This document discusses the impact of preconception health as well as ways to improve birth outcomes, address inequalities and radically upgrade prevention through embedding preconception care.
Poor preconception health limits women’s choices and impacts on the safety of pregnancy and childbirth for both mothers and babies, with potentially long-term consequences on child health.
Read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/preconception-care-making-the-case
Source: IMSociety