Pregnancy

Pregnancy is an exciting time, but it can also bring questions about your health, your baby’s development, and what to expect during the months ahead. Creekside OB/GYN of Folsom provides personalized pregnancy care in a comfortable, welcoming environment where patients can build an ongoing relationship with a trusted provider.

Located in Folsom, California, Creekside OB/GYN welcomes pregnancy patients from El Dorado Hills, Rancho Cordova, Fair Oaks, Carmichael, Granite Bay, Cameron Park, and other communities throughout Sacramento and El Dorado counties.

Whether you have just received a positive pregnancy test, are preparing to become pregnant, or need continued care during an established pregnancy, the team provides regular monitoring, patient education, symptom management, delivery planning, and postpartum support

Personalized Care Throughout Your Pregnancy

No two pregnancies are exactly alike. Your pregnancy care plan should reflect your medical history, previous pregnancies, symptoms, age, preferences, and any health concerns that may affect you or your baby.

Creekside OB/GYN emphasizes continuity of care. Rather than routinely rotating among unfamiliar clinicians, patients can establish a relationship with a provider who becomes familiar with their history, concerns, and goals.

Your pregnancy care may include:

• Pregnancy confirmation
• Estimation of your due date
• Regular prenatal appointments
• Blood and urine testing
• Ultrasound imaging
• Screening for certain genetic conditions or birth differences
• Monitoring of fetal growth and development
• Blood-pressure and weight monitoring
• Guidance about prenatal vitamins and nutrition
• Recommendations for safe exercise and physical activity
• Help managing nausea, fatigue, heartburn, back pain, and other symptoms
• Preparation for labor and delivery
• Breastfeeding and newborn-care education
• Postpartum follow-up

The practice’s current pregnancy services include prenatal visits, ultrasounds, screening tests, health monitoring, symptom management, delivery education, breastfeeding preparation, and support after miscarriage.

What Should I Do After a Positive Pregnancy Test?

After receiving a positive home pregnancy test, contact Creekside OB/GYN to discuss the appropriate timing of your first visit.

The team may ask about:

• The first day of your last menstrual period
• Your usual menstrual cycle
• Current symptoms
• Previous pregnancies
• Previous miscarriage or pregnancy complications
• Fertility treatment
• Prescription medications and supplements
• Chronic health conditions
• Vaginal bleeding or pelvic pain

This information helps your provider determine how far along you may be and whether you should be evaluated earlier.

What Happens at the First Pregnancy Appointment?

Your first visit gives you an opportunity to confirm the pregnancy, establish care, and begin preparing for the months ahead.

Depending on your stage of pregnancy and medical needs, your appointment may include:

• Pregnancy testing
• Review of your health history
• Review of previous pregnancies
• Medication and supplement review
• Estimation of your due date
• Bloodwork or urinalysis
• Physical examination
• Ultrasound imaging when appropriate
• Discussion of prenatal screening
• Guidance about nutrition and prenatal vitamins
• Recommendations for managing early symptoms

You can also ask questions about work, travel, exercise, sexual activity, foods to avoid, and which medications may be appropriate during pregnancy.

Pregnancy Care During the First Trimester

The first trimester covers approximately weeks 1 through 12. During this stage, your provider confirms the pregnancy, estimates your due date, reviews your health history, and begins monitoring early fetal development.

Common first-trimester symptoms include:

• Nausea or vomiting
• Fatigue
• Breast tenderness
• Frequent urination
• Food cravings or aversions
• Mood changes
• Mild cramping
• Light spotting

Your provider can help you understand which symptoms may be expected and which require evaluation. Testing during the first trimester may include bloodwork, ultrasound imaging, and discussions about prenatal or genetic screening.

Pregnancy Care During the Second Trimester

The second trimester generally includes weeks 13 through 27. Many patients experience less nausea and fatigue during this period, although new symptoms such as back discomfort, heartburn, leg cramps, or difficulty sleeping may develop.

Your care may include:

• Monitoring fetal growth
• Listening to the fetal heartbeat
• Measuring changes in your abdomen
• Reviewing fetal movement
• An anatomy ultrasound near the midpoint of pregnancy
• Screening for gestational diabetes
• Continued blood-pressure and weight monitoring

This is also a good time to discuss childbirth education, breastfeeding, pediatric care, parental leave, and preparation for the third trimester.

Pregnancy Care During the Third Trimester

The third trimester begins around week 28 and continues until delivery. Appointments generally become more frequent as your due date approaches.

During these visits, your provider may:

• Monitor your baby’s growth
• Evaluate your baby’s position
• Discuss fetal movement
• Monitor your blood pressure and symptoms
• Explain signs of labor
• Review when to go to the hospital
• Discuss pain-management preferences
• Prepare you for postpartum recovery

Creekside’s existing obstetrics information describes monthly visits during earlier pregnancy, more frequent appointments later in pregnancy, and weekly visits beginning around week 36 when appropriate.

Managing Common Pregnancy Symptoms

Pregnancy can affect nearly every part of your body. Symptoms can change from one trimester to the next and vary widely among patients.

The Creekside OB/GYN team can help you manage concerns such as:

• Morning sickness
• Persistent nausea
• Fatigue
• Constipation
• Heartburn
• Back or pelvic discomfort
• Leg cramps
• Sleep problems
• Breast tenderness
• Frequent urination
• Mood changes

Recommendations depend on your symptoms, stage of pregnancy, health history, and current medications.

Contact the office promptly when symptoms are severe, unexpected, or concerning. Vaginal bleeding, severe abdominal or pelvic pain, fluid leakage, fever, persistent vomiting, severe headache, significant swelling, or decreased fetal movement later in pregnancy should not be ignored.

Understanding Your Childbirth Options

As your pregnancy progresses, your provider helps you understand the delivery approaches that may be considered based on your health, your baby’s health and position, previous deliveries, and how labor progresses.

Vaginal Delivery

Many patients plan to deliver vaginally. Your provider can explain signs of labor, how labor typically progresses, fetal monitoring, pushing, and the recovery period after delivery.

Unmedicated Childbirth

Patients who would prefer to avoid or limit pain medication can discuss movement, breathing, positioning, and other coping techniques. Because circumstances can change during labor, your provider can help you develop an informed but flexible plan.

Medicated Childbirth

Pain-management options may include an epidural or spinal anesthesia. Your provider can discuss these options during pregnancy so you are better prepared to make decisions during labor.

Cesarean Delivery

A cesarean section may be planned in advance or recommended during labor when it is considered a safer method of delivery for the mother, baby, or both.

Vaginal Birth After Cesarean

Some patients who previously had a C-section may be candidates for vaginal birth after cesarean, or VBAC. Eligibility depends on your prior delivery, type of uterine incision, current pregnancy, and other clinical considerations.

Creekside’s published pregnancy information identifies unmedicated childbirth, medicated childbirth, cesarean delivery, and VBAC as options that may be discussed during pregnancy.

Pregnancy Care After Miscarriage

Pregnancy loss can affect both physical and emotional health. Creekside OB/GYN provides compassionate evaluation and guidance after miscarriage, including information about recovery and future pregnancy.

When you are ready, your provider can help you discuss:

• Physical recovery
• Menstrual changes
• Emotional concerns
• When to consider trying again
• Questions about a subsequent pregnancy
• Whether further evaluation may be appropriate

Postpartum Care After Delivery

Your health continues to require attention after your baby is born. Postpartum care allows your provider to evaluate your recovery and address concerns that develop during the weeks after delivery.

Postpartum appointments may include discussion of:

• Healing after vaginal or cesarean delivery
• Bleeding and cramping
• Breastfeeding concerns
• Pelvic floor symptoms
• Urinary leakage
• Incision or perineal care
• Contraception
• Pregnancy spacing
• Returning to exercise
• Returning to sexual activity
• Emotional health

Contact the practice if persistent sadness, severe anxiety, hopelessness, panic, intrusive thoughts, or difficulty functioning develops after childbirth.

Meet Your Pregnancy Care Team

Timothy Phelan, MD, FACOG

Dr. Timothy Phelan is a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist and Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. He completed his OB/GYN residency at Louisiana State University School of Medicine and founded Creekside OB/GYN of Folsom in 1999.

His practice provides women’s health care from adolescence through menopause, including pregnancy and obstetric care.

Mandi O’Brien, MSN, FNP-BC

Mandi O’Brien is a board-certified family nurse practitioner with more than a decade of medical experience. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in nursing from the University of Pennsylvania.

Her approach emphasizes personalized, empathetic, and holistic care for women throughout different stages of life.

Haley Texley, DNP, FNP-C

Haley Texley is a family nurse practitioner with more than a decade of experience dedicated to women’s health. She earned her master’s and doctoral nursing degrees from Samuel Merritt University.

Her clinical philosophy incorporates trauma-informed care, patient education, and inclusive communication. Haley speaks English and Spanish.

Pregnancy and Prenatal Care Near Folsom

Creekside OB/GYN has one office located in Folsom and welcomes patients who travel from neighboring communities for pregnancy and prenatal care.

Pregnancy Care Near El Dorado Hills and Cameron Park

Patients looking for pregnancy care near El Dorado Hills or Cameron Park can schedule prenatal appointments at Creekside OB/GYN’s Folsom office. Care can begin before conception or after a positive pregnancy test and continue through each trimester and the postpartum period.

Patients from these communities can receive pregnancy confirmation, prenatal monitoring, symptom support, ultrasounds and screening when appropriate, and preparation for childbirth.

Pregnancy Care Near Rancho Cordova

Creekside OB/GYN welcomes patients seeking a pregnancy provider near Rancho Cordova. The practice’s continuity-focused model allows patients to build an ongoing relationship with a provider throughout pregnancy rather than repeatedly explaining their history to a new clinician.

Pregnancy Care Near Fair Oaks and Carmichael

Patients from Fair Oaks and Carmichael can visit the Folsom office for early pregnancy evaluations, ongoing prenatal visits, pregnancy-symptom management, delivery planning, and postpartum follow-up.

Pregnancy Care Near Granite Bay

Patients searching for pregnancy care near Granite Bay can access obstetric and gynecologic services from Creekside OB/GYN’s experienced Folsom team. The practice can also provide preconception counseling before pregnancy and continued gynecologic care after postpartum recovery.

Pregnancy Care FAQs

Where can I find pregnancy care near El Dorado Hills?

Creekside OB/GYN provides pregnancy and prenatal care at its office in Folsom. The practice welcomes patients from El Dorado Hills and provides care before pregnancy, throughout each trimester, and after delivery.

Does Creekside OB/GYN see pregnancy patients from Rancho Cordova?

Yes. Creekside OB/GYN welcomes pregnancy patients from Rancho Cordova, Fair Oaks, Carmichael, and other Sacramento County communities. All appointments take place at the Folsom office.

Can I schedule prenatal care if I live in Cameron Park?

Yes. Patients from Cameron Park can contact the Folsom office after a positive pregnancy test or schedule preconception counseling before trying to become pregnant.

When should I call after a positive pregnancy test?

Contact the office after receiving a positive test. The team will ask about your menstrual cycle, symptoms, health history, and previous pregnancies to determine when your first appointment should occur.

Can I receive gynecologic care after my pregnancy?

Yes. Creekside OB/GYN provides continued women’s health care, including wellness exams, contraception, menstrual care, pelvic-pain evaluations, and menopause care.

Schedule a Pregnancy Appointment in Folsom

Creekside OB/GYN provides pregnancy care for patients from Folsom, El Dorado Hills, Rancho Cordova, Fair Oaks, Carmichael, Granite Bay, Cameron Park, and surrounding communities.

Call 916-984-7428 or use the online booking feature to schedule an appointment.

Creekside OB/GYN of Folsom
1621 Creekside Drive, Suite 102
Folsom, CA 95630