Preconception and Prenatal Care Among Women of Reproductive Age.

Abstract

Reproductive woman seeking to have children needs to undergo a preconception care check-up. Mother’s health and life-style affect pregnancy Underweight and obesity are associated with: Gestational diabetes, Pre-clampsia, Low birth weight Congenital malformations and foetal growth abnormalities, (WHO,2002; Dennedy and Dunne, 2010)