Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.
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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Prenatal screening and diagnosis" and "Society guideline links: Fetal surveillance" and "Society guideline links: Nutrition and supplements in pregnancy" and "Society guideline links: Pregnancy in women with obesity".)
Links to guidelines related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are also provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: COVID-19 – Obstetric and neonatal health care" and "Society guideline links: COVID-19 – Index of guideline topics".)
International
●WHO: Recommendations on maternal health (2017)
●International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO): Committee report on best practice in maternal-fetal medicine (2014, published 2015)
●WHO: Recommendations on health promotion interventions for maternal and newborn health (2015)
Canada
●SOGC: Clinical practice guideline for the management of pregnancy at 41+0 to 42+0 weeks (2017)
●SOGC: Guidelines on maternity leave in normal pregnancy (2011, reaffirmed 2017)
●SOGC: Joint position paper on rural maternity care (2012, reaffirmed 2017)
●SOGC: Clinical practice guidelines on the determination of gestational age by ultrasound (2014)
United States
●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Policy statement on consumption of raw or unpasteurized milk and milk products by pregnant women and children (2014, reaffirmed 2019)
●ACOG: Committee opinion on air travel during pregnancy (2018, reaffirmed 2019)
●ACOG: Committee opinion on group prenatal care (2018, reaffirmed 2019)
●ACOG: Committee opinion on refusal of medically recommended treatment during pregnancy (2016, reaffirmed 2019)
●ACOG: Committee opinion on employment considerations during pregnancy and the postpartum period (2018)
●ACOG: Committee opinion on management of suboptimally dated pregnancies (2017)
●ACOG: Committee opinion on oral health care during pregnancy and through the lifespan (2013, reaffirmed 2017)
●ACOG: Committee opinion on routine human immunodeficiency virus screening (2014, reaffirmed 2017)
●ACOG: Committee opinion on health care for pregnant and postpartum incarcerated women and adolescent females (2011, reaffirmed 2016)
●ACOG: Committee opinion on hospital-based triage of obstetric patients (2016)
●ACOG: Committee opinion on moderate caffeine consumption during pregnancy (2010, reaffirmed 2016)
●ACOG: Committee opinion on weight gain during pregnancy (2013, reaffirmed 2016)
United Kingdom
●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Guideline on antenatal care (2021)
●NICE: Quality standard on antenatal care (2012, updated 2021)
● (2014, updated 2020)
●NICE: Quality standard on antenatal and postnatal mental health (2016)
Australia-New Zealand
●Australian Government Department of Health: Clinical practice guidelines on pregnancy care (2020)
●RANZCOG: Routine antenatal assessment in the absence of pregnancy complications (2019)
●RANZCOG: Mental health care in the perinatal period (2018)
●New Zealand Ministry of Health: Guidance for healthy weight gain in pregnancy (2014)
Japan
●[In Japanese] Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (JSOG) and Japan Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (JAOG): Obstetrics and gynecology clinical practice guidelines – Obstetrics (2020)
●[In Japanese] Japan Association of Midwifery (JAM): Evidence based midwifery guidelines – Pregnancy/delivery period 2016 (published 2017)