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.
