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Prenatal
If it exist a suspect of pregnancy must seek for a
health unity nearest to confirm the hypothesis and begin
to follow up the health. The prenatal can assure a healthy
pregnancy and a secure birth. The pregnant have the
right to do six prenatal appointments during all the
pregnancy.
The Pregnant women Card
Every pregnant women must receive the "Pregnant
women Card". At it must constated all the notes
on the health state, on the pregnancy development and
results of the exams done. There must be taken the Card
to all appointments that must be filled out, as well
as present it to the health service, at the birth time.
At all prenatal appointment, the health team must measure
the blood pressure, verify the weight, measure the belly
and hear the baby's heart.
The exams at prenatal
- Blood exams: to discover diabetes, syphilis and
anemia and classify the blood type;
- Urine exams: it can discover infections and presence
of proteins at the urine;
- Uterine collar cancer preventive: this exam informs
on the presence of problems that can take to uterine
collar cancer, permitting immediate treatment. This
exam must be done every three years. In the case that
this wasn't done at this period, must be done at prenatal.
- HIV test: in the case that the pregnant woman wants,
can be done during the prenatal. It is a protection
for the mother and the child. A HIV mother can begin
the treatment during the pregnancy, evicting that
the virus pass to the baby during the pregnancy and
birth
Sonia Scharam
Pastoral da Criança Technical Advisory
More information with Clóvis Boufleur, Lilian
Cátia de Jesus
telephone: (+55041) 336-0250 or
E-mail: clovis@pastoraldacrianca.org.br
e lilian@pastoraldacrianca.org.br
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