Your Pregnancy Quick Guide to Tests and Procedures: What you Need to Know about Routine and Special Tests and Procedures during Your Pregnancy

by Curtis, Glade B.

• ISBN13: 9780738209531
• ISBN10: 0738209538
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-06-01
• Publisher: DA CAPO PRESS INC

Summary

Medical tests during pregnancy can be important in your prenatal care. Every test provides your doctor with information so her or she can plan the best care for you and your growing baby. When you know the facts about each test -- why it's done, how it's administered, what the results can mean -- you'll be more at ease. Comprehensive and up-to-date, this Quick Guide covers what you need to know about both routine and special tests -- and the easy-to-follow format gets you to the facts quickly. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Glade B. Curtis, M.D., M.P.H., is board-certified by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the father of five. He lives in Utah. Judith Schuler, M.S., has worked and cowritten books with Dr. Curtis for more than twenty years. Ms. Schuler divides her time between homes in Wyoming and Arizona.

Table of Contents

Medical Tests during Pregnancy	p. 1
Tests before Pregnancy	p. 2
Tests for Pregnancy-Related Problems and Situations	p. 3
Tests during the 1st Trimester	p. 5
The Pregnancy Test	p. 5
Routine Tests Done at Every Visit	p. 6
Tests at Your 1st or 2nd Prenatal Visit	p. 9
Physical and Pelvic Exams	p. 11
Pap Smear	p. 11
Specific Tests during the 1st Trimester	p. 14
HIV and/or AIDS Test	p. 14
Antibody Rh-Negative Test	p. 16
Cystic Fibrosis Screening	p. 17
Alfa-Fetoprotein Test (AFP)	p. 19
Triple-Screen Test	p. 22
Quad-Screen Test	p. 23
Hypothyroidism	p. 24
Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS)	p. 25
Genetic Tests	p. 26
The Quantitative HCG Test	p. 27
Tests to Avoid during Your Pregnancy	p. 28
Imaging Tests	p. 28
2nd Trimester Tests You May Have	p. 31
Measuring the Growth of Your Uterus	p. 31
Glucose-Tolerance Test	p. 34
Ultra-Fast MRI	p. 34
Ultrasound	p. 35
Where Ultrasound Is Done	p. 37
How Ultrasound Is Done	p. 38
Some Special Uses of Ultrasound	p. 41
Transvaginal Sonography	p. 41
3-Dimensional Ultrasound	p. 42
The Cost of Ultrasound	p. 43
Nuchal Translucency Screening	p. 44
Amniocentesis	p. 44
How Amniocentesis Is Done	p. 45
The Risks of Amniocentesis	p. 47
Blood Tests You May Have for Specific Problems	p. 47
Other Tests You May Have	p. 48
Fetoscopy	p. 48
Percutaneous Umbilical Blood Sampling (PUBS) or Cordocentesis	p. 49
Fetal Fibronectin (fFN) Test	p. 50
Tests for the Woman Expecting More than One Baby	p. 51
3rd Trimester Tests You May Have	p. 54
Group-B Streptococcus Infection Test	p. 54
Ultrasound in the 3rd Trimester	p. 58
Home Uterine Monitoring	p. 59
Kick Count	p. 59
Bishop Score	p. 61
Nonstress Test (NST)	p. 63
Contraction-Stress Test (CST)	p. 65
The Biophysical Profile	p. 69
Tests You May Have during Labor	p. 72
Labor Check	p. 72
Fetal Blood Sampling during Labor	p. 73
Fetal Monitoring (Electronic Fetal Monitoring)	p. 74
Evaluating Fetal Lung Maturity	p. 77
Test to Determine Baby's Oxygen Levels	p. 78
Inducing Labor	p. 78
Tests for Your Newborn	p. 79
Apgar Score	p. 80
Blood Tests	p. 81
Coombs Test	p. 81
Reflex Assessment	p. 82
Neonatal Maturity Assessment	p. 82
Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale	p. 82
Other Newborn Tests	p. 83
Your After-Pregnancy Checkup	p. 84
Hematocrit	p. 87
Medical Procedures during Pregnancy	p. 89
Maternal Procedures during Pregnancy	p. 89
McDonald's Cerclage for an Incompetent Cervix	p. 89
Rh-Sensitivity and RhoGAM	p. 91
Fetal Procedures and Surgeries	p. 95
Open Surgery	p. 96
Closed-Uterus Surgery	p. 97
Inducing Labor	p. 97
Ripening the Cervix for Induction	p. 99
Rupturing Membranes	p. 100
Stripping Membranes	p. 101
Anesthesia	p. 101
Epidural Block	p. 102
Spinal Block	p. 102
General Anesthesia	p. 103
Local Block	p. 103
Episiotomy	p. 103
Repair of an Episiotomy	p. 105
Forceps Delivery and Vacuum Extraction	p. 106
Removal of the Placenta	p. 106
Manual Removal	p. 106
D&C for a Retained Placenta	p. 107
Tubal Ligation after Delivery?	p. 107
Glossary	p. 111
Index	p. 127
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