Prenatal care

Prenatal care and delivery in Miami.

A full course of prenatal care is about fourteen visits across nine months. We schedule all of them at the first appointment so the calendar is settled before the second trimester.

What is involved

How this works here

  • Weeks 8 to 28: every four weeks. Dating scan, bloods, genetic screening if you want it, anatomy scan at twenty.
  • Weeks 28 to 36: every two weeks. Glucose tolerance at twenty-eight, Tdap, anti-D if you are Rh negative.
  • Weeks 36 to delivery: weekly, with group B strep at thirty-six and a birth plan written down rather than discussed and forgotten.
  • Delivery at Baptist Hospital of Miami or Mount Sinai Medical Center, both with a Level III NICU on site.
  • If care needs to transfer to maternal-fetal medicine, we arrange it rather than handing you a phone number.

What is included

Everything in the course of care, named

Fourteen scheduled visits

Booked at the first appointment so the calendar is settled early.

Dating scan

The twenty-week anatomy scan, and growth scans where they are indicated.

Routine bloods

Blood group and antibody screen, and anti-D if you are Rh negative.

Genetic screening offered and explained

Cell-free DNA, first-trimester combined, or neither, which is a legitimate choice.

Glucose tolerance testing at twenty-eight weeks

And earlier if there are risk factors.

Tdap in the third trimester and influenza vaccination in season.

Group B strep swab at thirty-six weeks

A written birth plan conversation

Kept in the notes rather than discussed and forgotten.

Between visits

What to call about, and when

  • Bleeding at any stage — call the same day rather than waiting for the next appointment.
  • Severe headache, visual disturbance or swelling that comes on suddenly, after twenty weeks.
  • Reduced fetal movement after twenty-eight weeks. Do not wait until morning and do not drink cold water and lie down first.
  • Regular tightenings before thirty-seven weeks.
  • Anything you would have called about if you were not worried about being a nuisance.

Delivery

Where it happens and what we can and cannot promise

Baptist Hospital of Miami for Brickell

And Coral Gables patients; Mount Sinai Medical Center for Aventura. Both have a Level III NICU on site.

The clinician who attends the birth

Depends on who is on call that day. We will not pretend otherwise.

VBAC is supported where it is clinically appropriate

And the conversation about whether it is happens early rather than at thirty-eight weeks.

Birth preferences are recorded and travel

With you to the hospital, including preferences about pain relief and about who is present.

Prenatal care: common questions

Will I see the same clinician each visit?
Wherever scheduling allows, yes, and the clinician is named at the first visit. Who is on call at the delivery depends on the day, and we are honest about that rather than implying otherwise.
Do you support VBAC?
Yes, where it is clinically appropriate. The conversation about whether it is happens early, not at thirty-eight weeks.
What about midwife-led care?
A certified nurse midwife shares prenatal visits with the physician for low-risk pregnancies, which is how most of the schedule is covered.
When should the first appointment be?
Around eight weeks for most pregnancies. If you have had a previous loss, an ectopic, or a chronic condition, sooner — call as soon as you have a positive test.
Is the whole course billed at once?
Obstetric care is usually billed as a global package after delivery, with the hospital billing separately for the facility. The office explains your specific plan before the second visit.
Can I switch to Vireo mid-pregnancy?
Yes, and it is more common than people think. Bring your records; we will not repeat tests that have already been done properly.

Know before you book.

Vireo opens in 2027. Until then the plan list, panel status and first-available wait for every office are published on this site and kept current. Questions can go to the practice office on (305) 555-0180.

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