antenatal
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The reviews are likely to have included nine antenatal stillbirths that occurred between July 2021 and February 2022 at Worthing Hospital, which is also run by UH Sussex trust.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026
She said the risk was that antenatal care would get missed.
From BBC • Sep. 7, 2025
Support 2gether offers support and education to mothers who are living with antenatal and postnatal depression and anxiety.
From BBC • Jul. 31, 2025
Given the recent steady decline in birth rate in Sweden, the researchers propose monitoring in antenatal care to address the problem.
From Science Daily • Nov. 25, 2024
And every motion, odour, beam, and tone, With that deep music is in unison: Which is a soul within a soul—they seem Like echoes of an antenatal dream.
From Percy Bysshe Shelley by Symonds, John Addington
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