Northside/Northpoint OB-GYN Alpharetta, GA 

Obstetrical Care

Finding a reliable obstetrician to guide and monitor you through your pregnancy journey is essential for your health and the health of your baby. Northside/Northpoint OB-GYN is a reputable clinic for high-risk obstetrics care including:

Whether it’s underlying medical conditions or obstetric complications, we offer individualized screening to properly diagnose and treat high-risk pregnancies. You can rely on our team of providers and collaborative specialists with combined decades of experience in fetal and maternal problems during pregnancy. Some of the complications that can put you at risk during pregnancy include:

• Advanced maternal age
• Multiple gestations
• Bleeding throughout pregnancy
• Premature rupture of the membranes
• Gestational diabetes
• Hypertension
• Recurrent pregnancy loss
• Thyroid disease
• Incompetent cervix

Taking care of your baby’s health begins even before conception. We offer preconception health screening and advanced genetic screening for your pregnancy as part of your prenatal care. It is recommended to screen you for pre-existing health conditions and genetic traits that could have an impact on your child’s health. We recommend you book early and regular appointments with your obstetrics practitioner. Our fetal testing services include:

• Early OB ultrasound
• Nuchal translucency
• 18-20 week fetal assessment (OB ultrasound)
• Fetal biophysical profile ( movement, breathing, fluid levels)
• Non-stress test (NST)

We offer comprehensive obstetrics care during pregnancy in three trimesters (0-12, 12-28, and 28-41 weeks). We stay with you from the sixth to the 40th week and beyond. Your first appointment will involve a detailed history and physical exam and a urine pregnancy test to confirm conception. We might also do a pap smear and STD cultures at this stage before the first ultrasound and we offer non-invasive genetic testing for chromosomal abnormalities. We do a cervical exam and delivery planning in the 38th, 39th, and 40th weeks. Our clinicians will then provide after delivery care. Other services to expect during your pregnancy and after may include:

• Blood Typing 
• Gestational Diabetes Screening 
• RhoGAM injection, if indicated 
• Fetal Anatomy Ultrasound 
• Anemia Screening 
• Pediatrician selection
• Cord blood banking discussion 
• Postpartum Depression Screening and contraception management 

We encourage breastfeeding for all newborns because it guarantees improved health outcomes in both baby and mother. Mothers who breastfeed their newborns have lower chances of developing ovarian, breast, and uterine cancers. Most importantly will achieve healthy growth and development with less risk of acute and chronic diseases. We invite you to register for our breastfeeding classes one Saturday per month. Our in-house certified lactation specialist will guide you on healthy breastfeeding tips before and after your baby’s delivery.

Pregnancy is more than just having a bump in your belly. Join other parents-to-be in an intuitive, comfortable class environment to learn about childbirth. Visit our website to see flexible schedules every month. We offer our birthing class one Saturday per month from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. You’ll learn about signs of labor, pain management during delivery, labor positions, pelvic floor exercises and the various delivery methods.

Our website contains resourceful information for any pregnant mother in Northside/Northpoint OB-GYN care.You can access information on:

• Safe medications during pregnancy
• Postpartum period and breastfeeding
• Items to bring on delivery
• UpToDate Clinical Resource for scholarly pregnancy information  

Gynecological Care

We have a board-certified gynecological team that understands all the needs and changes women experience in their sexual and reproductive health. We navigate all life stages to create a customized treatment plan for individual patients. Our gynecological care services include:

Various conditions may require obstetric surgical services. It can be heavy bleeding, uterine fibroids, infertility, uterine cysts, or even ectopic pregnancy. Our obstetrics team is ready to offer reliable surgical services as your needs arise. Or clinic is up-to-date with innovative medical technology and advances. Our minimally invasive in-office procedures include dilation and curettage (D&C) and loop electrosurgical excision (LEE).

You might need robotic surgery to remove fibroids in the uterus. Our clinic offers the Da Vinci robotic myomectomy with various potential benefits as opposed to traditional surgeries. This surgical process removes fibroids and leaves the uterus intact. The potential advantages of our Da Vinci myomectomy include:

• Less pain
• Less blood loss
• Shorter hospital stay
• Few to zero complications
• Enhanced recovery

We schedule post-op visits and provide our patients with instructions for all surgeries to enhance a speedy recovery and minimize complication risks. We stay with you until you resume everyday life after hysterectomy, LEEP, laparoscopy, and hysteroscopy procedures.

Abnormal bleeding emanates from the uterine walls. It can be between periods or heavy bleeding during your menstrual periods. You should consider booking an appointment with a qualified provider at Northside/Northpoint OB-GYN if you experience menstrual periods that last longer than seven days. Other symptoms may include breast tenderness, pelvic pain during menstruation, or even bloating. Our clinicians do various tests for abnormal bleeding such as blood, pregnancy, thyroid, and pelvic ultrasound to create a customized treatment plan.

Urinary incontinence can affect your everyday life and how you relate with people. A sudden urge to urinate even after visiting the washroom can affect your concentration at work or when running errands. However, involuntary urine loss can be pretty debilitating. We provide treatment plans for all types of urinary incontinence, including overactive bladder, overflow, and transient.

You might experience a prolapse when organs in the pelvis weaken, bulge, or fall into the vaginal walls. Ligament weaknesses can emanate from obesity, childbirth, or previous surgeries. Our clinicians have experience treating all types of vaginal prolapses, including uterus, vaginal vault, and bladder.

With the current world uncertainties, you need an advanced team at your side as you and your partner navigate family planning. Our team provides customized family planning solutions that guarantee the best possible chance at conception. We walk you through the journey of preparing for pregnancy, both mentally and physically. Our clinicians will recommend varying family planning solutions, depending on your needs and those of your partner, including contraceptives, genetic testing, and fertility treatments. In some cases, intrauterine insemination may be offered.

Reaching menopause is often associated with a multitude of aggravating and often debilitating symptoms. We understand the stress, pain, and troubles that menopausal women go through. Our experienced clinicians at Northside/Northpoint OB-GYN offer reliable bioidentical hormone therapy to stimulate hormones during the menopausal transition. Some of the symptoms we treat in menopausal women include vaginal dryness, hot flashes, pain during sex, insomnia, and night sweats.

You’re likely dealing with infertility if you cannot get pregnant in a long span of unprotected sex, say six months or a year, especially if you’re above 35 years. Despite being a stressful situation, infertility is treatable and we offer excellent work-up and care for infertility patients at Northside/Northpoint OB-GYN. We do extensive analysis and examination to determine the cause of infertility in individual patient cases. Customized treatment solutions may involve surgery, medications, or even in office intrauterine insemination (IUI).

Connect With Our Alpharetta, GA OB-GYN Clinic

Staying healthy as a woman is vital to lead a quality life. Northside/Northpoint OB-GYN is your number one clinic for women’s health, reproductive treatments and consultations. All our patients around Alpharetta, GA agree that our services are customized and effective to address your individual needs. You can also connect with our practice on your favorite social media platform, including Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, to get current news and updates about our practice.