Prenatal Care

Prenatal care helps patients stay healthy and informed throughout their pregnancies. At her practice in Beverly Hills, California, experienced OB/GYN Lia LaBrant, MD, FACOG, offers prenatal care with attentive visits, clear guidance, and thoughtful support from the first trimester through delivery planning. Dr. LaBrant and the team help patients feel prepared at every stage of their pregnancies. To arrange a prenatal visit, call the practice of Lia LaBrant, MD, or schedule a consultation online today.

What is prenatal care?

Prenatal care is routine medical care during pregnancy. Dr. LaBrant monitors the mother’s health and the baby’s growth. These visits give patients time to ask questions and discuss changes as their pregnancies progress.

Prenatal care usually starts after a positive pregnancy test. Early care confirms the pregnancy, estimates the due date, and screens for health factors that require close monitoring. Dr. LaBrant also reviews your medical history, medications, past pregnancies, family history, and current symptoms.

The Lia LaBrant, MD, team keeps each visit clear and supportive. Patients receive guidance on nutrition, prenatal vitamins, exercise, sleep, travel, sex, and symptoms that need prompt attention.

Why is prenatal care necessary?

Prenatal care helps protect the mother's and baby's health. Regular visits track fetal growth and monitor your blood pressure, weight changes, and symptoms. They also detect concerns early, when care is often simpler to provide and more effective.

Pregnancy changes the body quickly. Symptoms, like nausea, fatigue, breast tenderness, and mild cramping, are expected. Others, like heavy bleeding, severe pain, fever, severe headache, vision changes, or reduced fetal movement later in pregnancy, require immediate care.

Dr. LaBrant explains what’s normal and what should prompt a call to her office. This offers patients peace of mind and helps them feel more confident between visits.

What happens during prenatal care visits?

Prenatal care visits change throughout pregnancy. Early appointments often include lab work, urinalysis, pelvic care when needed, and an ultrasound to check due dates and fetal position.

As your pregnancy progresses, visits focus on your baby’s growth and your health. The team checks your blood pressure and weight. Dr. LaBrant listens to the baby’s heartbeat once the pregnancy is far enough along.

Prenatal care also includes screening tests. These include:

• Genetic screening
• Anatomy ultrasound
• Glucose testing
• Anemia testing
• Infection screening
• Group B strep testing near the end of pregnancy

Dr. LaBrant explains why you need each test and what they involve.

Does prenatal care prepare patients for delivery?

Prenatal care prepares patients for labor, delivery, and postpartum recovery. Dr. LaBrant talks through your birth preferences, signs of labor, hospital planning, pain relief, and what to expect after delivery.

The team also discusses breastfeeding, mood changes, healing, contraception, and follow-up visits. This support helps patients enter parenthood with greater confidence.

For attentive prenatal care, call Lia LaBrant, MD, or book an appointment online today.