Talk:Prenatal care

message: Still needs more depth, such as resources for women on prenatal care, expansion on what proper prenatal care is - reboot
I note that lots of this information is also showing up in Pregnancy#Imaging, Monitoring and care. Perhaps there should be an effort to somehow integrate the two? Tarek 00:02, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The first line says:
:Prenatal care refers to the medical care recommended for women before and during pregnancy
I did a fairly casual search on the definition for term and didn't find anything that included the time before pregnancy (which of course would be decades for some women) was included in "prenatal".  It seemed to be that it covered only the pregnancy period before childbirth.   (However, I should have noted that when I removed the "before and..." bit. Sorry!)
Since I thought (and this could just be a misconception) that prenatal was pregnancy-only, and that seems to be the more intuitive meaning, I think we need a good reference for how it is defined.
Dhollm (talk) 14:08, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I am not sure how much of a distinction it makes sense to make between prenatal care and preconception care, and whether it makes sense to have separate articles on preconception counseling vs. preconception care.  Most people do not know exactly when a given pregnancy starts, so preconception care might more aptly be care before the pregnancy is diagnosed?  Also, since a large percentage of pregnancies are unintended and many women are not aware of the need for preconception care, the things that should have been done in preconception care may be done (as much as possible) as part of early prenatal care.  Which isn't to say there isn't a distinction, just that there is probably a significant gray area, and as such a little coverage of preconception care here may make sense.  Zodon (talk) 08:19, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  What period does "prenatal" refer to? 

message: I were curious when I first saw the phrase, preconception care, which was added to this article today. I performed an extensive research at many reliable sources to compare preconception care and prenatal care.
* Preconception care is care you receive before you get pregnant. It involves finding and taking care of any problems that might affect you and your baby later, like diabetes or high blood pressure. It also involves steps you can take to reduce the risk of birth defects and other problems. For example, you should take folic acid supplements to prevent neural tube defects.
* 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.
I found out that the first line was added by User:Karen Johnson at 22:51 on 14 January 2003 which was almost 9 years ago.‎ I believe there is no vandalism. Currently, there is no wiki article on preconception care. The closer wiki article is pre-conception counseling. I think there is probably a need to a wiki article on preconception care to which we may move those preconception care contents.
Lightning Island (talk) 10:38, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I am not sure how much of a distinction it makes sense to make between prenatal care and preconception care, and whether it makes sense to have separate articles on preconception counseling vs. preconception care.  Most people do not know exactly when a given pregnancy starts, so preconception care might more aptly be care before the pregnancy is diagnosed?  Also, since a large percentage of pregnancies are unintended and many women are not aware of the need for preconception care, the things that should have been done in preconception care may be done (as much as possible) as part of early prenatal care.  Which isn't to say there isn't a distinction, just that there is probably a significant gray area, and as such a little coverage of preconception care here may make sense.  Zodon (talk) 08:19, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Prenatal care is health care during pregnancy. Preconception is health care before pregnancy. 

message: please discuss the new topic : "father of antenatal care"  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.201.244.29 (talk) 07:31, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  ante natal care 

message: If somebody wants to flesh out this article, a good place to start might be the article on pregnancy.  The section on "Management" which sites this as the main article, is much more detailed and better sourced than this is at the moment. Zodon (talk) 08:46, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Source for material to flesh out this article 

message: At the moment this article, and the one on prenatal care in the united states focus a little too much on a healthcare provider's view.  Certainly healthcare is part of it, but prenatal care includes advice on nutrition, etc. the care that a pregnant person would do for themselves and for the pregnancy.  
Counseling and education about diet and self-care are parts of prenatal care.  Zodon (talk) 02:48, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Over medicalization 

message: I think a troll has inserted the number "19380" into the article, as it has no meaning.... 156.22.3.1 (talk) 02:42, 21 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Strange number - "19380"