About pregnancy care
Pregnancy care consists of two stages; prenatal (before birth) and postpartum (after birth) healthcare for expectant mothers. Both of these stages involves treatments and sometimes training to ensure a healthy pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, labour and delivery for the mom and baby.
Why should I get prenatal care?
Prenatal care helps decrease risks during pregnancy and increases the chance of a safe and healthy delivery. Regular prenatal visits can help your doctor monitor your pregnancy and identify any problems or complications before they become serious. Babies born to mothers who lack prenatal care have triple the chance of being born at a low birth weight. Newborns with low birth weight are five times more likely to die than those whose mothers received prenatal care. Prenatal care ideally starts at least three months before you begin trying to conceive. Effectively plan this phase.
Once you become pregnant, you’ll need to schedule regular health care appointments throughout each stage of your pregnancy. A schedule of visits may involve seeing your doctor, every month in the first six months you are pregnant, every two weeks in the seventh and eighth months you are pregnant, every week during your ninth month of pregnancy and during these visits, your doctor will check your health and the health of your baby.
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References
- Healthline. Pregnancy care. Accessed on September 25th 2018