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The first or ‘booking’ antenatal appointment
Your GP will arrange for you to have your first antenatal appointment (often known as the ‘booking appointment’), which usually takes place before 10 weeks of pregnancy. Depending on the practice in your area, it could be at your home, at your GP’s surgery, or at your local hospital. You will be seen by a midwife. Unless you…
Non-invasive test for newborns to help detect heart defects
A non-invasive test is being called for in hospitals to be carried out on all newborn babies to help detect life-threatening heart defects. After a major trial conducted in British hospitals has discovered that using pulse oximeters, a device which measures blood oxygen levels, dramatically increases the chance of identifying major heart faults. The simple,…
Diagnostic tests in early pregnancy
What is involved in diagnostic test in early pregnancy and what does it involve? Chorionic villus sampling (CVS) This is a diagnostic test which can tell you for certain whether your baby has Down’s syndrome or another genetic abnormality. The test can’t tell you whether your baby has spina bifida. When is the test carried out? Between 11…
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Tagged Amniocentesis, Amniotic fluid, Chorionic villus sampling, CVS, Diagnostic tests, Down syndrome, Down’s syndrome, Miscarriage, Percutaneous umbilical cord blood sampling, Pregnancy, Prenatal diagnosis, Spina bifida, Ultrasound
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PGD – Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis
This cutting-edge IVF technique is being developed to help couples where one or both partners carries a serious genetic disease, such as cystic fibrosis (CF) and beta-thalassemia, or X-linked chromosome disorders. The technique involves many hours of intricate lab work so that faulty genes and chromosomes can be detected in fertilised embryos after they’ve been…
Antenatal tests
Antenatal tests After the initial excitement of discovering you are pregnant, the next thought for most parents is, ‘Will our baby be all right?’ There are now many antenatal tests that can be carried out during pregnancy which will offer reassurance if you are anxious. You don’t have to have these tests, but it’s important…
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Tagged Diagnostic tests, Down’s syndrome, Fertility, Health insurance, Pregnancy, Ultrasound
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