Prepare questions for a qualified maternity professional and review the WHO eight-contact antenatal reference. This tool never predicts maternal death, diagnoses a condition, or labels a pregnancy low or high risk.
Do not wait to complete this guide if any of these signs apply. Call the local emergency service or go to the nearest emergency maternity unit now.
Reviewed 26 July 2026. These sources support the general warning-sign and ANC-reference framing. They do not validate a personal mortality score, so this tool does not provide one.
WHO’s pregnancy and childbirth guide identifies emergency signs including bleeding, convulsions, severe headache with blurred vision, severe abdominal pain, fever with severe weakness, and difficult breathing.
WHO pregnancy and childbirth guideWHO recommends a minimum eight-contact antenatal model. National programmes and individual care plans can alter timing or add contacts.
WHO antenatal care recommendationsWHO maternal mortality ratios describe population-level outcomes per 100,000 live births. They cannot calculate one person’s probability or determine individual care.
WHO 2000–2023 maternal mortality estimatesNo. There is no validated personal mortality model here. The guide does not total points, calculate probability, or label a pregnancy low or high risk.
Seek immediate local emergency maternity care. Do not wait for a result, PDF or scheduled appointment. Local emergency numbers and referral routes differ, so use the service available where you are.
No. The eight-contact model is a WHO reference. Confirm the current national schedule and your individual contact plan with a qualified local maternity professional.
It labels the conversation guide with country context only. It does not apply a country mortality ratio, make a risk comparison or claim that services are free or available.