How to Use prenatal in a Sentence

prenatal

adjective
  • The makers of prenatal screening tests weighed in on the bill, too.
    Anna Clark, ProPublica, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The researchers went on to study the impact of prenatal BPA on mice.
    New Atlas, 8 Aug. 2024
  • The mom-to-be has been basking in her prenatal shine and stepped out to show it to the world this past week on the streets of New York.
    Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2021
  • If this were a tale of motherhood, the whole thing would take place in a prenatal class.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 17 June 2022
  • The wreck killed 23-year-old Asherey Ryan, who was eight-and-a-half months pregnant and on her way to a prenatal checkup.
    Paul Best, Fox News, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The birth mom even invites us to come to some of her prenatal appointments.
    refinery29.com, 22 Dec. 2020
  • The sessions stress that prenatal care is a team effort.
    Karen Herzog, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2021
  • But one thing many women don't think about is their prenatal records.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 10 July 2021
  • And the researchers found no racial differences in the number of prenatal care visits or the rate of stillbirths.
    Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The researchers said that the best prevention is for prenatal care and syphilis testing, and the most common cause for the rise was a lack of access to both.
    Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Collins, of the state health department, said the state guidelines echo the CDC but can’t help women who lack access to prenatal care.
    Jenna Portnoy, Washington Post, 26 Dec. 2023
  • The state ranked 51st out of the the 50 states and Washington, D.C. on percentage of women that missed early prenatal care.
    Alissa Gary, Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2024
  • Laughter echoes from down the hall, behind a closed door where a nurse is doing a prenatal checkup.
    Marina Starleaf Riker, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Nov. 2021
  • Thirteen rank among the half of states with the largest share of births to women who did not receive adequate prenatal care.
    Ronald Brownstein, CNN, 14 Dec. 2021
  • On top of this, many prenatal vitamins have little to no choline.
    Casey Seiden, Parents, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The best prenatal vitamins are available over at Elm & Rye right now.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2022
  • And while a fancy prenatal massage is always a winning gift for a mom-to-be’s achy feet and sore back, this 5-in-1 self-care kit might just be the next best thing.
    Kaitlin Stanford, Parents, 6 May 2024
  • In July 2019, Evan Parker was supposed to go with his wife for a prenatal checkup.
    Marty Munson, Men's Health, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Nearly one-fifth of premature births involved no prenatal care in the first trimester.
    Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Mar. 2021
  • And take it to your prenatal appointments, in case you are admitted.
    Alexandra Frost, Parents, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The sequence recalls both a prenatal ultrasound and the Rapture.
    Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Get pampered at the spa with a prenatal massage designed to reduce stress, decrease swelling, and relieve aches and pains.
    Judy Koutsky, Travel + Leisure, 1 Dec. 2023
  • At her prenatal checkups, the midwife heard one strong heartbeat.
    Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The medical bills to pay, the appointments that need to be canceled, trying to get a refund on the pricey prenatal Pilates class pack.
    Alexandra King, CNN, 9 Oct. 2020
  • The aim is to find ways to engage Black fathers in not only raising their children, but also in their prenatal care.
    Talis Shelbourne, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 June 2021
  • Two out of five women whose children were born with syphilis last year never received any prenatal care.
    WIRED, 16 Nov. 2023
  • With Davis’s support, Hunter gave birth to her son Kaden two months ago after three prenatal appointments with Davis.
    Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, 14 May 2023
  • Ann was 15 weeks pregnant with her fourth child when the results of her prenatal genetic test came back last August.
    al, 29 June 2022
  • The number of pregnant women forced to travel farther to deliver their babies — or go without prenatal care entirely — is growing.
    Erika Edwards, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Mental health was not a regular, or expected, part of prenatal care until recently.
    Daliah Singer, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024

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