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occurring or performed prior to birth and during pregnancy
The prenatal care of expectant mothers is of utmost importance to the OB-GYN. prenatal period testing
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Recent Examples of prenatal
The Link and Option Center seeks about $700,000 to purchase and implement the clinic, which would provide prenatal and postnatal screenings, mental health referrals, crisis intervention, chronic illness management and teen pregnancy support.
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Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2025
Best Everyday Bra From prenatal to postpartum, your breasts are undergoing tremendous change throughout pregnancy.
—Pamela Brill, Parents, 22 May 2025
Get plenty of rest, eat nutritious meals, stay hydrated, and take a prenatal vitamin with folic acid, suggests Dr. Williams.
—Sarah Scott, Parents, 26 May 2025
Some conditions that may require someone to have specific biotin replacement, such as during pregnancy (it is included in many prenatal supplements) or with chronic alcohol use.
—Julie Scott, Verywell Health, 20 May 2025
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Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2025
Best Everyday Bra From prenatal to postpartum, your breasts are undergoing tremendous change throughout pregnancy.
—Pamela Brill, Parents, 22 May 2025
Get plenty of rest, eat nutritious meals, stay hydrated, and take a prenatal vitamin with folic acid, suggests Dr. Williams.
—Sarah Scott, Parents, 26 May 2025
Some conditions that may require someone to have specific biotin replacement, such as during pregnancy (it is included in many prenatal supplements) or with chronic alcohol use.
—Julie Scott, Verywell Health, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prenatal
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And when vaccination is made part of an integrated primary health care system, families are connected to other essential services, from antenatal care to nutrition and malaria screenings.—
Maryanne Murray Buechner,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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The women receive the supplements during their routine antenatal visits to a health care facility.—
UNICEF USA,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Breastfeeding Happy Hour support group: Hosted by the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program at the Florida Department of Health in Osceola County for expectant and new moms.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 June 2025
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The expectant mom, who's the daughter of Clint Eastwood and British actress Frances Fisher, first became a mother in September 2018.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
2 June 2025
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Some of the presentation seemed to directly challenge the recent decision by Kennedy and the Trump administration to remove the recommendation to vaccinate healthy children and pregnant women.—
Will Stone,
NPR,
25 June 2025
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Twenty-four years later, Townsend had that same experience, playing professionally on the WTA Tour while pregnant with her baby boy.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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From Piggly Wiggly to gas station, deli to sit-down-restaurant, most quick lunch establishments (and the Southerners that lovingly and critically frequent them) take the flavor, texture, and temperature of their chicken salads extremely seriously.—
Catherine Jessee,
Southern Living,
27 June 2025
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Your tongue may be quick to lash out under the Leo moon.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
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His commitment gives Michigan its biggest recruiting win of the summer so far and another head-to-head victory against the Crimson Tide, the program Michigan beat in bowl games the past two years.—
Austin Meek,
New York Times,
24 June 2025
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Heading into mandatory minicamp, the biggest story for the Commanders was a player who was not on the field.—
Kevin McCormick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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Make sure the soil at the planting site drains within one hour following heavy rain, as peach trees do not tolerate soggy soil.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
28 June 2025
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Thousands of motorists were stranded for more than eight hours along a section of rural interstate highway in southern West Virginia early Friday after a mudslide caused by heavy rains blocked a storm drain the previous night, flooding and completely shutting down the northbound lanes.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 June 2025
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“Prenatal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prenatal. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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