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The DOCCS policies stray from community standards in the areas of the starting age for yearly GYN check-ups, the frequency of breast exams and Pap smears, follow-up for abnormal Pap smears, frequency of prenatal visits and ultrasounds, and the time frame for postpartum check-ups for women who have a Caesarean section. [27]
Postpartum weight loss can feel like yet another thing on a new mom’s to-do list. Self-care is crucial, and for some, this means making time to focus on your well-being.
[17] [18] Yet, on further examination of how general practice is considered across the nation, some of the now-defunct state-based Medical Practitioners' Boards such as Victoria, Queensland and South Australia, did not consider general practice a medical specialty and general practice qualifications, such as the Fellowship of the Royal ...
Midwifery is the health science and health profession that deals with pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period (including care of the newborn), [1] in addition to the sexual and reproductive health of women throughout their lives. [2]
Prenatal care, also known as antenatal care, is a type of preventive healthcare.It is provided in the form of medical checkups, consisting of recommendations on managing a healthy lifestyle and the provision of medical information such as maternal physiological changes in pregnancy, biological changes, and prenatal nutrition including prenatal vitamins, which prevents potential health problems ...
In those with positive tests, follow up testing at a postpartum check should be done to rule out the possibility of a false positive. This could be caused by a hemoglobinopathy in the mother which causes persistent elevation of fetal hemoglobin, e.g. sickle cell trait .
Research on postpartum care is almost exclusively based on healthy postpartum individuals. Little is known about the impact of postpartum care on those individuals at high risk of postpartum complications due to chronic conditions, [ 13 ] pregnancy-related conditions [ 14 ] or systemic bias in health care provision.
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