Abstract: Within the context of the Sustainable Development

Goals, the World Health Organization developed and published

a comprehensive guide called “Antenatal Care Recommendations

for a Positive Pregnancy Experience” in 2016.

There are 39 recommendations which were developed after

examining quality and evidence-based studies for qualified

antenatal care. There are a total of 49 recommendations in this

guide together with 10 previous recommendations which were

developed by the World Health Organization on antenatal care.

These recommendations are grouped into five titles. These titles

are recommendations of nutrition (14 recommendations),

maternal and fetal assessment (13 recommendations), preventive

measures (7 recommendations), common physiological

symptoms (6 recommendations) and use of antenatal care and

health system (9 recommendations) to improve quality. The

entire guide consists of 172 pages. The summary part which

is at the beginning of the guide consists of eight pages. In this

study, abstract of the guide and the table of recommendations

mapped to eight antenatal care contacts were translated from

English to Turkish. Written permission was obtained from the

World Health Organization for the translation of the guidelines.

It is thought that it is essential to carry out Turkish translation

of this guide, which is very important and updated in

terms of the utilization of nurses and midwives. In addition,

the aim of this translation is to provide scientific resources for

nurses and midwives studying in this field.