Effect of fewer visits on postnatal depression is important

EDITOR,—Jim Sikorski and colleagues have conducted a large and detailed trial of the benefits and problems associated with different patterns of antenatal care.1 Such studies, examining outcomes such as satisfaction with care, anxieties about the health of the fetus, and the ability of new parents to cope with their baby, are essential to allow proper evaluation of the recommendations in Changing Childbirth, the report of an expert maternity group.2 The authors found that women in …