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Please suggest important questions i should ask my doctor during my third trimester.

24 doctors weighed in across 11 answers

Talk: Talk with your doctor about pain management for labor before you need it. Ask about options early.

Answered 9/29/2016

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This: This is a good time to start discussing expectations for the labor process.

Answered 12/2/2013

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Dr. Mohammed Parvez answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Do: Do I have any condition to be in "high risk pregnancy" category ?

Answered 8/17/2013

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Dr. Ecaterina Sartina answered

Specializes in Pediatrics

Complications: Complications during the labor, learn the stages of labor, how to recognize the true contractions.

Answered 8/17/2014

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How: How will i know if I have postpartum depression and what are your plans if I do get it?

Answered 5/20/2015

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Dr. Manan Shah answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Ask: Ask about what medications are safe to take at this sensitive time to protect yourself and your baby.

Answered 6/11/2015

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Dr. Alan Koenigsberg answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Get: Get specific, clear instructions on contractions, and specifically when to go to the hospital.

Answered 10/14/2013

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Dr. Dennis Higginbotham answered

Specializes in American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Ignore: Ask your doctor when is the safest gestational age for your baby to be born.

Answered 11/17/2013

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Dr. Tod Haller answered

Specializes in Ophthalmology

Ignore: What foods to avoid? Which prenatal vitamin to use? Should u expect vaginal or c-section?

Answered 12/29/2013

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Dr. Jan Lei Iwata answered

Specializes in Ophthalmology

Ignore: Ask your doctor with things you should do in your final trimester that would make it easier for you before delivery.

Answered 3/31/2014

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Dr. Brian Nguyen answered

Specializes in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Ignore: If baby's breech and planning Cesarean, get an ultrasound right before just in case it flipped.

Answered 4/14/2015

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