Missed period
In the first trimester, many changes will be occurring with your body. This is a difficult trimester; you may experience fatigue, may have a lot of nausea, vomiting, and bloating. You do not look pregnant yet, but you sure feel pregnant! Even though you may feel awful, we want you to continue your prenatal vitamins, try to eat as healthy as you can (lots of small meals and snacks) and keep your fluid intake up. Drinking water is preferred, but whatever will stay down at this point! We would like you to gain about 25-35 pounds during this pregnancy. It is healthy to gain a little more if you are underweight and a little less if you began your pregnancy overweight. We will see you one more time during your first trimester…please write down any questions that you may have in the meantime and bring them with you at your next visit.
What's this visit all about?
At this visit, we will do the following:
- Possible pregnancy test
- Possible sonogram (to check for an accurate due date)
- Gonorrhea and chlamydia (vaginal cultures)
- Pap smear and pelvic exam
- Urinalysis (to check for infection, blood, protein and sugar)
Blood testing that we will draw at this visit are:
- CBC (to check iron stores and for any infection)
- Blood type (To determine what your type is A, B, O, or AB)
- RH (to determine if you are negative or positive blood type)
- Hepatitis B (to find if you have been exposed to hepatitis B)
- Rubella titer (blood test to check for immunity to German measles)
- RPR (to check for syphilis exposure)
- Possible Sickle Cell Screen (blood test to check for Sickle Cell trait)
- HIV/AIDS (to check for exposure)
- Varicella (to check for past exposure to chicken pox)
Baby News!
You are in your first trimester. Your baby has gone through very rapid changes since conception. Once the sperm and egg meet, the baby goes through many stages of development. It is now implanted into the thick endometrial lining (tissue lining the inside of your uterus). The baby is all nestled in the uterus and the placenta is beginning to form. All the major organ systems are formed now. The baby's head is much larger than its body at this time. The baby's heart is completely formed and fingers and toes are already present! At week 8, your baby is about 3/4 inches long; it's about the size of a pinto bean!