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 Constipation

 Backache
 Leg cramps

 Faintness

 Shortness of breath

 Pain in round ligament

Definitions

- Ante: means before
- Natal: means delivery
- Antenatal: means before delivery
- Antenatal care: comprehensive health supervision of a pregnant women before delivery

Objectives of antenatal care:

1. To ensure that pregnant woman and her fetus are in the best possible

health

2. To prepare the woman for labor, lactation and care of her infant

3. To detect early and treat properly complicated conditions that could

endanger the life of impair the health of the mother or the fetus

4. To foster the delivery of safe, satisfying, and economic maternity care

5. The reproductive experience as an opportunity to promote good health

habits

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