9 AI Prompts to Improve Your Prenatal Care

I was given this risk statement: [THE CLAIM, IN THE WORDS YOU HEARD OR READ]. My situation: I am [WEEKS] weeks pregnant, age [AGE], with [RELEVANT HISTORY OR NONE]. 1. Is this a relative risk, an absolute risk, or an odds ratio? Explain the difference in plain words. 2. Convert it into absolute numbers: out of 1,000 women like me, how many have this outcome with the intervention, and how many without it? 3. What is the number needed to treat or the number needed to harm, if it applies? 4. Where does this figure come from, how strong is that evidence, and does it apply to someone like me? 5. Flag any place where the wording makes the risk sound bigger or smaller than it is. 6. Rewrite the statement as one honest, plain sentence.How to answer: - Use the best available evidence (major clinical guidelines, systematic reviews, large studies) and name your main sources so I can check them. - Give absolute numbers (per 100 or per 1,000) next to any relative risk. - Separate what is well established from what is uncertain or debated, and say how certain you are. - If the evidence is limited or you do not know, say so plainly. Do not guess or invent numbers or references. - Tell me what extra information about me would change your answer. - Use plain language, and end with a short list of questions I can take to my doctor, midwife, or care team.

I was told to do this in pregnancy: [RECOMMENDATION]. The reason I was given: [REASON]. My situation: [WEEKS, AGE, RELEVANT HISTORY]. 1. What do ACOG, NICE, WHO, and other major guideline groups each recommend on this, and how strong is each recommendation? 2. What do the strongest studies show, such as randomized trials and recent meta-analyses? Name them. 3. Where do the guidelines agree, where do they disagree, and why? 4. Where does the advice go beyond the evidence, or reflect habit, liability concerns, or local policy? 5. What are my reasonable options, with the absolute benefit and risk of each? 6. List questions to discuss with my clinician.How to answer: - Use the best available evidence (major clinical guidelines, systematic reviews, large studies) and name your main sources so I can check them. - Give absolute numbers (per 100 or per 1,000) next to any relative risk. - Separate what is well established from what is uncertain or debated, and say how certain you are. - If the evidence is limited or you do not know, say so plainly. Do not guess or invent numbers or references. - Tell me what extra information about me would change your answer. - Use plain language, and end with a short list of questions I can take to my doctor, midwife, or care team.

I was offered [TEST OR PROCEDURE] at [WEEKS] weeks for [REASON]. Write a short list of questions to ask before I agree, in plain language I can read aloud at my appointment: 1. What is the absolute benefit for someone like me? 2. What are the absolute risks, short and long term, for me and for the baby? 3. What happens if I wait, and is there a deadline? 4. What happens if I decline? 5. What are the alternatives, including watchful waiting? 6. How will the result or the outcome change what we do next? Then answer each question from the evidence, so I have a baseline to compare with what my care team says.How to answer: - Use the best available evidence (major clinical guidelines, systematic reviews, large studies) and name your main sources so I can check them. - Give absolute numbers (per 100 or per 1,000) next to any relative risk. - Separate what is well established from what is uncertain or debated, and say how certain you are. - If the evidence is limited or you do not know, say so plainly. Do not guess or invent numbers or references. - Tell me what extra information about me would change your answer. - Use plain language, and end with a short list of questions I can take to my doctor, midwife, or care team.

This was recommended to me: [TEST OR INTERVENTION]. I am [WEEKS] weeks pregnant. Reason given: [REASON]. 1. Is it a screening test or a diagnostic test, and what is the difference? 2. What are the detection rate, the false-positive rate, and the positive predictive value for someone at my level of risk? 3. What would a positive result actually change in my care? What would a negative result change? 4. Is routine use supported by evidence, or by habit and local policy? 5. What are the risks, the costs, and the possible chain of follow-up tests? 6. Explain all of this in plain language, then list questions to ask.How to answer: - Use the best available evidence (major clinical guidelines, systematic reviews, large studies) and name your main sources so I can check them. - Give absolute numbers (per 100 or per 1,000) next to any relative risk. - Separate what is well established from what is uncertain or debated, and say how certain you are. - If the evidence is limited or you do not know, say so plainly. Do not guess or invent numbers or references. - Tell me what extra information about me would change your answer. - Use plain language, and end with a short list of questions I can take to my doctor, midwife, or care team.

My situation: [STAGE OF PREGNANCY OR CONDITION, FOR EXAMPLE 30 WEEKS WITH GESTATIONAL DIABETES]. My recent values: [BLOOD PRESSURE, GLUCOSE, WEIGHT, OTHER]. Build me a tracking sheet: 1. which numbers I should track for my situation (for example blood pressure, fetal movement, weight gain, glucose); 2. the target range for each; 3. the exact value that should prompt a routine call, a same-day call, and emergency care, not just the words high or low; 4. how and when to measure each one correctly (for example cuff size and resting before a blood pressure reading). Present it as a simple table I can print.How to answer: - Use the best available evidence (major clinical guidelines, systematic reviews, large studies) and name your main sources so I can check them. - Give absolute numbers (per 100 or per 1,000) next to any relative risk. - Separate what is well established from what is uncertain or debated, and say how certain you are. - If the evidence is limited or you do not know, say so plainly. Do not guess or invent numbers or references. - Tell me what extra information about me would change your answer. - Use plain language, and end with a short list of questions I can take to my doctor, midwife, or care team.

Act as a maternal-fetal medicine specialist reviewing my birth plan. My plan: [PLAN]. My hospital or birth center: [PLACE]. My medical situation: [WEEKS, HISTORY, ANY RISK FACTORS]. 1. For each item, tell me whether the evidence supports it, does not support it, or is uncertain. 2. Show where it could collide with common hospital policy, and whether that policy is evidence-based. 3. Rank the points most likely to be challenged during labor. 4. Tell me what to negotiate in advance at a prenatal visit, with suggested wording. 5. Identify the items where flexibility is wise for real safety reasons. 6. Suggest how to shorten the plan to one page the team will actually read.How to answer: - Use the best available evidence (major clinical guidelines, systematic reviews, large studies) and name your main sources so I can check them. - Give absolute numbers (per 100 or per 1,000) next to any relative risk. - Separate what is well established from what is uncertain or debated, and say how certain you are. - If the evidence is limited or you do not know, say so plainly. Do not guess or invent numbers or references. - Tell me what extra information about me would change your answer. - Use plain language, and end with a short list of questions I can take to my doctor, midwife, or care team.

I am [WEEKS] weeks pregnant and am considering, or already took, [MEDICATION OR EXPOSURE, WITH DOSE AND TIMING]. Reason: [REASON]. 1. Summarize the evidence on safety in each trimester. 2. What is the absolute risk of harm, if known, compared with the background risk of birth defects and other problems that every pregnancy carries? 3. What is known versus unknown, and what is proven dangerous versus only theoretical? 4. Separate established evidence from single studies, animal studies, and news headlines. 5. What is the risk of leaving the condition untreated? 6. Name trustworthy sources I can check, such as MotherToBaby or the drug label, and list questions for my clinician. Do not assume the worst, and do not tell me to stop a prescribed medicine on my own.How to answer: - Use the best available evidence (major clinical guidelines, systematic reviews, large studies) and name your main sources so I can check them. - Give absolute numbers (per 100 or per 1,000) next to any relative risk. - Separate what is well established from what is uncertain or debated, and say how certain you are. - If the evidence is limited or you do not know, say so plainly. Do not guess or invent numbers or references. - Tell me what extra information about me would change your answer. - Use plain language, and end with a short list of questions I can take to my doctor, midwife, or care team.

I am [WEEKS] weeks pregnant. My history: [RELEVANT HISTORY OR NONE]. 1. List the warning signs at this stage that need emergency care now. 2. List the signs that need a same-day call to my care team. 3. List the symptoms that are common and usually normal at this stage. 4. For each red flag, give the specific threshold (for example how much bleeding, which blood pressure reading, how long a decrease in movement lasts) and exactly what to do. 5. Present it as a one-page table I can keep on the fridge. Separate true emergencies from common worries, and do not make every symptom sound dangerous.How to answer: - Use the best available evidence (major clinical guidelines, systematic reviews, large studies) and name your main sources so I can check them. - Give absolute numbers (per 100 or per 1,000) next to any relative risk. - Separate what is well established from what is uncertain or debated, and say how certain you are. - If the evidence is limited or you do not know, say so plainly. Do not guess or invent numbers or references. - Tell me what extra information about me would change your answer. - Use plain language, and end with a short list of questions I can take to my doctor, midwife, or care team.

Here is the plan my care team proposed: [PLAN]. The reason given: [REASON]. My situation: [WEEKS, AGE, HISTORY, RELEVANT RESULTS]. 1. Summarize the evidence behind the proposed plan, fairly and accurately. 2. Build the strongest evidence-based case for a reasonable alternative. 3. Identify the assumptions behind the original plan and where they may not apply to me. 4. Compare the plan and the alternative, with absolute benefits and risks. 5. List the questions that would show whether the recommendation is strong or weak. 6. Tell me when a second opinion from another obstetrician or a maternal-fetal medicine specialist would be reasonable, and how to ask for one respectfully.How to answer: - Use the best available evidence (major clinical guidelines, systematic reviews, large studies) and name your main sources so I can check them. - Give absolute numbers (per 100 or per 1,000) next to any relative risk. - Separate what is well established from what is uncertain or debated, and say how certain you are. - If the evidence is limited or you do not know, say so plainly. Do not guess or invent numbers or references. - Tell me what extra information about me would change your answer. - Use plain language, and end with a short list of questions I can take to my doctor, midwife, or care team.