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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
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.
'''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. While availability of prenatal care has considerable personal health and social benefits, socioeconomic problems prevent its universal adoption in many developed as well as developing nations. Studies in Canada and the United States have shown that communities in rural areas as well as minorities are less likely to have available prenatal care and also have higher infant mortality rates as well as premature miscarriage. Prenatal care generally consists of: * monthly visits during the first two trimesters (from week 1-28) * biweekly from 28 to week 36 of pregnancy * weekly after week 36 (delivery at week 38-40)
Injoy Videos - Topics include prenatal care, childbirth, parenting, breastfeeding, child abuse prevention, and teen pregnancy.
eNATAL - Offers an internet-based prenatal care record system. Includes product tour.
Mayo Clinic: Prenatal Health - Information on conception, prenatal health, pregnancy complications, reproductive health, and newborn care.
Maternity Care Calendar - Supports clinicians providing prenatal care, and as a foundation for education.
Maternal/Child Health - Information for patients and health care providers on prenatal care, infertility treatment, treating complications of spontaneous or induced abortion, postpartum care, and related topics.
Child Birth Care and Hypnobirthing - HypnoBirthing uses deep relaxation and focused breathing patterns. Instructor is certified by Hypnobirthing® and a certified Prenatal Yoga teacher.
Womens Hope Medical Clinic - Located in Auburn. Offers pregnancy tests, limited prenatal care and ultrasounds, limited STD testing, referrals, maternity and baby supplies, and peer counselling.
Pregnancy Choices Clinic - Located in Union City. Offers pregnancy tests, medical exams, prenatal care up to 24 weeks, ultrasound, maternity and baby supplies, parenting class, referrals, and post-abortion recovery.
Community Pregnancy Centers - Located in Mountain View and San Jose. Offers pregnancy tests, ultrasound, prenatal care, peer counseling and education, referrals, maternity and baby supplies, and abortion recovery.
Choices Medical Clinic Services - Health services such as initial pregnancy examination and ongoing prenatal medical care by a physician, ultrasound examination for the confirmation, dating and assessment of the pregnancy. Permits women to avoid abortion by providing needed medical care, free of charge. (Wichita, KS)