Early prenatal care can help decrease the risk of prenatal abnormalities; however, it CANNOT provide pregnant women with information about _____.

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Question restatement: The prompt asks about what early prenatal care cannot provide information about, despite its benefits for reducing prenatal abnormalities.
Option 1: 'treatments for preexisting conditions' — Early prenatal care often includes evaluation and management of existing conditions, so it can provide information and guidance on this. Therefore this option is not something early prenatal care cannot provide.
Option 2: 'exact thresholds for teratogens' — This is the tricky choice. In real practice, while clinicians discuss teratogens and advise avoidance, there is generally no precise, universally accepted threshold (dose, exposure duration, or timing) that definitively marks risk for all individuals. The relationship between teratogen exposure and fetal outcomes is complex and dose–response data can be uncertain, making exact thresholds unreliable for individual risk assessment. Thus, early prenatal care does not supply exact thresholds with confidence, making this statement true about a limitation of prenatal information.
Option 3: 'substances to avoid' — Prenatal care provides guidance on substances to avoid (e.g., alcohol, certain drugs, nicotine, nonprescription risks), so this information is definitely provided.
Option 4: 'proper nutrition' — Guidance on proper nutrition during pregnancy is a core component of prenatal care, so this information is regularly given.
Put differently, Options 3 and 4 are actionable topics that prenatal visits address, while option 2 reflects a medical limitation regarding precise teratogen thresholds. The incorrect choices (1, 3, and 4) are things that prenatal care typically conveys information about, whereas option 2 highlights a known gap in precise quantitative guidance.
In summary, the statement about 'exact thresholds for teratogens' captures a common limitation of prenatal information and explains why early care cannot provide exact dose-based thresholds for teratogens with universal certainty.

Intro to Child Psychology Midterm (1-7) Child PSYC 15 - Due 10/24

Early prenatal care can help decrease the risk of prenatal abnormalities; however, it CANNOT provide pregnant women with information about _____.

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