Perinatal-Nutrition-Assessment

2. •the period of time when you
become pregnant and up to
a year after giving birth.

3. PERINATAL
• Postnatal or
postpartum
• “AFTER birth”
PRENATAL
• Antenatal
• “BEFORE
birth”

4. • Covers pregnancy, delivery and postpartum.
• Includes promoting full term babies, reducing
pre-term births, stillbirths and maternal
complications to ensure the health of mother and
baby.
• By avoiding pre-term or early births we can
prevent or reduce the risk of neurological and
developmental disorders, congenital anomalies
and stillbirths.

5. • When health is promoted at birth, long term
consequences that affect quality of life and that
require special medical, social and educational
interventions are reduced.
• This is an important factor that influences the
outcome of pregnancies.

6. • Studies have shown that women who get early
and good perinatal care deliver healthier babies
than those women who do not get perinatal care.
Low birth weight and higher neonatal mortality
are complications you can avoid with good
perinatal care.

9. • PERINATAL: the period of time when you become
pregnant and up to a year after giving birth.
• PRENATAL: the period of time during pregnancy or
before giving birth.
• GRAVIDITY: the number of times that a woman has
been pregnant.
• PARITY: the number of times that a woman has given
birth regardless of whether the child was born alive
or stillborn.

10. • GESTATIONAL: synonymous term for ‘pregnancy’

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