[The follow-up of pregnancy by the general practitioner]

After leaving the practice and the topic of family medicine, the follow-up of the non complicated pregnancies slowly reinstates them for multiple reasons: relative shortage obstetricians and gynecologists, redefinition of the roles and missions of the primary care level in a coherent and organized health system, will of demedicalisation and despecialisation of the current health issues. A quality prenatal care of the expectant mothers requires the knowledge of the recommendations in force in this field. This article gives a comprehensive outline of it, starting from an approach "evidence-based medicine " of the scientific literature.