Gestation: A Microservice architecture for a prenatal care application

Pregnancy is an important phase in women's lives, prenatal care is important to prevent diseases and ensure that women and babies can have a better quality of life. However, in Brazil, many pregnant women still do not perform due prenatal care, there are several factors that contribute to the failure to perform prenatal care among them: geographical factors. Pregnant women who live far from health units are unable to start pregnancy care in time. This work proposes a viable and low-cost alternative for the government or private sector companies. A Microservices architecture is presented, capable of meeting requests from pregnant women via mobile application and allowing health professionals to monitor the pregnancy evolution of a health unit. The architecture was designed to offer satisfactory performance, scalability and simplicity.