Amniotic fluid

woke up one early morning not feeling my best. I remember going to the bathroom and even though I was finished using the restroom, the water was still dripping down my legs. No, I didn’t have a weak bladder but I came to the realization that my amniotic fluid was leaking way too early. Actually, I was six months too early to be having this type of problem. I went to the emergency room because I knew there was something wrong with my body and my unborn child was in distress. The doctor…

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An ultrasound can help detect achondroplasia. An obstetrician may find hydrocephalus, an abnormally large head, or other signs of achondroplasia by examining the ultrasound. To verify the diagnosis, the obstetrician may also have a sample of amniotic fluid tested. If the mutated FGFR3 gene is found, this verifies that the child has the defect. After birth, a diagnosis can be made with an…

good news, the bad news my amniotic fluid was less than half the amount that it was supposed to be and supposedly, the lady said that this could be because our baby had Downs Syndrome. Immediately I was sent to the Perinatal OBGYN in OKC, OK to determine if the results were correct and what the next step would be. Thankfully, the girl that had performed the ultrasound had no clue what she was doing or talking about, our baby boy looked great and had adequate enough fluid and didn’t have any…

thirty-five or older, abnormality in Hiraldo 3 ultrasound and history of DS. Nuchal Translucency screening test is done by ultrasound to measure the neck of the fetus, when there is an abnormality fluid collects in the neck tissue. Amniocentesis is a sample of the amniotic fluid surrounding the fetus is withdrawn through a needle inserted into the mothers ' uterus in a study by mayoclinic.org (pg2). Chorionic villus sampling (CVS) is a test when cells are taken from the placenta to…

The conception of an infant is an awesome yet exceptionally complex procedure. Numerous physical and enthusiastic changes happen for mother and child. An infant must make numerous physical acclimations to life outside the mother's body. Leaving the uterus implies that an infant can no more rely on upon the mother's dissemination and placenta for vital physiologic capacities. The physical and mental neonatal Intensive consideration unit (NICU) environment might be the absolute most critical…

antibodies may be present in the serum for years, however, and false positives for acute infection are possible. DNA assays are also used to diagnose toxoplasmosis. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is able to detect T. gondii in both amniotic and cerebrospinal fluids and is commonly used to diagnose congenital toxoplasmosis. PCR is used to diagnose cerebral toxoplasmosis less frequently due to the invasiveness of the lumbar puncture procedure. Toxoplasmosis may also be indirectly diagnosed…

on the individual’s case and certain medical conditions. The morning after pill, for example, is usually given in some rape cases within 72 hours of sex, the pill prevents the embryo from planting in the uterus wall. A saline abortion makes the amniotic fluid like a poison that suffocates the child and burns off its outer layer of skin. In a suction aspiration abortion the unborn child is sucked out of the mother pulling it apart and killing it in the…

Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus, a member of the Spondweni serocomplex, whose natural transmission cycle involves mainly vectors from the Aedes genus (A. furcifer, A. taylori, A. luteocephalus and A. africanus) and monkeys, while humans are occasional hosts. The illness is usually mild comprising symptoms lasting for several days to a week after being bitten by an infected mosquito. People usually don’t get sick enough to go to the hospital, and they very rarely die of Zika.…

functions are to produce sperm cells and sex hormones. Next, the vas deferens. Sperm passes through the vas deferens to the urethra, whilst travelling through the vas deferens it mixes with a fluid containing nutrients for the sperm cells. This is secreted from the seminal vesicle and prostate gland, once the fluid and sperm mix, it is called semen. After this,…