Pre pregnancy care and counseling

Planning for Pregnancy is one of the most important decisions in any women’s life. If you have got recently married and planning for pregnancy then you may consider a pre-pregnancy counselling.
One should differentiate pre-pregnancy counselling from antenatal care. Pre-pregnancy counselling includes informed choice, which lets men & women know the health issues that may create a mess with pregnancy and conception. During this session, you and your partner will be encouraged to actively prepare for pregnancy and stay as healthy as possible. The candidate will also be optimized to manage any severe health problems. Pre-pregnancy counselling also helps to make the couple understand that there are many rules and regulations that they need to follow during this time.

Pre-pregnancy counseling include:

• Best timing of pregnancy.

• Pregnancy spacing and family planning.

• Psychiatric, medical and surgical histories reviewed.

• Current medications reviewed.

• Genetic and family history reviewed.

• Immunizations.

• Screening of any infectious disease.

• Assessing individuals with HIV or Human Immunodeficiency Virus.

• Assessing of any use of the substance.

• Exposure to sexual and reproductive coercion, violence and intimate partner violence.

• Assessing of nutritional status.

• Reaching and continuing a healthy body weight.

• Assessment of daily exercise and physical activity.

• Dating for pregnancy.