Aug 17, 2026 · 45 min · 14 segments
Dr. Sara Kostant returns to Healthful Woman to explain what patients can expect in the final 4-6 weeks of their pregnancies. She covers topics like common symptoms, increasingly frequent visits to…
Sara KostantGuest
And I think there's been so much, especially if someone's had, you know, a, a fairly, let's say, like, uncomplicated pregnancy.
And I think as, as long as pregnancy seems to women who are actually pregnant, that that last, the last few weeks can creep up on you, and then suddenly you're 36 weeks, you're at your visit doing the group B strep test.
You know, the due date is less than, you know, some people say, "Well, a month from now I could have had the baby." And I'm like, "Well, even a couple weeks from now you could have the baby."
And, or I'll explain, "You know, in a week, 37 weeks, you'll, you're considered term."
I gotta get ready." And it's, you know, it's interesting, you look at prenatal care.
You know, the first visit's an hour, and then the second visit's long, and we're doing all this, you know, blood work and testing and genetic stuff, and we're taking a history and examining and talking about what to do, what not to do.
So much that happens in the front, and then it sort of settles down during pregnancy.
And I think there's been so much, especially if someone's had, you know, a, a fairly, let's say, like, uncomplicated pregnancy.
And I think as, as long as pregnancy seems to women who are actually pregnant, that that last, the last few weeks can creep up on you, and then suddenly you're 36 weeks, you're at your visit doing the group B strep test.
You know, the due date is less than, you know, some people say, "Well, a month from now I could have had the baby." And I'm like, "Well, even a couple weeks from now you could have the baby."
And, or I'll explain, "You know, in a week, 37 weeks, you'll, you're considered term."
I gotta get ready." And it's, you know, it's interesting, you look at prenatal care.
You know, the first visit's an hour, and then the second visit's long, and we're doing all this, you know, blood work and testing and genetic stuff, and we're taking a history and examining and talking about what to do, what not to do.
So much that happens in the front, and then it sort of settles down during pregnancy.
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