antenatal

[Lat. ante, and Eng. natal.] Happening before birth. "My spirit's antenatal home." Kingsley: Saint's Tragedy. ăn'-tě-nāt-ěd, a. [Lat. ante before; and nat us , pa. par. of nascorto be born.] Before the proper time. ( Hacket : Life of Williams , ii. 48.)