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Introduction: Prenatal care is important for perinatal outcomes, because the better the quality of support, more favorable are the results and lower the maternal and perinatal mortality rates. Objectives: To assess the quality of prenatal care based on the number of medical visits and gestational age at the beginning of prenatal care through the creation of an experimental model based on clinical care and complementary exams. Methods: Cross-sectional study analyzing 150 medical records of pregnant women seen at the Obstetrics Department of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora and 51 medical records of pregnant women seen at the Santa Cecilia Primary Health Care Unit located in the city of Barbacena/MG, Brazil. Results: There were no differences in terms of socioeconomic conditions, obstetric aspects, laboratory tests, clinical and obstetric complications, or serology for toxoplasmosis, syphilis, and HIV. However, the number of medical visits, gestational age at first visit, breast examination, serology for rubella, macroscopic examination of the genital flows, cervical cytology, weight gain during prenatal care, anemia and urinary tract infection showed significant difference. Conclusion: Barbacena's prenatal care was considered adequate in 78.4% of cases by the Kessner index modified by Takeda (KIMT) and appropriate intermediate by the Prenatal Access and Assistance Index (PNAAI); whereas the Juiz de Fora's prenatal care was considered adequate in 77.3% by the KIMT and appropriate superior by the PNAAI. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To identify the situation of the laboratory's routine antenatal care of postpartum women in the area of the Hospital of the West Regional. Methods: Quantitative research, documentary and retrospective. We analyzed 169 Cards Pregnant postpartum women institutionalized in HRO in 2011. We used a form containing questions relating to sociodemographic and obstetric. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results: 89% had from prenatal care on admission, 33% were aged between 25 and 34 years, 30% had an incomplete primary education, 40% were engaged in home activities, 69% received prenatal care at UBS; 42% had undergone vaginal delivery, 73% had more than 06 prenatal visits, 4% had a pathology during pregnancy, 61% of all prenatal tests. Conclusion: The nonrealization of prenatal care leads to increased chances of a high-risk pregnancy. This work subsidizes resources that can contribute to the construction of public policies and strategies in services in prenatal care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]