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@article{171090,
        author = {Lakshmoji Tejomurtula and Dr Rachana Chaturvedi},
        title = {An Expectant Father Is As Much A Stakeholder In Antenatal Care As An Expectant Mother Is},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {11},
        number = {7},
        pages = {3747-3750},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=171090},
        abstract = {This paper studies the transfiguration of pregnancy, the significance of complete quality antenatal care (ANCq), how important is it for the health of both mother and fetus and also why men should also be involved in ANC.  Pregnancy is neither a disease, not an infection nor a disorder but is a special condition that has to be under medical watch right from the confirmation of pregnancy to childbirth.  Complete quality antenatal care should involve the periodical interventions of an obstetrician, such as physical examinations, and screening tests to check the vertically transmittable infections in the mother and congenital abnormalities in the fetus.  ANC also involves social, emotional and psychological support to the expectant mothers.  Further, gravidity and parity should be taken into consideration while prescribing antenatal care, because these phenomena indicate the threshold of the women.  Further, antenatal care should be equally directed at safeguarding the health of the mother and the well-being of the fetus.  Most importantly, the involvement of expectant fathers in antenatal care should be considered mandatory to improve the pregnancy outcome or even to prepare them mentally for any untoward progression or termination of pregnancy.  All the socioeconomical barriers for this active involvement of men in antenatal care should be addressed while framing the guidelines for engaging the couple in ANC.},
        keywords = {Antenatal Care, Maternal Care, Obstetric Care, Pregnancy Care, ANCq, Pregnancy Screening, Gravidity, Parity, Expectant Mothers, Expectant Fathers, Paternal Counselling, Down's Syndrome, Edwards' Syndrome and Patau's Syndrome, Sickle Cell Anaemia,  Thalassaemia, Haemoglobin Disorders, Urinary Incontinence, Fetal Growth Restriction (FGR), Neural Tube Defects (NTDs), Intra-Uterine Growth Retardation (IUGR), Premature Birth, Stillbirth, Low Birth Weight.},
        month = {January},
        }