Title: Prenatal care checkups
Headings: Prenatal care checkups
Prenatal care checkups
KEY POINTS
What is prenatal care and why is it important?
Who can you go to for prenatal care?
How often do you go for prenatal care checkups?
How can you get ready for your first prenatal care checkup?
What happens at your first prenatal care checkup?
What happens at later prenatal care checkups?
How can you get free or low-cost prenatal care?

Content: Call your provider to schedule your first prenatal care checkup as soon as you know you’re pregnant. Getting early and regular prenatal care can help you have a healthy pregnancy and a full-term baby. Go to all your prenatal care checkups, even if you’re feeling fine. What is prenatal care and why is it important? Prenatal care is medical care you get during pregnancy. At each visit, your health care provider checks on you and your growing baby. Call your provider and go for your first prenatal care checkup as soon as you know you’re pregnant. And go to all your prenatal care checkups, even if you’re feeling fine. Getting early and regular prenatal care can help you have a healthy pregnancy and a full-term baby. Full term means your baby is born between 39 weeks (1 week before your due date) and 40 weeks, 6 days (1 week after your due date).