A newborn perspective before delivery
Why Would You Meet with a Neonatologist Before Your Baby Is Born?
Pregnancy can hold excitement and uncertainty at the same time. Questions about the first minutes, hours, or days after birth often need more space than a routine prenatal visit can provide.
Prenatal Consulting of Georgia gives families time with a board-certified neonatologist and pediatrician before delivery. The goal is not to predict an outcome. It is to explain possible newborn-care paths, organize questions, and help families feel more prepared to work with their medical team.
Ideas to take with you
- Routine newborn care and NICU preparation can both be discussed.
- Questions are welcome even when a pregnancy is progressing normally.
- Preparation can make an unfamiliar care setting feel more understandable.
Read the video transcript
Congratulations! You’re expecting, and that’s incredible. I’m Dr. Terri Traub Mann, board-certified neonatologist and pediatrician, and welcome to Prenatal Consulting of Georgia.
Pregnancy is an incredible journey filled with excitement, anticipation, and hope. But it’s completely normal to have questions, uncertainty, and anxiety about what lies ahead.
Over the years, I have taken care of some of the most vulnerable patients in the neonatal ICU, or NICU. I have had the privilege of taking care of premature babies, babies with congenital or genetic conditions, or those that simply need extra care soon after birth.
When I am taking care of these babies, I put a lot of emphasis on taking care of their families as well. And this is what I’ve noticed: most parents don’t meet a neonatologist until the hardest day of their lives—when a mother has an unexpected premature delivery, something goes wrong during delivery, or a baby needs a little extra support soon after birth.
In that moment, families are expected to absorb an overwhelming amount of information in a very short period of time, when they are exhausted, fearful, and unprepared for what lies ahead. Again and again, I hear the same thing: ‘I wish I had known this before.’
And that’s exactly why I created Prenatal Consulting of Georgia, so you don’t have to wait for the hardest day to get the answers that you need. If you’re looking to get the answers that you need during your pregnancy journey, feel free to book a consultation with me today.
