Pre-Natal Class
The current pre-natal class has 20 women. Lab work is done on each of the woman as they enter the program and monitored on a weekly basis. This lab work is critical to assessing the health status of each pregnancy. Of the current twenty women, four tested positive for HIV, three tested positive for STDs and all twenty showed that they were anemic. It is imperative that these situations are treated immediately to improve the health of the woman and the chance for a successful pregnancy. While we are able to treat most of the problems, we send the HIV positive women to other programs for treatment. Currently we are looking for a liaison to go with these ladies to this program as they are unaware of the need to take medication, ask questions about their disease and to be consistent with their treatment. Each week women in our program are given milk, vitamins and medicine to help them have a healthy pregnancy.