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Your Pregnancy Quick Guide to Tests and Procedures: Everything You Need to Know about Both Routine and Special Tests and Procedures During Your Pregnancy »
Authors: Glade Curtis, Judith Schuler, Judith Schuler
ISBN-13: 9780738209531, ISBN-10: 0738209538
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Date Published: June 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Glade Curtis
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.
Book Synopsis
Everything you need to know about both routine and special check-ups during your pregnancy
Table of Contents
| Part I | Medical Tests during Pregnancy | 1 |
| Tests before Pregnancy | 2 | |
| Tests for Pregnancy-Related Problems and Situations | 3 | |
| Tests during the 1st Trimester | 5 | |
| The Pregnancy Test | 5 | |
| Routine Tests Done at Every Visit | 6 | |
| Tests at Your 1st or 2nd Prenatal Visit | 9 | |
| Physical and Pelvic Exams | 11 | |
| Pap Smear | 11 | |
| Specific Tests during the 1st Trimester | 14 | |
| HIV and/or AIDS Test | 14 | |
| Antibody Rh-Negative Test | 16 | |
| Cystic Fibrosis Screening | 17 | |
| Alfa-Fetoprotein Test (AFP) | 19 | |
| Triple-Screen Test | 22 | |
| Quad-Screen Test | 23 | |
| Hypothyroidism | 24 | |
| Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS) | 25 | |
| Genetic Tests | 26 | |
| The Quantitative HCG Test | 27 | |
| Tests to Avoid during Your Pregnancy | 28 | |
| Imaging Tests | 28 | |
| 2nd Trimester Tests You May Have | 31 | |
| Measuring the Growth of Your Uterus | 31 | |
| Glucose-Tolerance Test | 34 | |
| Ultra-Fast MRI | 34 | |
| Ultrasound | 35 | |
| Where Ultrasound Is Done | 37 | |
| How Ultrasound Is Done | 38 | |
| Some Special Uses of Ultrasound | 41 | |
| Transvaginal Sonography | 41 | |
| 3-Dimensional Ultrasound | 42 | |
| The Cost of Ultrasound | 43 | |
| Nuchal Translucency Screening | 44 | |
| Amniocentesis | 44 | |
| How Amniocentesis Is Done | 45 | |
| The Risks of Amniocentesis | 47 | |
| Blood Tests You May Have for Specific Problems | 47 | |
| Other Tests You May Have | 48 | |
| Fetoscopy | 48 | |
| Percutaneous Umbilical Blood Sampling (PUBS) or Cordocentesis | 49 | |
| Fetal Fibronectin (fFN) Test | 50 | |
| Tests for the Woman Expecting More than One Baby | 51 | |
| 3rd Trimester Tests You May Have | 54 | |
| Group-B Streptococcus Infection Test | 54 | |
| Ultrasound in the 3rd Trimester | 58 | |
| Home Uterine Monitoring | 59 | |
| Kick Count | 59 | |
| Bishop Score | 61 | |
| Nonstress Test (NST) | 63 | |
| Contraction-Stress Test (CST) | 65 | |
| The Biophysical Profile | 69 | |
| Tests You May Have during Labor | 72 | |
| Labor Check | 72 | |
| Fetal Blood Sampling during Labor | 73 | |
| Fetal Monitoring (Electronic Fetal Monitoring) | 74 | |
| Evaluating Fetal Lung Maturity | 77 | |
| Test to Determine Baby's Oxygen Levels | 78 | |
| Inducing Labor | 78 | |
| Tests for Your Newborn | 79 | |
| Apgar Score | 80 | |
| Blood Tests | 81 | |
| Coombs Test | 81 | |
| Reflex Assessment | 82 | |
| Neonatal Maturity Assessment | 82 | |
| Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale | 82 | |
| Other Newborn Tests | 83 | |
| Your After-Pregnancy Checkup | 84 | |
| Hematocrit | 87 | |
| Part II | Medical Procedures during Pregnancy | 89 |
| Maternal Procedures during Pregnancy | 89 | |
| McDonald's Cerclage for an Incompetent Cervix | 89 | |
| Rh-Sensitivity and RhoGAM | 91 | |
| Fetal Procedures and Surgeries | 95 | |
| Open Surgery | 96 | |
| Closed-Uterus Surgery | 97 | |
| Inducing Labor | 97 | |
| Ripening the Cervix for Induction | 99 | |
| Rupturing Membranes | 100 | |
| Stripping Membranes | 101 | |
| Anesthesia | 101 | |
| Epidural Block | 102 | |
| Spinal Block | 102 | |
| General Anesthesia | 103 | |
| Local Block | 103 | |
| Episiotomy | 103 | |
| Repair of an Episiotomy | 105 | |
| Forceps Delivery and Vacuum Extraction | 106 | |
| Removal of the Placenta | 106 | |
| Manual Removal | 106 | |
| D&C for a Retained Placenta | 107 | |
| Tubal Ligation after Delivery? | 107 | |
| Glossary | 111 | |
| Index | 127 |
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