The guide index
Every page on this desk, in reading order.
Start with the urgent page if you need it today. Otherwise read top to bottom; each piece assumes you have read the one above it.
A crash while pregnant: the careful sequence
Emergency services, your OB, then the exam. Written for a moment when order helps, hour by hour through the first three days.
If you are reading this in a parking lot, call your obstetric provider before you read anything else here.
02Why the soreness arrives late
Feeling fine on the ride home is a timestamp, not a verdict. What soft tissue does over 72 hours, and why pregnancy leaves less margin.
Booking the exam without skipping any steps
Which office to call, what to say on the phone, what to bring, and what the visit actually produces: an exam, findings in writing, and a plan.
You are already keeping careful records. Add this one.
What a dated injury exam is and is not, why it joins your pregnancy file, and the one honest sentence about the aftermath of a crash.
The seat belt still goes on. Here is where it goes.
Lap belt low across the hips, shoulder belt across the chest, the seat moved back, as NHTSA describes it. Read before the next drive, not after.
A stiff neck and a headache the next morning
What whiplash is, why the headache, which signs are an emergency, and why a documented exam matters more when medication choices are limited.
The back that aches by afternoon
Why a pregnant back hurts, what is ordinary, what is not, the side-lying pillow, and what changes the moment a crash enters the picture.
For the partner holding the phone
The calls in order, the notebook job, the drive, and the short list of things not to do on her behalf.
Three offices, chosen by your drive
O'Fallon, Hazelwood, and South County with addresses, phones, hours, and the daily 12 to 2 closure. Pick the shortest, calmest drive.
Twelve real questions, answered carefully
Is chiropractic care safe in pregnancy, what if it has been two weeks, what does the visit involve, and what this site will not answer for you.
Who writes this, and who pays for it
The advertising relationship stated plainly, where every fact comes from, and how to send a correction.
