Obstetrics - Gynecology
Your Family is Our #1 Priority
Lexington Clinic Obstetrics-Gynecology offers complete and compassionate care while ensuring that you and your baby are completely supported throughout the labor and delivery process. Our providers offer the highest quality care and take pride in providing the best experience for all patients. Our Obstetrics-Gynecology team makes sure patients are comfortable and confident with the care they receive. As your doctors for life, Lexington Clinic Obstetrics-Gynecology is here to help from family planning to delivery.
Request an AppointmentPregnancy Tips
- No undercooked meats (no medium or medium rare steaks, no raw sushi)
- Deli meats must be heated until steaming
- Up to 12 ounces of fish per week (no fish high in mercury such as shark, sword fish, tile fish and mackerel)
- Tuna can make up to 6 ounces of weekly fish intake
- No smoked seafood
- No pâté
- No raw eggs
- No unpasturized cheeses (soft imported cheese)
- No unpasturized milk
- Limit caffeine to fewer than 300mg daily
- No alcohol
- Wash all fruits and vegetables thoroughly
- Nutrasweet, Splenda, etc., safe in moderation (2-3 beverages a day)
- Exercise 3-5 times weekly, no contact sports, drink plenty of fluids
- Stop exercise if you feel dizzy or short of breath
- Calcium 1500mg daily added for bone protection
- Eat a well balanced diet of fruits, vegetables and lean meats
- Rest at least one hour during the day
- Sleep at least eight hours per night; it is okay to sleep in any comfortable position, even on your back
- Flu vaccine
- Sex (unless having signs of preterm labor)
- Painting, provided the area is well ventilated
- Cleaning, provided the area is well ventilated
- Having a manicure or pedicure
- Hair color or perms
- Massage therapy
- Chiropractor
- Acupuncture
- Tanning beds
- Hot tubs or saunas
- Extreme heat
- Fast food (high calorie and salt intake)
- Fried foods or foods high in fat
- Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medicines such as Motrin (Ibuprofen), Aleve (Naproxen), Advil and Aspirin
- Lifting, pulling, or pushing greater than 25 pounds
Medications and Solutions
- Allegra (Fexofenadine)
- Benadryl (Diphenhydramine)
- Chlor-Trimeton
- Claritin (Loratadine)
- Cough drops
- Humidifier or vaporizer as needed
- Mucinex (Guaifenesin)
- Robitussin DM
- Saline nasal spray
- Zyrtec (Citirizine)
If no improvement in three days, please call the office.
- Chloraseptic spray
- Throat lozenges, peppermint, Luden's throat drops
- Warm salt water gargles (1tsp. per 8 oz. water)
If lasts longer than two days or is accompanied by a fever over 101 degrees, please call the office.
- Heating pad
- Tylenol (Acetaminophen)- Do not exceed 3000mg in 24 hours
- Warm bath
- Diet modifications: avoid spicy or fried foods, heavy meals, eating late at night
- Gas-X (Simethicone)
- Maalox Plus (Aluminum hydroxide, magnesium hydroxide and simethicone)
- Mylanta (Calcium carbonate/magnesium carbonate)
- Pepcid (Famotidine)
- Prilosec OTC (Omeprazole)
- Sleep with head elevated
- Tagamet (Cimetidine)
- Tums or Rolaids
- Zantac (Ranitidine)
- Gynelotrimin
- Monostat
- Anusol
- Follow diet and fluid suggestions to avoid constipation
- Increase fluids and fiber intake
- Miralax
- Preparation H
- Stool Softeners
- Increase fluids
- At least five servings of fruits and vegetables daily
- Use stool softeners first
- Citrucel (fiber)
- Colace (stool softener)
- Dialose (stool softener and laxative)
- Fleets Enema (rectal laxative)
- Glycerine suppositories (rectal laxative)
- Metamucil (fiber)
- Milk of Magnesia (laxative)
- Miralax (laxative)
- Surfak (stool softener)
- Avoid caffeine
- Avoid dairy
- Bland diet or BRAT diet (bananas, rice, applesauce and toast) for 24 hours
- Clear liquids
- Immodium AD
- Kaopectate
- Bland diet or BRAT diet (bananas, rice, applesauce and toast) for 24 hours
- Small frequent meals
- Dry crackers first thing in the morning
- Ginger snaps
- Ginger Ale
- Vitamin B6 up to 100mg daily (25mg tablets 4 times a day)
- Peppermints
- Meclizine
- Benadryl
- Dramamine
- Emetrol Liquid
- Unisom
- No dairy or caffeine
If no improvement in 24 hours, call the office.
- Lie down, pinch nostrils together for several minutes. Apply an ice pack behind your neck.
- If recurrent or prolonged greater than 30 minutes, call office.
- Lubriderm or Eucerin lotion
- Calamine lotion
- Aveeno Oatmeal Bath
- Hydrocortisone 1% cream
- Benadryl
If lasts longer than three days, call the office.
- Exercise in the morning; avoid exercising in the evening
- Warm bath
- Warm milk before bed
- Hot Chamomile tea
- Tylenol PM
- Benadryl
- Eat foods high in calcium, potassium and protein
- Increase fluids like Gatorade (replaces electrolytes)
- Wear support hose
- Massage area; apply heating pad as needed in 30 minute increments
- Elevate legs above hips and head. Tilt to the left for one hour, twice daily
- Wear support hose, not knee highs or thigh highs
- Drink eight glasses of water daily
- Eat adequate amounts of protein daily
- Keep sodium intake between 2000mg - 2200mg per day
Lexington Clinic is Central Kentucky’s largest and oldest medical group. With 350+ providers in more than 30 specialties, we have been taking care of 600,000+ visits annually in the Lexington community since 1920.