# Reading path: planning a pregnancy

Reading path · id `maternal:reading-path-planning-a-pregnancy` · Maternal & Newborn Atlas · release `c7fb95f1d15a7d13` (public)

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Browse, life stage: Preconception; Pregnancy  
Browse, care area: Before pregnancy  

## In plain language

A suggested order for reading about planning a pregnancy and the first part of routine care. It starts with preconception care and folic acid, moves to the first antenatal visits and common checks, and ends with gestational diabetes. It is a reading order, not medical advice and not a care plan.

## Technical summary

An editorial sequence of 13 steps over pages on preconception and routine pregnancy care. Each step restates in one line what the linked page covers; the linked pages carry the sources and populations. It links only to records that exist and branches nowhere. It continues into the existing reading path for expectant parents.

## Connected pages

- Step 1: Preconception care (`maternal:preconception-care`)
- Continues into the existing expectant-parents path: Reading path for expectant parents (`maternal:reading-path-expectant-parents`)

## Provenance

Content hash: 104b7525ec563e1b89f7ac39c90675495cc2fa146fc7ddc721e50cb6c09a218d
Last substantive edit: 2026-10-14
Evidence last checked: Not recorded