Chapter II: Preventive examinations during and after pregnancy.

All pregnant women are entitled to medical supervision during pregnancy and after childbirth, including compulsory antenatal and postnatal check-ups carried out or prescribed by a doctor or midwife. The declaration of pregnancy may be made by a midwife. If, following the first antenatal examination, the midwife observes a pathological situation or history, she will refer the pregnant woman to a doctor. The number and nature of the compulsory examinations and…

All pregnant women are provided with a free pregnancy record book at the time of the first prenatal examination. An interministerial decree determines the model and method of use of this booklet, which must include the results of the examinations prescribed in application of article L. 2122-1 and in which all important observations concerning the progress of the pregnancy and the health of the expectant mother are also noted. The…

Whenever the examination of the mother-to-be or the family history makes it necessary, a medical examination of the father-to-be is also carried out, accompanied, if necessary, by appropriate additional tests and examinations.

The organisations and services responsible for paying family benefits are required to send the doctor in charge of the departmental maternal and child protection service the certificate of the first prenatal medical examination of their beneficiaries within a week. This information must be transmitted in compliance with professional confidentiality.

Unless otherwise provided, the conditions of application of this chapter shall be determined by decree of the Conseil d’Etat.