Prenatal package to help ease expecting moms’ worries

LEARNING you’re pregnant is probably one of the most exciting news you’ll receive in your life. But it can also make you feel scared and overwhelmed of what lies ahead.

In a snap, you’re no longer just taking care of yourself, you’re taking care of at least one other being growing in your womb. More than ever, you need all the help you can get, so you and your baby stay healthy for the journey.

The country’s top health institution Makati Medical Center (Makatimed, www.makatimed.net. ph), is now giving all soon-to-be moms a chance to get the best health care possible with its new Prenatal Package, which includes outpatient laboratory and ultrasound procedures such as ANTI-HBS Chemi, Blood Typing ABO/RH, Congenital Anomaly Scan, HIV Screening Test, Rubella IGG (German Measles), Transvaginal or Pelvic Ultrasound, and Urinalysis, among others.

These tests will give you and your doctor more information about your health to help in the early detection of conditions that may put you and your baby at risk. The package gives an additional 5-percent discount on repeat tests on the identified procedures.

For easy tracking, you’ll be given a Milestone Card that comes with vouchers for the covered procedures for easy tracking. On offer until November 25, the package is available to all maternity patients.

The package does not include Obstetriciangynecologist consultations, Pap Smear specimen collection fees, and cannot be used in case of hospital admission.