With some means, caution is called – skincare in the pregnancy is a topic, which will deal sooner or later each pregnant woman. A wellness program for your face Pregnancy can alter the texture of your facial skin. Some women get noticeably drier skin – in others, the skin is greasier […]
The nuchal translucency as a characteristic of the baby development – The Nackendransparenzuntersuchung (also called neck wrinkle measurement) is carried out in the context of prenatal care only on explicit request and is associated with no risk to the unborn baby. The term nuchal translucency explained briefly A natural fluid accumulation that occurs during the 11th and 14th […]
The hormone hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) is also referred to as “pregnancy-preserving hormone.” It stimulates the production of the pregnancy hormone progesterone, without which the pregnancy could not persist. What is hCG? The pregnancy-preserving hormone is formed in the outer cell layers of the fertilized egg from the fifth day after […]
Another method from the arsenal of prenatal diagnosis – The chorionic villus sampling, as well as the amniocentesis (amniocentesis), is an invasive – penetrating into the body – method of prenatal diagnosis. As a result, information about genetic changes and possible genetic damage to the baby can be obtained already at a relatively […]
A large or small blood count is one of the routine tests in pregnancy. The blood tests show that the mother and child are healthy and the pregnancy is normal. The blood picture as part of the check-up A large blood count is created during the three major antenatal checkups. The “smaller” preventive […]
