Chapter 7
Learning a pregnant woman’s health history
In this chapter:
Questions in a pregnancy health history....................................................................86
Does she have signs of pregnancy? . . . 86
How pregnant is she now?
When is the baby due? . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
How old is she? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
How many children has she had? . . . . . 90
Has she had any miscarriages or
abortions? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Has she had any problems with past
pregnancies or births? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Is she healthy? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Malaria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Has any medicine ever given her
problems? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
What else in her life might affect her
pregnancy and birth? . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Money . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Living conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Distance from care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Making a transport plan . . . . . . . . . . . 106
HIV and AIDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Has she been vaccinated against
tetanus? If yes, when? . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Is she taking any medicines now? . . . . 103
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