YOU'RE
PREGNANT
-NOW WHAT?!-
MASTER YOUR MEDICAL CARE WITH THE:
Health & Soul Perfect Pregnancy Planner
-Stay Organized during your Pregnancy
-Track the Details of your Pregnancy & Medical care
-Experience Better Communication with your Medical Team
-Create a Keepsake that Tells the Story of Your Pregnancy
-Provide a Reference for your Family and Medical team
Contains Sections to Organize:
Personal & Family Medical History
Medications & Supplements
Test Results During Pregnancy
Ultrasound Findings
Appointment Notes
Symptom Tracker
Weekly Pregnancy Pages
Developmental Milestones
Delivery Preferences & Details
Newborn information
Helpful Pregnancy Organizational Tools & Checklists
Important Contacts
Inspirational Quotes
*A portion of all sales are donated to Childhood Cancer Research through the MACC FUND
WHY I Created This Journal
People have considerable difficulty retelling their medical story. This happens for a number of reasons. . We also tend to quickly forget timelines and sequences of events related to our medical care.
The problem with this is that our health and well-being depend on understanding and learning how to tell our medical story. Here’s why:
1. Every time your health information changes hands, there’s an opportunity for error.
2. Your physician and healthcare providers make important decisions based on the information you provide to them.
3. Your doctors don’t always receive all of your past medical records, even records that have been requested.
4. When we are in control of and understand our health information, we feel comfortable and make better decisions.
When you use a medical journal, there’s a simple approach you can take to organize your health information.
Just think of these three major topics and questions before each medical visit:
The past
What has happened previously?
The present
What is going on currently?
The future
What am I hoping to accomplish, and what is my goal?
By keeping these simple questions in mind before each appointment and using a medical journal as a tool during visits, you can have a better experience and therefore a better outcome for your health care.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. Rebecca Z. Gallagher is a board-certified Family Medicine physician who resides in Wisconsin with her husband, Bruce and daughter Beatrice.
Dr. Gallagher completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a B.S. in Zoology. She completed medical school and Family Medicine Residency at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Her fellowship training was under the directorship of Dr. Andrew Weil at the Arizona Weil Center for Integrative Medicine (University of Arizona School of Medicine).
She opened her own independent medical practice, Gallagher Family Medicine, in 2017 with the goal of removing many of the traditional barriers and problems associated with American health care. Rebecca also currently has a leadership position, serving as the Medical Director or The Manor, a private residential substance abuse treatment center located in Slinger, WI.
Rebecca is passionate about mental health care, complex medical cases, disease prevention and patient advocacy. When she is not practicing medicine, she can be found sharing time with her daughter and their many, many pets. Her favorite place continues to be on the back of a horse.
