Many families use the doppler for much longer periods than they may experience with their practitioner and for more frequent uses — think once a day versus once a
month at a prenatal visit.
Typically at each prenatal visit, your practitioner checks your fundal height (the distance from your pubic bone to the top of your uterus) with a tape measure.
Many pregnant women chew gum to help relieve heartburn or indigestion and yet the dangers of this activity if one has dental amalgams are not readily
provided at prenatal visits even though mercury easily crosses the placenta.
I generally spend an hour with
you at each prenatal visit.
He was with
me at every prenatal visit and right by my side throughout my labor.
At your prenatal visits, it's likely your provider will ask you about your mood and how you're feeling.
At each prenatal visit you can expect time to have your questions answered, discussion around topics relevant to your current stage of pregnancy, clinical care including having your blood pressure and pulse taken, having your midwife palpate your baby, measure your fundal height, listen to your baby's heart beat, and time to catch up on whats been going on in your life and how you are feeling about your pregnancy.
Your practitioner will use a Doppler — a handheld ultrasound machine —
at each prenatal visit to check the heartbeat.
At every prenatal visit, I would grill my doctor about my odds of losing the baby (all the way through week 41).