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Birth terms perinatal prenatal postpartum postnatal antenatal

What’s the difference?

What’s the difference between perinatal and prenatal, postpartum and postnatal? They sound similar but are not the same..
Birth terms perinatal prenatal postpartum postnatal antenatal

What’s the difference?

What’s the difference between perinatal and prenatal, postpartum and postnatal? They sound similar but are not the same..
Birth terms perinatal prenatal postpartum postnatal antenatal

What’s the difference?

What’s the difference between perinatal and prenatal, postpartum and postnatal? They sound similar but are not the same..

Starting off our birth series with birth terminology 101. What’s the difference between perinatal and prenatal, postpartum and postnatal? They sound similar but are not the same..

  • PREnatal and ANTEnatal refer to the time BEFORE birth
  • PostNATAL refers to the time AFTER birth with the focus on the baby
  • PostPARTUM refers to the time AFTER birth with the focus on the mother
  • PERInatal refers to the time from conception up to one year after birth

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