prenatal

adjective

pre·na·tal | \(ˌ)prē-ˈnā-tᵊl

Definition of prenatal

1 : occurring, existing, performed, or used before birth prenatal care a prenatal test prenatal vitamins

2 : providing or receiving prenatal medical care a prenatal clinic prenatal patients

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Crockett applied for a grant from the March of Dimes to start offering group prenatal care. — Sarah Kliff, Vox, "Sit in a circle. Talk to other pregnant women. Save your baby’s life?," 2 Nov. 2018 In the end, lawmakers agreed to a budget that shelved the Democrats’ tax increases and also the Republicans’ cuts to Medicaid and prenatal care. — Jim Brunner, The Seattle Times, "Former Gov. Gary Locke attacks Dino Rossi’s budget claims in 8th Congressional District campaign," 25 Oct. 2018 Vaginal infections can occur during pregnancy, so if something about your discharge doesn’t seem right, tell your prenatal care provider. — Brittney Mcnamara, Teen Vogue, "What Your Vaginal Discharge Might Be Trying to Tell You," 9 Aug. 2018 But the dinner scene also jabs at a culture so unforgiving that mothers are exhorted to reclaim their prenatal figure, or to return to work, with preternatural haste. — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, "Charlize Theron Explores Motherhood’s Discontents in “Tully”," 4 May 2018 The last surgeon general public health advisory was issued in 2005 and focused on prenatal alcohol exposure. — Fox News, "Surgeon general urges Americans to carry overdose antidote," 5 Apr. 2018 Addressing an Italian family association on Saturday, the pope equated the contemporary termination of pregnancies in response to fetal maladies or defects discovered through prenatal testing to the policies of Hitler’s Germany. ... — Francis X. Rocca, WSJ, "Pope Francis Likens Abortion to Nazi Eugenics," 16 June 2018 But its various business units have been spread around disparate dark office parks; a research and development center in Mission Bay, prenatal testing in Redwood City, and a software division in Santa Clara. — Megan Molteni, WIRED, "Biotech Gets Some Silicon Valley Shine at Illumina’s New Campus," 19 Apr. 2018 For example, there may be economic and/or family cultural reasons a woman does not seek prenatal careThat’s why the knowledge and experience a Health Start community worker brings to the situation can be critical. — Brian Sodoma, azcentral, "Lottery assists Arizona families in need," 9 July 2018

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