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antepartum

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antepartum /an·te·par·tum/ (-pahr´tum) occurring before parturition, or childbirth, with reference to the mother.
an·te·par·tum (nt-pärtm)
adj.
Of or occurring in the period before childbirth.

antepartum [an″te-pahr´tum]
occurring before childbirth, with reference to the mother. Spelled also ante partum. Called also antepartal and prepartal.
antepartum/postpartum before or after childbirth; in the problem classification scheme of the omaha system this is defined as a client problem in the physiologic domain.

antepartum
performed or occurring before parturition.


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50 per antepartum visit, and $20 per each postpartum visit.
Hospital-based midwives in the Landspitali University Hospital in Reykjavik provide antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum care on different wards, with limited rotation between these fields of practice.
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