Your Check-Up After Delivery (4-6 weeks)

Why It’s Important

It is important to have a postpartum visit with your provider within 4-6 weeks of the birth of your baby. If you had a c-section, your doctor may want to see you sooner to check the incision. Even if you see your doctor within 2 weeks of giving birth, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists advises you to be seen again. Your body needs time to heal.

10 Reasons to have a Check Up After Delivery

1. To make sure your body has returned to normal
2. To talk to your doctor/nurse about your feelings
3. To talk to your doctor/nurse about breastfeeding
4. Talk over any concerns you may have
5. To talk with your doctor/nurse about birth control methods
6. To talk to your doctor/nurse about timing before becoming pregnant again
7. To talk with your doctor/nurse about beginning to exercise and resuming sexual activity
8. Receive lab tests if necessary
9. Have your weight and blood pressure checked
10. To make sure you have a Primary Care Doctor to help you when you are not pregnant and schedule other preventive care appointments

What to Expect at Your 4-6 Week Check-Up

Your provider will:

• check to make sure your uterus has returned to normal
• check the healing of your stitches (if you had any)
• check your breasts and do a pelvic exam
• talk to you about birth control
• ask how well you are adapting to the many new changes in your life

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