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National Collaborating Centre for Women's and Children's Health (UK). Antenatal Care: Routine Care for the Healthy Pregnant Woman. London: RCOG Press; 2008 Mar. (NICE Clinical Guidelines, No. 62.)

January 2019: Recommendation 1.8.8.1 on screening for German measles (rubella) has been withdrawn by NICE as this is no longer offered by the NHS. December 2018: Recommendations 1.3.9.1 -1.3.9.3 have been stood down and replaced with a link to up-to-date advice from the UK Chief Medical Officer. January 2017: A footnote was added to recommendation 1.6.2.2 linking to the NICE diagnostics guidance on high-throughput non-invasive prenatal testing for fetal RHD genotype (DG25). March 2016: Recommendations 1.9.1.1 -1.9.1.3 have been deleted as the guideline they were taken from has since been updated. For guidance on assessing risk of gestational diabetes, see the section on risk assessment in the NICE guideline on diabetes in pregnancy. December 2014: Recommendations 1.5.6.1 to 1.5.6.4 were replaced by recommendations in the NICE guideline on antenatal and postnatal mental health. November 2014: Recommendation 1.3.2.4 was updated to take into account NICE's guideline on vitamin D: increasing supplement use among at-risk groups. June 2010: The recommendations about smoking in pregnancy in section 1.3.10 of this guideline have been further developed in how to stop smoking in pregnancy and following childbirth NICE guideline PH26. We have removed the following recommendation from the antenatal care guideline, as well as the quick reference guide and information for the public: 1.3.10.7 Women who are unable to quit smoking during pregnancy should be encouraged to reduce smoking.