Contents: Unit 1: Antepartum: - Reproductive cycle -- Fetal development -- Normal physiological physiological changes of pregnancy -- Nutrition and pregnancy -- Perinatal cultural awareness -- Prenatal and childbirth education -- Antepartum: Diagnostic interventions -- Complications of pregnancy Unit 2: Intrapartum - Labor and birth processes -- Pain management -- Fetal assessment during labor -- Nursing care during the stages of labor -- Therapeutic procedures nursing care labor and delivery -- Complications of labor and birth -- Unit 3: Postpartum - Postpartum physiological changes and nursing care -- Bonding and integration of infant into family structure -- Discharge teaching: postpartal care -- Unit 4 - Newborn assessment -- Nursing care of he newborn -- Meeting the nutritional need of the newborn -- Circumcision -- Assessment and management of newborn complications Discharge teaching: newborn care