Society guideline links: General prenatal care

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately:

●(See "Society guideline links: Prenatal genetic screening and diagnosis".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Fetal surveillance".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Nutrition and supplements in pregnancy".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Pregnancy in women with obesity".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Health care of criminal justice-involved populations".)

Links to guidelines related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are also provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: COVID-19 – Obstetric and neonatal health care" and "Society guideline links: COVID-19 – Index of guideline topics".)

International

●International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG): Practice guidelines for the performance of 11–14-week ultrasound scan (2023)

●ISUOG: Practice guidelines for the performance of fetal magnetic resonance imaging (2023)

●World Health Organization (WHO): Recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience (2017)

●WHO: Recommendations on maternal health (2017)

●Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM): Clinical protocol #19 – Breastfeeding promotion in the prenatal setting, revision (2015)

●International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO): Committee report on best practice in maternal-fetal medicine (2015)

●WHO: Recommendations on health promotion interventions for maternal and newborn health (2015)

Canada

●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't perform umbilical artery Doppler studies as a routine screening test in uncomplicated pregnancies with normal fetal growth (updated 2021)

●Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC): Committee opinion on the complete 11–14 week prenatal sonographic examination (2021)

●SOGC: Consensus statement on attendance at and resources for delivery of optimal maternity care (2019)

●SOGC/Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR): Joint policy statement on non-medical use of fetal ultrasound (2014, reaffirmed 2019)

●SOGC/Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP): Canadian clinical practice guideline for physical activity throughout pregnancy (2018)

●SOGC: Clinical practice guideline for the management of pregnancy at 41+0 to 42+0 weeks (2017)

●SOGC: Guidelines on maternity leave in normal pregnancy (2011, reaffirmed 2017)

●SOGC: Joint position paper on rural maternity care (2012, reaffirmed 2017)

●SOGC: Clinical practice guidelines on the determination of gestational age by ultrasound (2014)

United States

●American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Clinical practice guideline for treatment and management of mental health conditions during pregnancy and postpartum (2023)

●ACOG: Clinical practice guideline on screening and diagnosis of mental health conditions during pregnancy and postpartum (2023)

●ACOG: Committee opinion on air travel during pregnancy (2018, reaffirmed 2023)

●ACOG: Committee opinion on oral health care during pregnancy and through the lifespan (2013, reaffirmed 2022)

●ACOG, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM), and SMFM: Committee opinion on methods for estimating the due date (2017, reaffirmed 2022)

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Policy statement on consumption of raw or unpasteurized milk and milk products by pregnant women and children (2014, reaffirmed 2021)

●ACOG: Committee opinion on group prenatal care (2018, reaffirmed 2021)

●ACOG: Committee opinion on management of suboptimally dated pregnancies (2017, reaffirmed 2021)

●ACOG: Committee opinion on reproductive health care for incarcerated pregnant, postpartum, and nonpregnant individuals (2021)

●ACOG and Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM): Committee opinion on indications for outpatient antenatal fetal surveillance (2021)

●ACOG and SMFM: Obstetric care consensus on levels of maternal care (2019, reaffirmed 2021)

●US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF): Final recommendation statement on healthy weight and weight gain in pregnancy – Behavioral counseling interventions (2021)

●ACOG: Committee opinion on hospital-based triage of obstetric patients (2016, reaffirmed 2020)

●ACOG: Committee opinion on moderate caffeine consumption during pregnancy (2010, reaffirmed 2020)

●ACOG: Committee opinion on physical activity and exercise during pregnancy and the postpartum period (2020)

●ACOG: Committee opinion on routine human immunodeficiency virus screening (2014, reaffirmed 2020)

●ACOG: Committee opinion on weight gain during pregnancy (2013, reaffirmed 2020)

●American College of Radiology (ACR)-Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR): Practice parameter for the safe and optimal performance of fetal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) (revised 2020)

●American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM): Practice parameter for the performance of fetal echocardiography (2020)

●National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC): Position statement – Nonuse of restraints for pregnant and postpartum incarcerated individuals (2020)

●NCCHC: Position statement – Women's health care in correctional settings (2020)

●ACOG: Committee opinion on refusal of medically recommended treatment during pregnancy (2016, reaffirmed 2019)

●ACOG: Committee opinion on employment considerations during pregnancy and the postpartum period (2018)

●Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)/Department of Defense (DOD): Clinical practice guideline for the management of pregnancy, 3rd edition (2018)

●USPSTF: Final recommendation statement on iron deficiency anemia in pregnant women ─ Screening and supplementation (2015)

United Kingdom

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Quality standard on antenatal care (2012, updated 2023)

●NICE: Guideline on antenatal care (2021)

●NICE: Clinical guideline on antenatal and postnatal mental health – Clinical management and service guidance (2014, updated 2020)

●Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG): Scientific impact paper on the combined use of ultrasound and fetal magnetic resonance imaging for a comprehensive fetal neurological assessment in fetal congenital cardiac defects (2019)

●NICE: Quality standard on antenatal and postnatal mental health (2016)

●RCOG: Scientific impact paper on air travel and pregnancy (2013)

●RCOG: Scientific impact paper on chemical exposures during pregnancy – Dealing with potential, but unproven, risks to child health (2013)

Australia–New Zealand

●Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG): Best practice statement on routine antenatal assessment in the absence of pregnancy complications (2022)

●RANZCOG: Best practice statement on mental health care in the perinatal period (2021)

●Australian Government Department of Health: Clinical practice guidelines on pregnancy care (2020)

●RANZCOG: Exercise during pregnancy (2020)

●RANZCOG: Maternal suitability for models of care, and indications for referral within and between models of care (2018)

●National Blood Authority (NBA): Patient blood management guidelines – Module on obstetrics and maternity (2015)

●New Zealand Ministry of Health: Guidance for healthy weight gain in pregnancy (2014)

Japan

●[In Japanese] Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (JSOG): Obstetrics and gynecology clinical practice guidelines – Obstetrics edition (2023)

●[In English] JSOG and Japan Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (JAOG): Guidelines for obstetrical practice in Japan, 2020 edition (published 2023)