prenatal examination

A pregnant girl who remains in school needs counseling, time for prenatal examinations and other support.

I must admit, though, that prenatal examination of Hortas is something new for me.

The employer pays benefit during absence from work for prenatal examinations.

Why hadn't Ree asked her to report to sickbay for today's prenatal examination?

Nicole wore the painting along to her prenatal examination the next day, causing some surprise to the obstetrician.

Gene changes not caught in prenatal examination.

Her general practitioner also told me that her pregnancy had been normal and provided the results of prenatal examinations as evidence.

Encouraging the father to feel the baby kicking and to attend prenatal examinations and childbirth classes can help him catch up.

At present, prenatal examinations for such disorders are usually done to determine whether or not to abort the child rather than with any healing process in view.

After a year, they found that these villages were using markedly more services, such as vaccinations and prenatal examinations, than villages not involved in the study.

Principal facts and complaints The applicants are the parents of children with severe congenital disabilities which, due to medical errors, were not discovered during prenatal examinations.

Some of those that were completely or substantially met were clinical staffing, confidentiality, Pap test screening, prenatal examinations, mental health referrals and asthma care.

Prenatal examinations and childbirth You are entitled to free examinations by a doctor and a midwife during pregnancy and childbirth.

Their confusion is compounded by the ambivalent welcome they often receive when they accompany their wives to prenatal examinations or other activities that were previously "for women only."

The services provided include prenatal examinations, free transport for examinations and childbirth, and confinement in hospital or attendance by a midwife in the case of a home birth.

Often this condition can be detected during prenatal examinations and be treated before birth, though in more severe cases the individual may cope with the condition for the rest of his or her life.

If the findings hold up, experts say, they could eventually lead obstetricians, midwives and other health professionals who care for pregnant women to include mental health screening as a routine part of prenatal examinations.

This summer, the city plans to send public health nurses to the homes of these women for prenatal examinations, said Dr. Stephen Joseph, the New York City Health Commissioner.

Ms. Ramirez, a 27-year-old Harlem resident who is expecting her second child in December, spends at least three hours at the Manhattanville clinic each time she has a twice-a-month prenatal examination.

A prenatal or parenting class is an example of an outpatient group service, whereas a prenatal examination of the expectant mother and foetus is an example of an individual occasion of service.

By the end of the campaign, villages involved in the study reported 30 percent more prenatal examinations, 27 percent more tetanus vaccinations, and 25 percent more infant vaccinations compared with villages that were not involved.

Although the Health Ministry would like all women to give birth in hospitals, the United Nations report estimates that 29 percent of women in poor counties can afford prenatal examinations and that 6 percent can afford hospital deliveries.

One factor that has helped keep costs down in other developed countries is the extensive use of midwives, who perform the bulk of prenatal examinations and even simple deliveries; obstetricians are regarded as specialists who step in only when there is risk or need.

While the Family and Medical Leave Act entitles women to take some time off from work to deal with severe morning sickness or prenatal examinations, they may not be protected if lateness affects their job performance and an employer reprimands or fires other nonpregnant employees for similar behavior.