Prenatal

Occurring or existing before birth.</P> Prenatal care is the regular health care women should receive during pregnancy from an obstetrician or midwife.

Prenatal development is the growth and development of a single-celled zygote formed by the combination of a sperm and an egg into a baby.

Prenatal diagnosis is diagnosis before birth by techniques such as ultrasound, chorionic villus sampling (CVS), and amniocentesis.

The word 'prenatal' comes from the Latin 'pre-,' before + '(g)natus,' birth = before birth.

'Antenatal' is often used in lieu of 'prenatal' in the UK, Australia, etc.