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Prenatal care - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (466 words) |
 | 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. |
| Prenatal diagnosis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1254 words) |
| Prenatal diagnosis is the diagnosis of disease or condition in a fetus or embryo before it is born. |
| The type of prenatal diagnosis done depends on the situation of the parents. |
| If abortion isn't an option for a particular couple (because of their own beliefs), invasive prenatal diagnosis of such a condition is unhelpful as the test puts the child at risk, and knowing the result doesn't help the child. |
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