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“Antenatal care is essential for the total well being of the mother and the unborn child.” Because it prepares the mother for birth and how to bring up her child, as well as ensuring everything goes right during the pregnancy.
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"Antenatal care is essential for the total well being of the mother and the unborn child." Because it prepares the mother for birth and how to bring up her child, as well as ensuring everything goes right during the pregnancy. Antenatal care is provided by midwives, shared care and consultants. Various routine tests are carried out, and compared with the results from the original 'booking test', so that any high risk conditions either in the mother or the foetus are picked up on, and hopefully cured. Foetal growth and the mothers general health are also monitored to make sure everything is okay. There are standard check ups which every woman has to undergo during a pregnancy; first in the first 8-10 weeks of pregnancy. One of the standard checks is the examination of the uterus, the outside of the abdomen is felt to check the size, position and movement of the...
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