Tips and information

• Contact a health worker as soon as possible after confirmed you are pregnant
• Go to recommended health visits to get health care, emotional support, advice and information
• Get an ultrasound before 24 weeks of pregnancy
• Know that you have the right to be treated with respect and dignity throughout your pregnancy
• Know that everyone has the right to get sexual and reproductive health care, including comprehensive abortion care (information, management of abortion, and post-abortion care)
• Know when and where to seek care for danger signs during pregnancy, such as pain in the stomach region or belly (abdomen), bleeding, severe headaches, high fever, and swollen feet
• Keep a record at home of the woman’s health and vaccines during pregnancy
• Seek help if someone is hurting or threatening you, such as violence from a partner or ex-partner
• Ask a health worker how to avoid or get care and counselling for infectious diseases, such as HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis
• Know where to seek care for childbirth and have a birth preparedness and complication readiness plan