Prenatal care, also known as antenatal care, is a type of preventive healthcare. It is provided in the form of medical checkups, consisting of recommendations...

Prenatal care in the United States is a health care preventive care protocol recommended to women with the goal to provide regular check-ups that allow...

disabilities. Prenatal care improves pregnancy outcomes. Nutrition during pregnancy is important to ensure healthy growth of the fetus. Prenatal care may also...

Prenatal testing consists of prenatal screening and prenatal diagnosis, which are aspects of prenatal care that focus on detecting problems with the pregnancy...

abruption, and pregnancy-induced hypertension with the absence of prenatal care. All these prenatal risks were controlled for other high-risk conditions, maternal...

preventable causes of infant mortality is smoking during pregnancy. Lack of prenatal care, alcohol consumption during pregnancy, and drug use also cause complications...

adjusted to meet the special needs of women, like providing pregnancy and prenatal care, other gynecological services, mental healthcare, and adequate accommodation...

planned. Rather than keep to a traditional prenatal care schedule, some women may also selectively choose prenatal care. Some women who choose UC also choose...

maternal health encompasses the health care dimensions of family planning, preconception, prenatal, and postnatal care in order to ensure a positive and fulfilling...

schizophrenia, in particular the lack of micronutrients. Countries with poor prenatal care, low food supply, or developing countries could have a higher incidence...

Prenatal cocaine exposure (PCE), theorized in the 1970s, occurs when a pregnant woman uses cocaine including crack cocaine and thereby exposes her fetus...

medical specialty dealing with the care of all women's reproductive tracts and their children during pregnancy (prenatal period), childbirth and the postnatal...

known as obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN), which is a surgical field. Prenatal care is important in screening for various complications of pregnancy. This...

pregnancies complicated by oligohydramnios or anhydramnios of renal origin". Prenatal Diagnosis. 31 (11): 1039–1045. doi:10.1002/pd.2827. ISSN 0197-3851. PMID 21755519...

Prenatal care is important for the maintenance of a healthy pregnancy and surveillance of related complications. In high-income countries, prenatal care...

Prenatal and perinatal psychology explores the psychological and psychophysiological effects and implications of the earliest experiences of the individual...

Prenatal development (from Latin natalis 'relating to birth') involves the development of the embryo and of the fetus during a viviparous animal's gestation...

controlling for other risk factors, such as access to high-quality prenatal care. Teenage pregnancies are related to social issues, including lower educational...

mortality rate is access and opportunity to receive prenatal care. Women who do not receive prenatal care are between three and four times more likely to...

rocking swings, etc.) without constant supervision Breastfeeding Regular prenatal care No smoking during pregnancy Avoid secondhand smoke exposure Up-to-date...

considered low birth weight, which is about 20 million births. The start of prenatal care is very important to help prevent low birth weight and early medical...

has been used to argue for a broad array of practices ranging from prenatal care for mothers deemed genetically desirable to the forced sterilization...

pregnancies enter prenatal care later. Unwanted pregnancies have more delay than mistimed. Patients who present late to prenatal care may also miss the...

assessments/screenings, prenatal care, and telehealth/telemedicine). The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has major influence on the provision of preventive care services,...

of care for childbearing women". Cochrane Database Syst. Rev. 8 (8): CD004667. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD004667.pub3. PMID 23963739. "Prenatal care in your...

receive little health care because of poverty, lack of access, scarcity of healthcare professionals, and views on prenatal care. These issues are more...

or fetus in the uterus (womb). The procedure is a standard part of prenatal care in many countries, as it can provide a variety of information about...

pregnancies are unintended. In 2002, according to the Journal of Pediatric Health Care, approximately 15% of all adolescent pregnancies were planned. Based upon...

Dynasty (618-907 A.D.), there were processes in terms of medicinal prenatal care. Since the maintenance of balance between yin and yang was highly valued...

The health care system in Japan provides different types of services, including screening examinations, prenatal care and infectious disease control, with...