Abstract
Booking for antenatal care was studied in the records of 396 births at Liverpool Maternity Hospital. In addition to this 10% random sample of births in 1976, the records of all 77 perinatal deaths in that year were studied, and those of the 17 low weight births in the random sample were considered separately. Less than half of the women in each group booked before the 16 weeks of gestation which recent developments in obstetrics suggest to be the latest desirable time. Women aged under 25, nullipara, and those of high parity tended to book later. There is a need for women to be encouraged to be present earlier for confirmation of pregnancy, and for improved advice to general practitioners on the desirability of early referral to antenatal clinics.
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