prenatal monitoring
Fetal health tracking
Prenatal monitoring encompasses the tests, scans, and checkups used to track fetal development and maternal health during pregnancy.
This includes routine procedures like ultrasounds and blood tests, as well as more specialized assessments when complications arise: The prenatal monitoring detected a heart defect early enough for intervention.
The phrase emphasizes ongoing surveillance rather than a single diagnostic moment.
- ultrasoundInaudible high-frequency waves
- fetalOf the unborn
- fetal heartbeatUnborn child's cardiac activity
- heartbeatRhythmic cardiac contraction
- dopplerFrequency change from motion
sonogram · womb · baby bump · checkup · trimester · kicks · kick counts · amniocentesis · obstetrician · screening · growth · development · scan · nuchal translucency · midwife · bloodwork · blood pressure · genetic
- telehealthvideo call, video chat, telehealth visit, online appointment, remote diagnosis
- pregnancy complicationspreeclampsia, eclampsia, HELLP syndrome, fetal distress, premature birth
prenatal monitoringpostpartum care
Healthcare following childbirth
newborn screening · neonatal care · well-baby visits · end-of-life care
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