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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 bi ...
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Resources
- ACOG's Physician Directory (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
- Alcohol Alert # 50: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and the Brain (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
- American Indian and Alaska Native Maternal and Child Health (Indian Health Services)
- Ask NOAH About Pregnancy, Teenage Pregnancy Fact Sheet (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
- ¡Asegure Los Niños Ahora! (Health Resources Services Administration, HHS)
- Bright Futures: Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants,Children, and Adolescents (Health Resources Services Administration Information Center)
- Caffeine in Pregnancy (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
- Care before and during Pregnancy -- Prenatal Care (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
- Care Before and During Pregnancy--Prenatal Care (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
- Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (CERHR) (Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction)
- Choosing an Obstetrical Caregiver (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Common Concerns and Exposures (Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction)
- Consumption Advice: What You Need to Know about Mercury in Fish and Shellfish (Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water)
- Decreasing the Chance of Birth Defects (Office of Consumer Affairs, OEA, FDA,)
- Dental X-Rays during Pregnancy May Affect Infant Birth Weight (Nemours Foundation)
- Drinking and Your Pregnancy [Easy-to-Read] (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
- During Your Pregnancy: Food Safety (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
- Eating during Pregnancy (Nemours Foundation)
- Emotions During Pregnancy (Iowa Women's Health Center, University of Iowa)
- Facts about Spina Bifida (Spina Bifida Association of America)
- FASTATS: Obstetrical Procedures (National Center for Health Statistics)
- FASTATS: Prenatal Care (National Center for Health Statistics)
- First Trimester: Physical Changes and Symptoms (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Folic Acid (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
- Food-Borne Risks in Pregnancy (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
- Frequently Asked Questions - Prenatal Care (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Guidelines for Vaccinating Pregnant Women (National Immunization Program, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Healthy Pregnancy, Healthy Baby: Exercise, Good Food, And Prenatal Care Are the Keys (Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, OPHS, HHS)
- JAMA Patient Page: Prenatal Care (American Medical Association)
- La Bebida y Su Embarazo (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
- Loratadine and Hypospadias: Data from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Managed Care Best Practices Toward Improving Birth Outcomes Toolkit (Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.)
- March of Dimes (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
- Medical Care during Pregnancy (Nemours Foundation)
- Monitoring High-Risk Pregnancy (Office of Consumer Affairs, OEA, FDA,)
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- National Women's Health Information Center (National Cancer Institute)
- New Birth Report Shows More Moms Get Prenatal Care (National Center for Health Statistics)
- New Research Suggests Link between Maternal Diet and Childhood Leukemia Risk (National Institutes of Health)
- Nutrition during Pregnancy (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
- Office Visits throughout Your Pregnancy (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Office visits throughout your pregnancy (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- PeriStats (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation) - Perinatal health in the United States
- Planning Your Pregnancy (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Resource Center)
- Possible Health Effects of Radiation Exposure on Unborn Babies (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Pre-Pregnancy Planning (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
- Pregnancy - Taking Care of You and Your Baby (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Pregnancy and Medications (National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS)
- Pregnancy and Prenatal Care of Women with HIV (UCSF Center for HIV Information (CHI))
- Pregnancy and Your Emotions (Yale-New Haven Hospital)
- Pregnancy, Breast-Feeding, and Travel: Health Information for International Travel (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Pregnancy: Taking Care of You and Your Baby (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Prenatal Care (National Institutes of Health)
- Prenatal Care (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Prenatal Care (Medline Plus)
- Prenatal Care [Easy-to-Read] (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Prenatal Testing (Medline Plus)
- Prevención de la infección perinatal por VIH: Prosigue la reducción en los EE.UU. (Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention, NCHSTP, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Recomendaciones y apoyo de su médico de cuidados prenatales (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clearinghouse, AHRQ, OPHS, HHS)
- Safe Motherhood: Promoting Health for Women Before, During and After Pregnancy 2002 (Division of Reproductive Health, NCCDPHP, CDC)
- Safety Letter - Terbutaline (Office of Consumer Affairs, OEA, FDA,)
- Second Trimester: Physical Changes and Symptoms (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Smoking During Pregnancy (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
- Smoking During Pregnancy (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
- States May Provide SCHIP Coverage for Prenatal Care (Dept. of Health and Human Services)
- Ten Tips for a Healthy Pregnancy (Lamaze International)
- The Right Way to Get Pregnant (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
- Third Trimester: Physical Changes and Symptoms (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Third Trimester: What's Happening With the Baby? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Toxoplasmosis (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
- Weight Gain during Pregnancy (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
- What You Can Do to Keep Germs from Harming You or Your Baby (National Center for Infectious Diseases) - Links to PDF File
- You and Your Baby: Prenatal Care, Labor and Delivery, and Postpartum care - ACOG Publication #AB005 (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Resource Center)

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