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Probably there is no any female, that bear baby is not nervous and worry about baby’s health, and for many this not a rhetorical question. Some special tests are designed to answere these kind of issues.
First of all it is for females that are over 35 and waiting their first baby. The greatest danger at this age is hidden in chromosomes with anomalies, that afterwards lead to Down’s syndrome (mongolism). At the age the quantity of diseased chromosomes becoe more and more, and besides that they lose very essential body reaction: the body discontinue recognition of healthy embryo from not healthy embryo. Young females body is capable to reject ill chromosomes right after fecundation. The genetic examination will be assign if previous pregnancy came to not good ending, miscarriage or baby dies soon after birth.
As to the majority of hereditary diseases, so the modern geneticist are well informed about after effects in future. The doctor will count the risk of baby after case history study of both father and mother. During examination for any fetus genetic defect, the doctor will detect the gender of future baby. This is very essential for certain cases when it possible to have only boy baby or girl.
There is a reason to do genetic examination if husband or wife before pregnancy had intensive X-ray treatment course, if they are bloo-relatives, or if they have handicapped children before.
The same concerns to females, that have been virus infection ill at early age.
The most common genetic test is the examination of gum piece from parents. More serious indication demand more complicated procedures, that somethimes may generate indisposition, or cause miscarriage or premature birth.
Dear future mom’s! We did not call you to go right away to do examinations, but we give you an idea to think about. May be you should take into your consideration some issues before became pregnant. One of my friend (gynecologist) said: don’t try to find illness where it does not exist. I agree with him, but a always remember the huge amount of examinations that American mom’s do. For sure they do it for some reason. Perhaps it is for baby that they are waiting for.
The virus infections such as flu or Chlamydia are very dangerous, because they attack the DNA, and therefore the patology formation of the fetus. For sure it is very desirable to exclude these viruses before impregnation. Also you have to take HIV and WR (Wasserman reaction) examinations.
It is reasonable to be cheked up on sexually transmitted infections (the clamidiosis, a bacterial vaginosis, etc.), espetially if unpleasant symptoms occure: discharge, itching or any other vagina inflammatory process.
Many of infections are not shown in outward appearance, and therefore illness often remains unnoticed. Uncured Chlamydia transferes from mother to baby in a way of lungs inflamation or eyes infections.
The herpes is usually more obvious: the high temperature, painful feelings in genitals, pain during urination and skin changes.
The primary infection at early stage of pregnancy higher the miscarriage and premature birth risk. More often we see the chronic infection, which is less dangerous for the newborn, but sometimes it have a serious impact on not well developed immune system of the fetus.
You need to immediately the treatment course if any of these tests have positive result. Usage of antibiotics is helpful to protect the baby from viruses during the birth process.
Today the hepatitis B type and C type tests are included in the list of mandatory examination. If baby born from an infected mother, he is at high infection risk, and after 12 hours he takes anti-hepatitis vaccination.
Rubella (German measles) at the first 3 month of pregnancy may have very serious consequences: for example heart defect, blindness and deafness, mental diseases, and fatal end. If you never be rubella ill and never take vaccination against rubella, so consider the risk level of probable infection. For this you to pass special blood test that will define your immunity level against the rubella. The doctors say if you don’t have constant contact with children, you have very low chance to be infected with rubella. As a norm the will do a vaccination for the pregnant woman that have no immunity to rubella and had contact with ill baby
Dissimilarity or difference of blood type between parents and baby may lead to Rhesus factor dispute and Rhesus factor incompatibility. Very often the dispute happens when one of the parents have 1st type of blood. The Rhesus factor incompatibility take place when female has negative Rhesus factor and male positive. If the Rhesus factor for both the same, it is ok.
The problem occurs when the positive Rhesus factor of baby that comes from father goes to mother. As a result natural immunological reaction the mother’s body generates antibodies that pass through the placenta and may cause the fetus anemia. But this does not mean that females with negative Rhesus factor can not give a birth. If the doctor assume the Rhesus factor incompatibility – it is necessary to do appropriate serum vaccination, and consequently to stop antibodies generation in the blood. Also after abortion and miscarriage it is mandatory to do inoculation, because it is possible that the embryo blood mix with mother’s blood, which later on can harm the next baby.
One of the most pleasant examinations during pregnancy is the ultrasonic examination. Some inconvenience is connected only by certain condition, which is the bladder should be full enough and the baby can be seen on the screen. Now days there are vaginal sensors that allow doing the scanning without full bladder.
For the best ultrasound passages bared belly cover with a gel layer and then on its surface slowly move the ultrasonic radiator. The ultrasonic device registers the echo of the waves that reflected from a body of the child. The image on the monitor looks as follows: the negative is the fetal fluid and white color is the child.
Normally the examination runs 2 times during pregnancy: between 16th to 20th week and between 32nd and 36th week. Each time the doctor will measure the size of the fetus, and soon after the first measurements it will be easy to count the birth date. For example it is well known that if the fetus height (from head to buttock) is 8 centimeter – it is 10 weeks fetus. At 20th week it is possible to count fingers on hands and feet, and even neck folds. Over here the doctor can recognize the heart parts of the baby, the liver and kidney structure and the brain.
If the pregnancy is complicated the doctor will assign frequent ultrasonic examinations: for instance the doctor detected uterus supertension, pelvic presentation or any other uncommon fetus and umbilical cord position. These tests will not harm both the fetus and the mother. There is only one restriction: that is you have to keep 2 weeks interval between each ultrasonic examination.
Recently they add a new examination, so called Doppler-test, which is possible to do since 18th week. This test allows defining if the fetus or uterus placenta blood flows are as it supposed to be or not.
In the modern maternity clinics that have computers and appropriate equipment, after 32nd week assign monitoring or current cardiograph. You can hear the baby’s heart beats and this is key information for doctor to figure out how the baby feels, how he grows, feed and if there is enough oxygen for him. This test is very safe one, it is effective tool to control and monitor your baby development and there is no need to have special condition.
When I knew that I am pregnant, at once I bought a thick book – “In expectation of the child”, and have started to study it with eager. I was shocked since the first pages of this book, there are a huge list of tests and examinations that American females do! I have shared new knowledge with the gynecologist and her reaction shocked me even more.
Symbolically all tests can be divided into 3 groups:
- First group – it is a standard suite that mandatory for each pregnant who are registered in the female’s consultation:
* the urine and blood basic test and blood biochemical analysis;
* the HIV blood test and WR (Wasserman reaction);
* the blood analysis on a hepatitis B and C.
- The second group – special tests, that geneticist, immunologist and endocrinologist do. These tests are required for females with a number of diseases or poor heredity.
- The third group – complicated tests such as Doppler test and cardiotocography. These tests are very desirable, but unfortunately and very often it depends on technical possibilities of female consultation centre, or the qualification of the gynecologist and persistence of the patient.
Be responsible!
On my question, that I ask the doctor if my husband need to pass the blood test, he said that it is nonsense.
And when I asked to pass the clamidiosis test, that now days are widely-spread, the doctor answers: “- if you wish, go and pass it in the venereal disease clinic!” and for the ultrasound scanning, the doctor said that sonography is 20th week test, and that it is stupid to do it now. Why to do unnecessary examinations? But I am sure that the test can not be unnecessary, because we talk about the most important part of life of female. The future mom has full right to know everything about fetus health condition and her health.
Thanks God I have a healthy son. During all pregnancy period I took only 1 test, not usual test in the endocrinological clinic. But my classmate the pregnancy ends with miscarriage. It was 6 years ago, when ultrasonic examination was not mandatory monitoring for future moms. Irene has severe toxicosis since the second part of pregnancy, and she feels something wrong going on, and at that time she couldn’t persuade the doctor to do the ultrasonic examination once again. The baby born not to be cured, with pathology and the baby died after few days.
The future mums, as a rule, are mistrustful enough, and frequentlee their fears arise for no reason. But if there is at least one occasion to anxiety, it is better to hand over the appropriate analysis. First you will calm down, and the second – exclude of any probable complication. Certainly, it is not necessary to go too far and pass any expensive test only because your friend or known person did it. Many examinations are difficult enough, and the main thing is that it can harmfull for the fetus.
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