The word "perinatal" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to the period of time around childbirth, which includes the time before and the time after. Example sentence: The perinatal period is important for ensuring a safe and healthy birth for both the mother and the baby.
But the perinatal mortality rate (the number of babies that die between the 22nd week of pregnancy and the first week after birth) was about the same.Take a deep breathThe National Childbirth Trust, a British parenting charity, questions the data behind the study.
The Dutch perinatal mortality rate is one of the highest in Europe, though the cause is contested.
Organisations such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Global Fund remain focused on infectious disease and perinatal care for good reason.
Another study in California found that the state's family-planning programme, which provided contraception to nearly 1m women in 2007, averted about 300,000 unintended pregnancies, over 100,000 abortions, and 38,000 miscarriages.Other studies show that proper birth spacing, for which contraception is an effective tool, leads to better perinatal outcomes.
Preterm labour is a leading cause of perinatal morbidity (illness) and infant (neonatal) mortality (death).
Mother-to-child HIV transmission also known as perinatal, or vertical, transmission is the most-common means by which children become infected with HIV.
Perinatal (within the first month of life) mortality rates have also declined, due to improvements in medical knowledge and technology and increased attention paid to prenatal care and infant health.
To be admitted to the Bethlem, you must have been diagnosed with a severe perinatal mental illness; postnatal depression (PND) is the most common.
As perinatal mortality has fallen overall, the risks of home births have become more obvious.
It showed that the death rate during labour or after delivery (called the intra-partum perinatal mortality, which includes stillbirths) is one in 2,000 (0.48 per 1,000) for those who planned a home birth that was successfully completed at home.
"There needs to be a shift into being proactive and not reactive in terms of care for any mental health, highlighting antenatal depression, postnatal depression, postpartum psychosis and other perinatal mental illnesses during pregnancy would make individuals and families aware of what to look out for," she said.
