Prenatal Care
Prenatal care will change after Covid - Erica Cahill MD
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8 Surprising Facts About Prenatal Care Around The World
Prenatal care in the US follows a pretty standard formula: You give a urine sample, your doctor weighs and measures you, and you get a refill of your prenatal vitamins. Maybe you discuss what you’re eating, how you’re feeling and your plans for the birth.
But this standard of care is uniquely American. In many countries, pregnant women have fewer prenatal visits. In some poor countries, if you see a health care provider _once _before giving birth, you’re among the lucky ones. And then there are cultural differences with how health care is delivered and how pregnancy is viewed.
In Belgium, massages are prescribed
The goal of prenatal care is to…
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How Much Prenatal Genetic Information Do You Actually Want?
Now that dozens of tests are on the market, patients can scan their unborn children for less serious diseases too. But what will we, as a society, do with that information?
How the End of Roe Would Change Prenatal Care
Genetic testing is a routine part of pregnancy. Abortion restrictions are already shifting how doctors talk about the results.
Prenatal Care May Look Very Different After Coronavirus
The shift from in-person visits to telehealth appointments could be here to stay.
Prenatal Care Takes a Village
Can group prenatal care make pregnancy and birth safer?
Babyscripts Aims To Revolutionize Prenatal Care In The U.S.
Developed with the close collaboration of obstetricians at The George Washington University School of Medicine, Babyscripts is unique because it’s aimed at clinicians, not consumers. A practice or clinic must agree to use the platform, and then low-risk patients interested in using it receive a “Mommy Kit” with an FDA-approved WiFi- and Bluetooth-enabled blood pressure cuff and weight scale.
New Ways to Monitor Pregnancy in Real Time
It is the least understood human organ with the shortest lifespan: the placenta.
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Prenatal testing has offered up a lot more information—but that information comes with serious ethical questions.
What Was Going Wrong With My Pregnancy?
As a mother-to-be discovered in her distress, much of prenatal medicine is still a mystery.
Why doctors are so bad at predicting pregnancy due dates
Only 4 percent of women give birth on their due date. These researchers want to fix that.
8 Surprising Facts About Prenatal Care Around The World
Eye-opening info about how moms-to-be experience those nine months in different parts of the globe — some of it weird and some of it downright scary.
Mothers over 40
Mothers over 40 is an inspirational, encouraging and positive global resource for older mums...
Sidelines
Sidelines provides support to women during a high-risk pregnancy or premature birth.
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