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- The primary NIH organization for research on Prenatal Care is the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
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Prenatal Care
Prenatal care is more than just health care while you are pregnant. Your health care provider may discuss many issues, such as nutrition and physical activity, what to expect during the birth process and basic skills for caring for your newborn.
Your doctor or midwife will give you a schedule for your prenatal visits. You can expect to see your health care provider more often as your due date gets closer. A typical schedule includes visiting your doctor or midwife
- About once each month during your first six months of pregnancy
- Every two weeks during the seventh and eighth month of pregnancy
- Weekly in the ninth month of pregnancy
If you are over 35 years old or your pregnancy is high risk because you have certain health problems like diabetes or high blood pressure, your doctor or midwife will probably want to see you more often.
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Medical Care during Pregnancy(Nemours Foundation)
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Prenatal Care
(National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
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Taking Care of You and Your Baby While You're Pregnant(American Academy of Family Physicians)
Also available in Spanish
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Overviews
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Care Before and During Pregnancy--Prenatal Care(National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
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Prenatal Care(March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
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Care Before and During Pregnancy--Prenatal Care
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Latest News
- Prenatal Counseling May Aid Black Women's Health(09/04/2008, Reuters Health)
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Specific Conditions
- The First Trimester(National Women's Health Information Center)
- The Second Trimester(National Women's Health Information Center)
- The Third Trimester(National Women's Health Information Center)
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Related Issues
- Choosing Your Health Care Provider for Pregnancy(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Prenatal Care in a Multiples Pregnancy(American Pregnancy Association)
- Rh Factor: How It Can Affect Your Pregnancy(American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
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Anatomy/Physiology
- Fetal Development: What Happens during the First Trimester?(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Fetal Development: What Happens during the Second Trimester?(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Fetal Development: What Happens during the Third Trimester?(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
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Clinical Trials
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Prenatal Care(National Institutes of Health)
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Prenatal Care
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Journal Articles
References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
- Article: HIV/AIDS in children: a disaster in the making.
- Article: Clinical inquiries. Does antepartum perineal massage reduce intrapartum lacerations?
- Article: Maternal zinc supplementation and growth in Peruvian infants.
- Prenatal Care -- see more articles
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Directories
- ACOG's Physician Directory(American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
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Organizations
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March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
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National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
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National Women's Health Information Center(Dept. of Health and Human Services)
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March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
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Statistics
- FASTATS: Prenatal Care(National Center for Health Statistics)
- PeriStats(March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
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