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Obstetrician

Profession obstetrician at the same time both honourable, and difficult, and interesting. The obstetrician is that person who confirms the first pregnancy of the woman, and the first who sees the child when he is born.

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Ideally the doctor the obstetrician-gynecologist advises the woman even during pregnancy planning: appoints by it inspections, studies data of analyses, if necessary appoints treatment and watches its efficiency.

After pregnancy occurs, the obstetrician, depending on that, participated he in planning, or not, recommends to undergo additional inspections for an exception of infections, genetic and other pathologies. If the woman trusts the doctor to the obstetrician-gynecologist, then after he confirms her pregnancy, gets registered to him. The doctor performs planned inspections, watches a condition of mother and child throughout the entire period of pregnancy. The obstetrician brings up a question of early childbirth, declares need of performing Cesarean section. And it accompanies the woman in labor at the time of delivery: watches how there takes place delivery, makes necessary emergency decisions, accepts the child and gives it if necessary first aid.

After childbirth successfully takes place, on the doctor of the obstetrician-gynecologist the duty to accompany mother and the child some time after the delivery lays down: to advise, perform planned inspections, to appoint a maintenance therapy.

What else the doctor the obstetrician-gynecologist is engaged in?

The profession of the obstetrician assumes existence at the doctor of skills in diagnosing and treatment of infections which are transferred sexually, diseases of a uterus, such as, endometriosis, an endometritis, myoma, fibroma, etc., diseases of uterine tubes (salpingitis), pathologies of a neck of uterus and ovaries.

Also the doctor the obstetrician-gynecologist when planning pregnancy deals with problems of infertility: establishes the reasons, appoints treatment, watches its results, if necessary adjusts appointment.

Inspections which the obstetrician can appoint

During planning of pregnancy or after its approach such researches can be appointed:

  • biochemical analysis of blood;
  • analyses on existence of infections which are transmitted sexually;
  • analyses by means of which existence in blood of antibodies to bacteria, viruses is defined;
  • research of hormonal composition of blood;
  • general analysis of urine;
  • general blood test;
  • genetic research.

How to choose the obstetrician-gynecologist's doctor

In a national health system it is got so: the woman who is planning pregnancy or already became pregnant gets on the account to that obstetrician who "services" that site to which the place of its constant registration belongs. But as comments on obstetricians, both good, and bad, it is difficult to hide from the public, most of women aim to bypass bureaucratic barriers and look for the doctor "on themselves".

And here the large role is played by already mentioned comments on obstetricians. The doctor with long-term practice, experience of a training abroad or in good hospital has to cause trust, and also that who had a good reputation among personnel and the former women in labor.

As become obstetricians

The profession the obstetrician can be received, having graduated from medical school, or college. But after three years of training in spite of the fact that future specialists undergo preclinical (theoretical) and clinical practice, obstetricians of the first step turn out, that is those which help doctors to obstetricians-gynecologists to deliver.

To receive higher qualification and to have the right to be engaged in planning of a family, treatment of infertility and other pathologies, to accompany pregnancy and to deliver, it is necessary to finish a higher educational medical institution, to pass an internship.

 
 
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