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Pregnancy
 We at WomanHealth would like to congratulate you on your pregnancy and share with you our plan for Obstetrical care.
Contacting the Office
When calling the office with a problem or concern, please identify yourself as a pregnant patient. If the office is closed, our answering service will refer your call to the doctor on call. Again, please identify yourself to the answering service as a pregnant patient. It is very important for you to indicate to the doctor on call if your insurance requires you to be seen at another hospital.
Once pregnancy has been confirmed, we schedule your first appointment with one of our Nurse Practitioners. Refer to the Prenatal Visits table below for information on each visit. *Prenatal visits are scheduled by appointment according to where you are in your pregnancy. If you need an additional appointment for a problem, or if you need additional time at your scheduled appointment for any problems, call ahead and let us know. If any complications arise before your first visit please call the office and we will have you see one of the physicians as soon as possible.
You will be seen for your prenatal care by our staff of physicians and nurse practitioners, so you will meet each physician during your pregnancy. Our deliveries are done at The Birthplace Lowell General Hospital. The physician assigned to the Family Birth Unit when you are admitted to the hospital will deliver your baby.
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- For your health information
- Pregnancy Planning Checklist
If you are planning to have a baby, getting ready begins even before you become pregnant. By following the suggestions on this checklist before you conceive, you can help to ensure a healthy pregnancy and a healthy, happy baby...
- Lowell General Hospital
- The Birthplace
The Birthplace offers expectant families everything they're looking for in a childbirth experience: highly specialized, Boston-level maternity care with the comfort and personal attention of a community hospital. Through its affiliation with Tufts Medical Center and Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center, The Birthplace has on staff some of the best obstetricians in the area including Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist available for diagnostic testing and consultation for high risk pregnancies. We also staff 24/7 neonatology coverage for those infants that require a higher level care. With comfortable, home-like rooms and highly personalized nursing care, The Birthplace offers a nurturing experience like no other.
- The Birthplace also offers
- Highly specialized prenatal care, including a Maternal Fetal Medicine specialist (perinatologist)and genetics counseling, for women with high risk pregnancies.
- Around-the-clock neonatologists for babies born prematurely or sick and needing a higher level of care in the Level II Special Care Nursery.
- Highly trained and experienced physicians, midwives and Registered Nurses.
- An experienced anesthesiology team available 24/7.
- Pediatric specialists on-site 24/7.
- Certified lactation consultants, breastfeeding classes and support available to every new mom.
- A full range of childbirth education and parenting programs, including Hypnobirthing, sibling preparation, prenatal yoga, and a new moms support group.
- Other Helpful Information
- Pregnancy Environment Hotline: 1-800-322-5014
Toll free number that provides information on the effects of drugs, medications, infections, and other environmental exposures in pregnancy.
- WIC: (978)454-6397
Provides vouchers for food and baby formula for pregnant women and their children under 6 yrs old.
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