Pregnancy > Medical Tests

Left untreated those who are pregnant and have a pre-existing diagnosis of diabetes or find they have gestational diabetes can make for major complications. This is why many physicians and health care providers recommend that pregnant women take a glucose screening test. When checking for gestational diabetes the test is done at around 28 weeks gestation. (more...)

If you are pregnant or planning on getting pregnant you may want to consider having a Cystic Fibrosis Carrier Screening test performed on yourself and your partner. Cystic Fibrosis is an inherited condition that is caused by an abnormal gene in the body which affect mucus production. Those who have CF have difficulty breathing as well as digestion problems and generally only live about 30 years. (more...)

There are many different types of tests pregnant women have available to them to verify the health of their baby. Most of these tests are meant to detect a child’s risk of birth defects such as Downs syndrome. (more...)

The reason this test is conducted on pregnant woman is because AFP is secreted by the liver of the developing baby and can indicate the presence of neural tube defects such as spina bifida and other abnormalities like abdominal wall defects as well as Down’s Syndrome. (more...)

The vast majority of medical tests currently available for pregnancy are actually tests that are used for screening. Pregnancy is a very delicate process and because of that there are many tests that are going to be administered for the purposes of screening to make sure that everything is okay with the baby. (more...)

As time has gone on, progressively newer and more impressive medical tests have become available for pregnancy. One of the most popularized recent additions to the medical test field has been the ability to tell the gender of the baby. Ultrasounds are one of the first tests to be run in most pregnancy cases just as a matter of routine, (more...)

An ultrasound is going to be the first test that every mother will get once they have become pregnant. Ultrasounds are standard in every OB-GYN around the world nowadays as the process of sending sound waves into the body and then imaging based on their interactions with the organs A test that every prospective mother will be offered and most should take is known as the alpha-fetoprotein test. (more...)

Many women in the current generation are not getting married until they hit their 30s, so pregnancies are naturally delayed Chorionic villus sampling is an example of a test that can frequently be administered to women over the age of 35 during their pregnancy. The main thing to keep in mind is that problem risk increases with age (more...)

It is important to understand that administering medical tests is always going to be a balance between the needs of the patient and the cost involved in administering the test. Most of the insurers are going to be very reluctant to spring for the full package of medical tests that are available. (more...)