Testing During Pregnancy

Please feel free to browse among the various links for information about women's pregnancy health care issues. For specific topics, visit the A to Z Index Search. The different pregnancy information links are listed below:

• Blood tests
  • Prenatal laboratory testing
  • Genetic blood tests
    • Ashkenazi testing
    • Cystic Fibrosis
    • Sickle-cell Disease
    • Fragile X syndrome
  • Genetic screening for Birth Defects - ARSM fact sheet
  • Ashkenazi Jewish Genetic Screening Brochure
  
  
• Chromosomal and Neural Tube Defect Tests
  • California Prenatal Screening Information Website
  • California Prenatal Screening Guidebook
  • Timeline for Prenatal Screening - Clinicians guide
  • Nuchal Screening Centers - for Nuchal Ultrasound
  • Amniocentesis
  • CVS Testing
    
  
  
• Gestational Diabetes
  • One-hour glucola
  • Three hour glucose test
    
    
• Additional Monitoring
  • Fetal fibronectin for preterm labor
  • Non-stress testing
  • Biophysical Profile
    
    
• Group B Strep Testing

• Weblinks
  • Prenatal Diagnosis
  • March of Dimes
  • Mother Risk
  • Mayo Clinic