The months of
pregnancy can bring the most beautiful days of a woman’s life. And in all those
beautiful moments there are certain crucial steps that need to be followed to
know that you and your baby are doing fine. While there are no more joyous than
getting to see your baby for the first time on screen, feel its kicks, there
are certain uncalled genetic disorders that may occur in the baby’s body that
you cannot determine from the outside.
How are they examined?
There are special
tests called the Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing helps you to look out for
any sort of genetic disorder in the baby. It is not harmful and is completely
noninvasive. The blood is drawn from the mother’s body which contains the free
flowing DNA. When bearing the child, the mother’s blood contains a mixture if
the DNA of her own and the placenta. This DNA is then extracted from the blood
and then the tests are done in order to understand any abnormality in the DNA
sequencing.
What are the abnormalities that are tested?
There are many
chromosomal disorders that can be tested with this painful technology. The
babies are commonly tested for Down Syndrome in this way.
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