Antenatal care are regular check-ups that allwo doctors and midwives to Dx, Tx, and prevent potential health problems througout the course of pregnancy. The sessions also provide an opportunity to promote healthy lifestyles, receive medical information rearding maternal physiological changes during pregnancy, nutritional requirements (including vitamins).
Fetus is a child before birth. Neonate (from Latin "neonatus" meaning "newborn" is a child in their first 28 days of birth. Infant is a child between 1 month-1 year old.
Schedule
Initial visit, in trimester 1 (weeks 1-12) → blood group and antibodies, FBC, syphilis, rubella, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV, offer papsmear (if last had >2 years), smoking/alcohol cessation counselling, urine dipstick (MSU), pre-pregnancy weight/height/BMI, chromosomal abnormality screen (free beta-hCG, PAPP A), confirm, pregnancy, Trimester 1 U/S
Monthly visits, in trimester 2 (weeks 13-27), at:
Week 12 → Early morphology U/S (see page), CVS (see page) (if required)
Week 16 → Amniocentesis (if required), EDS
Week 20 → Morphology U/S
Week 24 → Rhesus antibody screen, GCT
Fortnightly visits, in trimester 3 (weeks 28-39), at:
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