Baylor St. Luke's Medical Group - Livingston Family Medicine & Obstetrics

We offer complete care for a full range of women’s health needs, including:

• Wellness exams (men and women)
• Sick visits
• Prenatal care
• Obstetrics
• Newborn care
• Well child visits
• Chronic disease management
• Joint injection

We provide preventive care for your gynecologic health. This includes supporting your overall well-being and screening for potential issues with pelvic exams and Pap smears. Our specialists use the latest minimally invasive techniques to treat gynecological conditions, including robot-assisted procedures.

Through our network of OB/GYN specialists, we help you start or grow your family, keeping you healthy every step of the way. We offer comprehensive preconception care as well as prenatal support for each stage of your pregnancy. When it’s time to deliver your baby, we provide comfortable birthing suites and a full spectrum of labor and delivery support.

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During pregnancy, you may experience a variety of symptoms, including:

• Aches and pains
• Bloody nose
• Constipation
• Cramping
• Discharge
• Dizziness
• Heartburn
• Leg cramps
• Nausea/vomiting
• Spotting
• Swelling

Once you are having contractions strong enough and regular enough to change your cervix, you are considered in active labor. This usually occurs when:

• Contractions are six minutes apart from start to start.
• You cannot have a conversation during your contraction.
• These conditions have lasted one hour.

Once your water breaks, you need to come in regardless of your contractions.

The most common reasons your physician might recommend a C-section include:

• Your baby is too big for your pelvis.
• Your baby does not tolerate labor and it is safer for the baby to be born by cesarean section.
• Your contractions are not strong enough to fully dilate your cervix.