45-year-old Julie McConnel from Nampa, Idaho, already had four children when she became pregnant...
Tag - Amniocentesis
Prenatal Tests Highly Inaccurate; May Prompt Unnecessary Abortions
Being told that the baby you’re carrying may not have a chance at a normal, healthy, functioning...
‘Precious Baby’ Pregnancies Treated Differently by Doctors than Spontaneous Pregnancies
All babies are precious, especially to their parents. However, a recent study shows that the way a...
Marla Sokoloff Shares Her Second Trimester Scare
Every day, pregnancies fail, babies are born with birth defects and infants are born stillborn...
Down Syndrome Families Speak Out About Their Experience
Currently, there is only way to check for Down Syndrome during pregnancy - an amniocentesis; a test...
New Test for Down’s Syndrome Promises More Accurate Results
A new blood test to detect Down ’s syndrome in unborn babies could give accurate results and...
Fetal DNA Found In Mother’s Blood
During pregnancy, a mother's blood contains her unborn child's DNA sequence. This new discovery...
Know Your Baby’s Gender In Just 5 Weeks
Dutch researchers have been successful with a non-invasive blood test that can tell the gender and...
New Down’s Syndrome Test Eliminates Miscarriage Risk
Exciting news for expectant mothers: Reuters reports that a groundbreaking non-invasive test is now...
Study: Amniocentesis Not Linked To Miscarriage
I am not sure how I feel about this study. The journal Obstetrics & Gynecology is reporting...