Title: Prenatal care checkups
Headings: Prenatal care checkups
Prenatal care checkups
KEY POINTS
What is prenatal care and why is it important?
Who can you go to for prenatal care?
How often do you go for prenatal care checkups?
How can you get ready for your first prenatal care checkup?
What happens at your first prenatal care checkup?
What happens at later prenatal care checkups?
How can you get free or low-cost prenatal care?

Content: Licensed means the provider can legally practice medicine in a state. To have a license, a provider has to have a certain amount of education and training and pass certain tests to make sure he can safely take care of patients. Board certified means that a provider has had extra training in a certain area (called a specialty). Is the provider covered by your health insurance? Have you heard good things about the provider? Is she recommended by your friends or family? How does your partner feel about her as your prenatal care provider? Would you rather see a man or a woman provider? How old to you want the provider to be? Does he explain things clearly?