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Pregnancy is a step-by-step process. The frst move?

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Seps o a healhy pregnancy

Congratulations!

Whether you

have just

decided to havea baby or are

already preg-

nant, this is

an important and exciting time

in your lie. The good health deci-

sions you make now will help reap

great benets or you, your baby,

and your amily.

Make a atmet

The very best thing you can do

to help your chances o having a

healthy baby is to visit your ob-

gyn beore you begin trying to

conceive. It is a great opportunity

or you and your doctor to address

health issues that could aect

your ertility or ability to have a

healthy pregnancy. For instance,

you may need to lose weight, quit

smoking, monitor alcohol con-

sumption, or control diabetes or

blood pressure. To help prevent

birth deects, your ob-gyn may

recommend stopping certain

medications you may be taking

and advise that you begin taking

a prenatal vitamin containing

olic acid. Beore pregnancy is

also an ideal time to get caught

up on vaccinations.

shedule hek-u

Regular prenatal care visits allow

your doctor to track your progress

throughout pregnancy and treat

any problems that may come up.

Make an appointment with your

ob-gyn as soon as you nd out

you are pregnant. He or she ca n

counsel you on proper nutrition,

exercise, avoiding alcohol, and a

healthy weight gain. During pre-

natal care visits, your doctor will

check your blood glucose levels,

blood pressure, and weight, and

will provide other import ant

screenings, including an HIV

test.

Lea the ull tem

Each year, about 1 in 8 babies in

the U.S. is born beore reaching

ull-term. Did you know that a ull-

term pregnancy lasts 10 months

(40 weeks), not nine? Many

women are tired and uncomort-

able near the end o pregnancy

and just want to schedule delivery.

But waiting until at least 39 weeks

to deliver is important because

during the last ew weeks o preg-

nancy your babys brain and lungs

ully mature and your baby gainsneeded body at.

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The American College o Obstetri-

cians and Gynecologists has part-

nered with the U.S. Department

o Health and Human Services

on the Strong Start educational

campaign to reduce the number

o elective deliveries beore 39

weeks. Dont be surprised i your

doctor and hospital strongly

discourages labor inductions or

cesareans beore 39 weeks unless

there is a medical reason.

Remember, your ob-gyn is there

to help you have a healthy preg-

nancy and a healthy baby.

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Ferile new opionst

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million women

acing inertility

in the U.S.One o

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people ask is do

you think we can have a baby, says

Sheali Mavani Shastri,M.D.,a phy-

sician at Reproductive Medicine

Associates o New Jersey (RMANJ).

What I tell every couple is I am

sure we can help and to make sure

they are ready or the journey.

That journey oten involves in

vitro ertilization,but today,its no

longer your mothers IVF.There are

new developments to be aware o

in the quest or parenthoodespe-

cially those concerned about hav-

ing multiples avoring the trans-

er o just one embryo.

Auate detet

The paradigm is shiting. For

years, inertility specialists have

struggled to determine which

embryos will implant and result

in a pregnancy and live birth, says

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partner o RMANJ.But now,a cut-

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rately detects healthy embryos

that will lead to successul preg-

nancies and healthy babies.

Comprehensive chromosome

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are too many or too ew chromo-

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that 50 percent to 70 percent o

miscarriages are due to embryos

with too ew or too many chromo-

somes, says Scott whose practice

developed SelectCCS to rapidly

identiy those with the correct

number. Using this approach, we

can then transer only one healthy

embryo i the patient chooses,

eliminating the risk o multiple

pregnancies and births, the most

common and costly complication

o IVF, while maintaining high

success rates.

Scott says transerring one

screened embryo achieves the

same pregnancy rates as putting

in two non-screened embryos.

This results in ewer miscarriages,

as well as healthier babies, one at

a time, because there are ewer

obstetrical and pediatric risks.

When seeking treatment or

inertility which is generally

considered when a woman does

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ing i under 35, six months or

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study o more than 2,000 women undergoing rou-

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and 18 at a alse-positive rate o 0.1 percent.1 While

highly accurate, NIPT is not a diagnostic test, and

high-risk results may lead to a recommendation

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