Journey to a Healthy Pregnancy

While every person’s pregnancy journey is different, everyone deserves access to information that will help them have a healthy pregnancy. Pregnancy is an exciting time but may be filled with questions on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Being prepared for pregnancy is the key to mental and physical health, and this book can help you on your journey to a healthy pregnancy.

Journey to a Healthy Pregnancy

While every person’s pregnancy journey is different, everyone deserves access to information that will help them have a healthy pregnancy. Pregnancy is an exciting time but may be filled with questions on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Being prepared for pregnancy is the key to mental and physical health, and this book can help you on your journey to a healthy pregnancy.

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This book focuses on a holistic and healthy approach to pregnancy, with tips for staying fit, eating healthy, and treating your body well throughout the duration of pregnancy. Based on expert advice, Journey to a Healthy Pregnancy will help you focus on the wellbeing of your baby and yourself.

Informative and relatable, Journey to a Healthy Pregnancy gives suggestions on everything from advice in the preconception period on nutrition and how to predict ovulation to what to expect in the each of the trimesters of pregnancy.

We hope that you find this a valuable resource as you embark on this journey and we hope that you will consider Physicians and Midwives Collaborative Practice to be your companion along the way.

A special “Thank you!” to Dr. Kisthardt for her time spent on this ebook and her dedication to quality for P&M patients.

Diet
Weight and Exercise
Smoking, Alcohol and Recreational Drugs
Pre-conception Check-up
Screening for Carrier Status of Genetic Diseases
Immunizations
Pre-Existing Medical Conditions That Should Be Under Good Control
Before Getting Pregnant and Other Considerations
High Blood Pressure
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
Tips on Trying To Conceive

Part II If You Are Finding it Difficult to Conceive

Fertility and Infertility

Part III Guiding You Through The Pregnancy Journey

Things To Look For in Your Ob-Gyn Care Team

Part IV The Pregnancy Journey

First Trimester
Second Trimester
Third Trimester

Physicians and Midwives is a unique collaborative practice you won’t find anywhere else.

Our practice prioritizes accessibility to our providers and responsiveness to the needs of our patients. We maintain centralized staff – separate from our individual office receptionists and staff – who are dedicated to scheduling appointments, responding to test result inquiries, processing prescription refill requests and fielding questions about your health to an appropriate provider. These staff also have secured access to our patients’ electronic medical records.

Our practice was born out of the notion that as medicine and technology advances, “care” should still be the foundation of providing medical care to women. Your journey to convenient, compassionate care starts with The Physicians & Midwife Collaborative Practice.

Caring for Your Health

Our gynecologic practice looks at the complete woman. We think that a woman is more than the sum of her reproductive parts. We believe that medications and surgery can be sustaining and life giving, but without a complete understanding of your condition, medicines and/or surgery are useless, and moreover, at its worst, surgery without solid indications can be harmful.

To schedule your annual Well-woman visit you can call our appointment operators (703-370-4300). or schedule your appointment online. We can screen for sexually transmitted diseases, treat vaginitis or menstrual irregularities, as well as prescribe contraception. We understand that our patients time is valuable and our office hours and locations are in place to ensure convenience. In addition, our dedicated call center is in place during office hours to facilitate your requests for medication refills, lab results, or questions about your treatment.

Caring for Your Pregnancy

Our prenatal care focuses on education and empathy, as well as blood tests and sonograms. Remember, most pregnancies are normal. In a given office visit, you may see one of our doctors or one of the midwives. Our physicians, midwives, and nurse practitioners are experts on the best ways to deal with the changes in your body, as well as the impending changes in your life. If a disease develops, the providers, as a team, pursue optimum management. Each patient in labor is cared for by both an obstetrician and a midwife. We believe that more human support in labor leads to a better pregnancy outcome.

We guarantee same- or next-day appointments in our offices with 24/7 in-house hospital coverage in case of emergency and when it is time for your delivery. For your convenience, our expert in-house sonography and lab draw services are at all 5 of our office locations. We prescribe electronically and report your labs by our secure patient portal.

5 Convenient Locations Across Northern Virginia

Remember that if your favorite Physician, Midwife or Nurse Practitioner is not available that day at that location they could be available in one of the other offices. You have the option to go back and preview available providers at other locations. Start with your preferred location by clicking the “Book an Appointment” button below at the location of your choice.

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Journey to a Healthy Pregnancy

Journey to a Healthy Pregnancy

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Contents

Part I Preconception

Part II If You Are Finding it Difficult to Conceive

Part III Guiding You Through The Pregnancy Journey

Part IV The Pregnancy Journey

Physicians and Midwives is a unique collaborative practice you won’t find anywhere else.

Caring for Your Health

Caring for Your Pregnancy

5 Convenient Locations Across Northern Virginia

Alexandria Office

N Arlington Office

Mt. Vernon Office

Kingstowne Office

Woodbridge Office

Alexandria Office

N Arlington Office

Mt. Vernon Office

Kingstowne Office

Woodbridge Office