Prenatal care
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Related Terms
embryo /fetus disorder, mother /embryo /fetus nutrition, pregnancy, prenatal diagnosis, prenatal stress
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Scope Note
care provided the pregnant woman in order to prevent pregnancy complications, and decrease the incidence of maternal and prenatal morbidity and mortality.
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- Questions and Answers What is prenatal care? Prenatal care is medical attention given to the expectant mother and her developing baby.
- Should I do anything special? Where can I go to get free or reduced-cost prenatal care? See Also: Healthy Pregnancy Pregnancy: Doctor's Visits and Tests Pregnancy Tests What is prenatal care? Prenatal care is the health care you get while you are pregnant.
- Prenatal Care: Objective The objective of prenatal care is to monitor the health of the pregnant mother and fetus.
- Prenatal care is important for all women because it can help to identify conditions in the woman and/or fetus that may jeopardize the pregnancy.
- The second dimension "Adequacy of Received Services" characterizes the adequacy of received PNC visits during the time period after prenatal care is begun until the delivery.
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