April 3, 2005

The facts on prenatal care

This article included a quote from a Wayne State professor. \" Traditionally, low-risk pregnant women in the United States who participate in prenatal care have been scheduled for about 14 to 16 prenatal visits, which is the schedule recommended by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists,\" says Deborah Walker, a clinical nursing professor at Wayne State University. Walker says the available evidence from the WHO report and a similar study in 1989 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services suggests most women will do fine with fewer visits. But women who have been used to a certain level of care may have trouble getting used to that idea, according to the WHO report, which found that expectant mothers in developed countries like the United States were more dissatisfied with the reduced visit schedule.

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