Doctor visits & tests
Recommended services to receive when you're pregnant or planning to get pregnant.
Assessments, screenings and counseling
Alcohol abuse
Screening for unhealthy alcohol use in primary care setting. Brief behavioral counseling interventions to reduce unhealthy alcohol use for those engaged in risky or hazardous drinking.
Bacteriuria screening with urine culture
Between 12 and 16 weeks gestation or during first prenatal visit if later
Breastfeeding support, supplies and counseling
Lactation support and counseling to pregnant and postpartum women, including costs for rental of breastfeeding equipment
Depression screening
Recommended for pregnant and postpartum women who are at increased risk of depression.
Gestational diabetes screening
Women 24 – 28 weeks pregnant and those identified as high risk for gestational diabetes. Women with a history of gestational diabetes, who have not been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, should be screened for diabetes as early as 4 weeks postpartum, but no later than one year postpartum.
Healthy weight gain
Behavioral counseling interventions aimed at promoting healthy weight gain and preventing excess gestational weight gain in pregnancy.
Hematocrit or hemoglobin screening
During the first prenatal visit
Hepatitis B screening
During the first prenatal visit
HIV screening
All pregnant women during each pregnancy
Iron-deficient anemia screening
On a routine basis
Preeclampsia screening
Screening for preeclampsia in pregnant women with blood pressure measurements throughout pregnancy.
Rh incompatibility screening
On first visit and follow-up testing for women at high risk
Routine maternity care
Routine prenatal and postpartum visits for all pregnant women
Sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening
Screening and counseling for chlamydia and syphilis