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Health Checkup Before Pregnancy' quiz for healthy pregnancy

How much do you know about perinatal health? Let’s find out through 10 true-or-false questions. You can learn how to prepare for healthy pregnancy.

‘Health Checkup Before Pregnancy’ is important only for those who have health problems.

Answer: X
Health conditions before gestation is important to all sexually-active women in their reproductive period. Even if a woman’s health is good overall, some foods, habits and medications can adversely affect not only her but her baby.

Childbirth planning involves a woman to planning with her doctor.

Answer: X
Childbirth plan is about planning to have a child (or not) and taking an action to achieve your goal.

Unplanned pregnancy is prone to premature birth or low birth weight.

Answer: O
What is worrisome is that half of all pregnancies are not planned. Using an effective contraception every time you have sexual intercourse is the best method to prevent unplanned pregnancy.

Only pregnant women need to take folic acid.

Answer: X
Any sexually-active women in the childbearing age should take 400-600㎍ of folic acid a day to reduce the risk of congenital abnormalities in the fetus’ brain or spine.

One out of eight babies is born earlier than the original due date.

Answer: O
Researchers do their best to discover the cause of premature birth and how to prevent it. However, they agree women should keep their health in check more actively before pregnancy.

Men don’t need to worry about their health before their wife gets pregnant.

Answer: X
Men should also work on improving their own health and take action to protect the health of his spouse, too. For instance, the husband can go through tests for sexually-transmitted diseases and treatment so that it won’t be transmitted to his spouse. STD can be very dangerous to his wife and their baby. Men who in the line of work that involves the handling chemicals or toxic substances must exercise caution to not expose their wives to such substances.

Women should consult with a doctor on their health conditions at least a month before gestation.

Answer: X
What they absolutely need is a health examination at least 3 months before gestation. Some women may need more time than that to make their body conditions suitable for bearing a child. Perinatal care can increase the likelihood of healthy gestation and healthy babies.

Drinking alcohol is ok while attempting to get pregnant.

Answer: X
Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends women to refrain from drinking 3 months before pregnancy. If you plan to get pregnant, you’d better avoid any potential risk factors that can threaten the development of your fetus.

Men can improve their reproductive power by restricting the intake of alcohol, quitting smoking and taking supplements.

Answer: O
Studies say men who drink and smoke a lot or abuse substances can experience sperm-related problems, which definitely affects their wife’s gestation ability.

Knowing the medical history of your spouse and yourself can help doctors to figure out the hereditary risky factors that may be detrimental to your child's health.

Answer: O
Your doctor may suggest you to drr another doctor or expert in the field before or during gestation depending on your hereditary risk factors.

http://www.womenshealth.gov

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