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Prenatal care refers to the medical care recommended for women before and during pregnancy. The aim of good prenatal care is to detect any potential problems early, to prevent them if possible (through recommendations on adequate nutrition, exercise, vitamin intake etc), and to direct the woman to appropriate specialists, hospitals, etc. if necessary. The availability of routine prenatal care has played a part in reducing maternal death rates and miscarriages as well as birth defects, low birth weight, and other preventable infant problems in the developed world[citation needed].
While availability of prenatal care has considerable personal health and social benefits, socioeconomic problems prevent its universal adoption in many developed as well as developing nations.
One prenatal practice is for the expecting mother to consume vitamins with at least 400 mcg of folic acid to help prevent neural tube defects.
Prenatal care generally consists of:
- monthly visits during the first two trimesters (from week 1-28)
- biweekly from 28 to week 36 of pregnancy
- weekly after week 36 (delivery at week 38-40)
Texas?s Rx for Women in Need of Prenatal Care and Drug Treatment? Nueces County Jail
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New L&C Law Scholarship: Of Persons and Prenatal Humans
Lawrence J. Nelson, Of Persons and Prenatal Humans: Why the Constitution is Not Silent on Abortion, 13 Lewis & Clark Law Review 155 (2009)
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Prenatal Blood Test Less Risky for Down Syndrome Detection
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Scientists have found a safer approach for diagnosing Down syndrome and other genetic disorders that may one day become available using a genetic test performed on blood taken from pregnant women...
Of Persons and Prenatal Humans: Why the Constitution is Not Silent on Abortion
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ADF attorney to participate in press conference on Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act
lliance Defense Fund Senior Legal Counsel Steven H. Aden will participate in a press conference Tuesday regarding the introduction of the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act by Rep...
95% of Spanish and 80-90% of Canadian Down?s Syndrome Children Aborted After Prenatal Testing
LifeSiteNews.com reports:
A report from Spain shows that abortion is being used for eugenic purposes to eliminate the “unfit,” specifically children with Down’s syndrome...
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