Are there any side effects to prenatal testing? Routine prenatal tests that involve a blood test or ultrasound don't have any side effects. Amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling (CVS ...

With most couples opting for a single child only, in such a case, Prenatal genetic testing can be a crucial tool for ...

And yet here it was on ultrasound, with a beating heart ... with no sign of cancer except a strange result on a prenatal screening test? “People are a little hesitant when it comes to pregnant ...

Historically, the alternative has been prenatal screening that relied primarily on an ultrasound ... imbalance is striking enough, the test results will flag a potential problem.

But my first prenatal exam changed all that ... A promising new procedure that combines a blood test with an ultrasound to screen for Down syndrome may be available between 10 and 14 weeks.

This preparation includes a number of prenatal visits with your obstetrician ... known as a non-stress test (NST), as well as an ultrasound to measure the amount of amniotic fluid.

Israel's Health Ministry mistakenly excluded a genetic disease from the official list of conditions tested for in state-funded prenatal genetic ... institutes should test for before pregnancy.