Interacting with Your Healthcare Provider

Interacting with Your Healthcare Provider

Be engaged in your own care. Here are some tips and questions to ask to get the conversation started.

• Will my complications during pregnancy put me at increased risk for future heart disease?

• Are there any lifestyle changes that will help me lower my risk for future heart disease?

• Are tests needed at this time to check my risk for future heart disease? If so, what are these tests?

• How often should these tests be done if I had a preterm delivery, high blood pressure during pregnancy or gestational diabetes?

• What are my numbers for my A1C (blood sugar test), blood pressure, and cholesterol?

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