Your first prenatal care visit takes place when you are 8–10 weeks pregnant. This initial visit typically takes 40 minutes. You will see either a midwife or women’s health nurse practitioner during ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ACOG updated its prenatal care guidance to emphasize a more patient-centered approach. The guidance recommends ...

When updated guidelines for prenatal care were released for the first time in nearly a century earlier this year, they arose from more than the consensus committee sifting through the most current ...

At her first prenatal appointment for her first pregnancy, Shana Westlake of Beacon, New York, remembers entering her OB-GYN’s office full of anxiety. “They took my blood pressure, and it was through ...