How to Access Prenatal Care in Fauquier County, Virginia

Quality medical care is accessible almost anywhere in the United States if you have good health insurance. If you do have comprehensive health insurance coverage, you can continue to go to your gynecologist in Fauquier County for prenatal care. If you do not have health insurance coverage that includes prenatal services, there are a few resources that you can take advantage of to get medical care during your pregnancy.

Things You'll Need

• Internet access
• Health insurance
• Money

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Instructions

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  Continue going to your gynecologist during your pregnancy if you have good health insurance. If your gynecologist does not provide prenatal care, ask for a reference to an OB-GYN in your area.

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  Call your health insurance provider if you do not already have an OB-GYN. Ask for lists of nearby practitioners in provider's network. You may also be able to find a doctor on the insurance company's website.

• 3

  Use online services such as Angie's List to obtain information about local OBs and patients' experiences with them.

• 4

  Choose an OB in your part of Fauquier County. Call to make an appointment.

• 5

  Call your local Planned Parenthood center if you do not have pregnancy care. Planned Parenthood provides not only education and contraceptives but also general medical and pregnancy care. The closest Planned Parenthood offices are in Washington, D.C. and the Virginia suburbs, within an hour or two of Fauquier County by car.

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  Go to the Fauquier Free Clinic in Warrenton, Virginia, if the closest Planned Parenthood offices are too far away for you. The clinic exists specifically for patients who do not have a job providing health insurance or who cannot afford to purchase private insurance.