Gynaecology & Obs » Antenatal Care

Introduction

Antenatal care is the care given through out pregnancy (and even while planning a pregnancy), both to mother and foetus. Antenatal care ideally consists of:

• Pre-conception counselling
• Assessing maternal risk factors
• Regular assessment of fetal well-being
• Screening and ongoing monitoring of complications
• Education of the would be mother with regards to
  • Normal, expected discomforts of pregnancy
  • Expected physiological changes
  • Expected emotional changes (including post-natal depression)
  • Antenatal exercises
  • Ideal diet
• Available options for delivery

A general practitioner/ family physician is the right person for dispensing antenatal care for the following reasons:

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