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Get ACOG’s guide to pregnancy and childbirth. From the nation’s ob-gyns, Your Pregnancy and Childbirth: Month to Month offers the latest medical guidelines to help you make the best decisions for you and your pregnancy.
The guidelines advise that women who habitually engaged in vigorous-intensity aerobic activity or who were physically active before pregnancy can continue these activities during pregnancy and the postpartum period.
These infections represent a spectrum, from asymptomatic bacteriuria, to symptomatic acute cystitis, to the most serious, pyelonephritis. The presence of UTIs has been associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes, including increased rates of preterm delivery and low birth weight.
Screening and Diagnosis of Mental Health Conditions During Pregnancy and Postpartum
However, confusion about the safety of these modalities for pregnant and lactating women and their infants often results in unnecessary avoidance of useful diagnostic tests or the unnecessary interruption of breastfeeding. This document reviews the available literature on diagnostic imaging in pregnancy and lactation.
During Pregnancy. Each trimester brings new changes and new questions. Find answers and learn what you can expect during every stage of pregnancy.
When you are pregnant you need 600 micrograms of folic acid each day. Because it’s hard to get this much folic acid from food alone, you should take a daily prenatal vitamin with at least 400 micrograms starting at least 1 month before pregnancy and during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.
ACOG clinical content is the indispensable decision support resource for women's healthcare providers--reliable and relevant, grounded in scientific evidence, and developed through a rigorous and inclusive process.
This Clinical Practice Guideline includes recommendations on interventions to prevent primary headache in individuals who are pregnant or attempting to become pregnant, postpartum, or breastfeeding; evaluation for symptomatic patients presenting with primary and secondary headaches during pregnancy; and treatment options for primary and ...
For twin pregnancy, the IOM recommends a gestational weight gain of 16.8–24.5 kg (37–54 lb) for women of normal weight, 14.1–22.7 kg (31–50 lb) for overweight women, and 11.3–19.1 kg (25–42 lb) for obese women.