Talk:Prenatal care

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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. Perhaps there should be an effort to somehow integrate the two? Tarek 00:02, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Need more diagrams —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.200.146.38 (talk) 19:58, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

What period does "prenatal" refer to?
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)

Prenatal care is health care during pregnancy. Preconception is health care before pregnancy.
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)


 * 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)

ante natal care
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)

Prenatal Care: Article revision and expansion
I am planning on contributing a substantial amount to this article along with making revisions to meet article standards set by Wikipedia. As the article is currently, the amount of information on prenatal care itself is not sufficient to educate Wikipedia readers about prenatal care. In addition, the article has a strong focus on the how prenatal care is in relation to ethnic and racial populations. However, I believe that there is also a need to focus on prenatal care and its relationship with socioeconomic status- mainly focusing on prenatal care accessibility in low-socioeconomic areas. I hope to start my contribution by providing a history of prenatal care in the United States, then relate to how prenatal care is structured within the American society and how it affects low-socioeconomic populations. The main focus of my contribution will be to acknowledge the extent of prenatal care access in America's low-socioeconomic areas. There are many issues regarding the lack of prenatal care accessibility in low-socioeconomic areas. Accessibility, in the context of my contribution, means the percentage of people in need of prenatal care services who know what types of resources are available, have a strong sense of knowledge about prenatal care, and what facilities they can access to get such health care services. The addition of a subsection entitled "Prenatal Care and Accessibility" will increase knowledge on this social issue and hopefully shed a little bit of light to why a number of women of low-socioeconomic income do not access prenatal care services when granted the opportunity to. Possible solutions will be briefly discussed to account for ways to better the lives of women and their family. Academic articles, such as Elina Hemminki's, "Content of Prenatal Care in the United States: A Historic Perspective," and Kay et al's, "Process, Costs, and outcomes of Community-Based Prenatal Care for Adolescents," will be used to expand the article. Any suggestion on related articles are welcome.

I am wondering if my intended contributions to this article is either too narrow or too broad. Any feedback on how to enhance and/or go about expanding the current article will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Allyssa.abacan (talk) 05:10, 9 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Looks pretty ambitious. (Not trying to discourage, just suggest take it in chunks.  Then have some bits done, rather than having a large body of half-written material.)
 * First thing I would suggest doing is looking for other articles on related topics in Wikipedia (particularly search for articles that this one doesn't already link to). Articles either covering your population of interest, or covering related areas (e.g. history of midwifery).  Not infrequently I have found articles on similar or identical topics under different names, so it pays to know what else is out there.  (Gives good material for wikilinks, and saves duplicating material already covered.)
 * As it is the article is quite unbalanced - far too much material about details on prenatal care and race in the United States. The ideal Wikipedia article on prenatal care should cover the subject from a worldwide point of view (e.g. cover the medical/biological knowledge in the area, and cover demographics/social/local practices in a summary manner).  The particulars of practices in particular areas would then be covered in related/sub articles ("summary style")WP:summary style.
 * At some point it seems likely that this article should be split, and the US specific material moved to Prenatal care in the United States, or something similar (leaving a summary here). So I would suggest considering your material in terms of what is US specific (or within that, what is specific to the underserved populations), and what is general to prenatal care.  Keeping those in separate sections will make it easier to split when the time comes.  (See WP:MEDMOS for some ideas on article layout).
 * Also consider that many people in the US who are not minority/low income/etc. are unaware of the importance of preconception care. (e.g. Healthy People goals on increasing preconception/prenatal care.) (So try to include some coverage of whole population, as convenient.)
 * Hope that helps. Zodon (talk) 08:46, 9 March 2012 (UTC)


 * I have talked it over with my professor and we have decided that we would create a new wiki page Prenatal Care in the United States.
 * Although I understand the reason of creating a new page, medicine also deals with not only biological issues, but societal issues as well.
 * I agree that the article is quite unbalanced and I will work to make the article cover the subject from a worldwide point of view (including people who are not minority/low income/etc.)
 * I intend on leaving a summary of Prenatal care in the United States on this page as well as linking this page to the new article.
 * Any feedback over this current page or [[Prenatal Care in the United States] is appreciated.

Allyssa.abacan (talk) 00:44, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

Source for material to flesh out this article
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)

Over medicalization
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)

Strange number - "19380"
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)