Question

Not more than ten sentences, discuss prenatal influences on healthy development and any public or social program available to pregnant women.

Answer 1

Early and regular prenatal care helps improve the chance of a healthy pregnancy.Prenatal care ensures the early detection of maternal complications such as (a)Pregnancy Induced Hypertension,(b)Gestational Diabetes and (c)Antepartum and Postpartum Hemorrhage in ante natal and post natal mother's.It also reduces fetal and Infant coplication's such as (a)Down's Syndrome, (b)Anomalous Baby, (c)Neural tube defect's, (d)Sudden Infant Death Syndrome,etc.Regular prenatal care helps to proceed to a safe pregnancy,safe delivery and a healthy newborn.There are many public and social programmes which are run in many countries and states especially for the health and welfare of the Mother and fetus such as (a)Iron and Folic Supplimentation Programme,(b)Regular antenatal prenatal and postnatal check-up,(c)Early detection of High Risk Mother's at the early month's of pregnancy and (d)Awareness programmes to avoid drinking alcohol and stop smoking during pregnancy to avoid fetal and infant complication's.To conclude opt prenatal care not only saves the life of the mother , the unborn baby as well as the newborn baby.