Pregnancy Care
Pregnancy Care
When the time comes to choose a physician to help you through your pregnancy and the delivery of your baby, you can trust Dr. Mel Kurtulus to provide the care you need with trust and compassion.
We are committed and dedicated to becoming your partner in making your pregnancy and birthing experience joyful and rewarding as you bring a new life into the world. As our patient, we promise to treat you as a unique individual with utmost respect and with the latest in obstetric care during this wonderful time.
Obstetric Services Offered
The following healthcare services focus specifically on the care and treatment of women before and during their pregnancy, at childbirth and during the period of recuperation following childbirth:
- Family planning and pre-pregnancy visits
- Preconception counseling
- Birthing options
- Fetal monitoring
- Preterm birth
- Low birth weight pregnancies
- High risk pregnancies including blood disorders, obesity, high blood pressure, and diabetes
- Labor and delivery care
- Postpartum care
- Postpartum depression
- Postpartum hemorrhage
- Male infant circumcision
Learn More
For more information please refer to the following patient education fact sheets provided by ACOG (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists).
Labor, Delivery, and Postpartum Care Fact Sheets
- How to Tell When Labor Begins (FAQ004)
- Cesarean Birth (FAQ006)
- Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring During Labor (FAQ015)
- Breastfeeding Your Baby (FAQ029)
- Newborn Male Circumcision (FAQ039)
- When Pregnancy Goes Past Your Due Date (FAQ069)
- Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Delivery (FAQ070)
- Medications for Pain Relief During Labor and Delivery (FAQ086)
- Preterm (Premature) Labor and Birth (FAQ087)
- Postpartum Depression (FAQ091)
- Exercise After Pregnancy (FAQ131)
- Labor Induction (FAQ154)
- Assisted Vaginal Delivery (FAQ192)
- Newborn Screening Tests (FAQ503)
Pregnancy Fact Sheets
- Nutrition During Pregnancy (FAQ001)
- Car Safety for Pregnant Women, Babies, and Children (FAQ018)
- The Rh Factor: How It Can Affect Your Pregnancy (FAQ027)
- A Partner’s Guide to Pregnancy (FAQ032)
- Preeclampsia and High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy (FAQ034)
- Bleeding During Pregnancy (FAQ038)
- Travel During Pregnancy (FAQ055)
- Good Health Before Pregnancy: Preconception Care (FAQ056)
- Having a Baby After Age 35 (FAQ060)
- If Your Baby Is Breech (FAQ079)
- Early Pregnancy Loss (FAQ090)
- Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C in Pregnancy (FAQ093)
- Genetic Disorders (FAQ094)
- Special Tests for Monitoring Fetal Health (FAQ098)
- Repeated Miscarriages (FAQ100)
- Group B Strep and Pregnancy (FAQ105)
- HIV and Pregnancy (FAQ113)
- Back Pain During Pregnancy (FAQ115)
- Exercise During Pregnancy (FAQ119)
- Morning Sickness: Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy (FAQ126)
- Routine Tests During Pregnancy (FAQ133)
- Reducing Risks of Birth Defects (FAQ146)
- Ectopic Pregnancy (FAQ155)
- How Your Fetus Grows During Pregnancy (FAQ156)
- Prenatal Genetic Diagnostic Tests (FAQ164)
- Prenatal Genetic Screening Tests (FAQ165)
- Pregnancy Choices — Raising the Baby, Adoption, and Abortion (FAQ168)
- Skin Conditions During Pregnancy (FAQ169)
- Tobacco, Alcohol, Drugs, and Pregnancy (FAQ170)
- Cystic Fibrosis: Prenatal Screening and Diagnosis (FAQ171)
- Cord Blood Banking (FAQ172)
- Extremely Preterm Birth (FAQ173)
- A Healthy Pregnancy for Women with Diabetes (FAQ176)
- Gestational Diabetes (FAQ177)
- Carrier Screening (FAQ179)
- Obesity and Pregnancy (FAQ182)
- Multiple Pregnancy (FAQ188)
- The Flu Vaccine and Pregnancy (FAQ189)
- Marijuana and Pregnancy (FAQ196)
- Listeria and Pregnancy (FAQ501)
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9850 Genesee Avenue Ste 820
La Jolla, CA 92037
477 N El Camino Real, Suite C208
Encinitas, CA 92024
M-Thur: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Fridays: 8:30 am - 1:00 pm
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9850 Genesee Avenue - Suite 820
La Jolla, CA 92037
477 N El Camino Real Unit C208
Encinitas, CA 92024
Phone: 858-677-0777
Fax: 858-677-0666
M-Thur: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Fridays: 8:30 am - 1:00 pm
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©2020. All Rights Reserved. San Diego Women's Health.