antenatal
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She's found herself in "identity limbo" between her old friends and the new group of mums she's met through antenatal classes.
From BBC • Oct. 12, 2025
According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, antenatal and postnatal care are continuing as normal during the period, as well as home births.
From BBC • Jul. 4, 2025
"Proper support and monitoring by antenatal care staff is therefore essential for women who have suffered serious health problems during pregnancy or delivery."
From Science Daily • Nov. 25, 2024
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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