Prego teaching

Question 1

How often should your pregnant patient visit the doctor:

1st 28 weeks?

28- 36 weeks?

36 + weeks?

Answer 1

• 1 x / month
• 2x/ month or every 2 weeks
• weekly until birth

Question 2

When we are getting ready to do a regular ultrasound, what do we tell patient to do? why?

Answer 2

drink water because we need the bladder full… the full bladder will distend the bladder and push the uterus up so we can get a better picture.

Question 3

does it matter if the patient drinks water or pee before a transvaginal ultrasound?

Answer 3

no

Question 4

what do we tell a patient to do prior to an amneicentesis?

Answer 4

to pee because we don’t want to poke the bladder