Stats

Weight

Week of pregnancy

Fundal height

Blood pressure

Baby's heart rate

tests

Additional Notes

• Undergo a thorough physical examination.

• Give a urine sample (the first of many).

• Have blood drawn for routine lab work.

• If you haven't had a Pap smear in the last three months, your provider may also take a vaginal swab of cells scraped from your cervix for this purpose.

• Have your pregnancy confirmed.

Be sure to record all information about the doctors or midwives that you or your partner may need in Appendix B.

Estimating Your Due Date

Most providers determine gestational age (how far along you are) from the first day of your last menstrual period (LMP). look up your due date using the table in Appendix D: Estimated Due Date Table, or if you have a regular twenty-eight-day cycle, you can figure out your own estimated due date.

• Take the date of your last period.____

• Count three months back.____

• Add seven days.____

• The resulting date,____, is your Estimated Due Date!

For example, if your last period began on September 1, you would go back through August 1 and July 1 to June 1. Then add seven days to come up with an estimated due date of June 8. An alternate method is to count 280 days (40 weeks) from the first day of your last period.

Prenatal Nutrition

For some nutritional insurance, your doctor or midwife is likely to prescribe a prenatal vitamin containing most, if not all, of these nutrients.

__ Calcium

__ Copper

__ Folic acid

__ Iron

__ Magnesium

__ Riboflavin

__ Thiamin

__ Vitamin A

__ Vitamin B6

__ Vitamin B12

__ Vitamin C

__ Vitamin D

__ Vitamin E

__ Zinc