The revised and updated second edition covers practical approaches to caring for healthy and high-risk infants. Available for purchase at https://www.aap.org/neonatalogy-for-primary-care-2nd-edition-paperback/
Chapter 17: Maternal Medical History
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Published:January 2020
Harpreet Kaur, MD, Kendria C. Hall, MD, FAAP, 2020. "Maternal Medical History", Neonatology for Primary Care, Deborah E. Campbell, MD, FAAP
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Familiarity with the maternal history is crucial to identifying risk factors that can contribute to illness and/or later health risk of the infant. Maternal health directly affects fetal and neonatal well-being. It is important to learn about the family constellation and the mother’s physical and mental health, life stressors, support systems, and developmental adaptation to the prospect of becoming a parent. Expectant mothers who themselves endured adverse childhood experiences are at risk of reduced parenting capacity and/or maladaptive responses to their children. Screening for adverse childhood experiences is recommended during the pregnancy to identify both negative and positive past experiences...
