Amniocentesis

Heath Mendenhall could hardly wait to tell everyone. Immediately after the first prenatal visit and ultrasound, he wanted to share the news that he and his wife, Missy, were about eight weeks pregnant. But he knew better. Granted, the baby's heart...

When Ramona Burton became pregnant with her second child this year, the 37-year-old knew that her age put her baby at an elevated risk for Down syndrome, even though screening with ultrasound and standard blood tests raised no warning flags. Burton...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New, non-invasive tests for chromosomal disorders should be reserved for pregnant women with a higher-than-average risk of having a baby with Down syndrome, doctors said this week. The screening tests, which find small amounts...

I had this trouble with "Glee" over the break, where I couldn’t seem to contain within my brain that Quinn got T-boned and Rachel almost got married at the same time, and thus kept forgetting one or the other. So I was extra confused when Quinn...

Until recently, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum was probably better known for his sweater vests than his political beliefs, but all that changed last weekend. In Ohio, Santorum about his Christianity and made veiled suggestions...

My sexy GGG husband and I fuck a "good friend" semiregularly. He's hot, young, and game to fuck about every other week. We started out wearing condoms, but we've had the safe-sex conversation and our good friend isn't banging anyone else, so we've moved...

CHICAGO (AP) — Boy or girl? A simple blood test in mothers-to-be can answer that question with surprising accuracy at about seven weeks, a research analysis has found. Though not widely offered by U.S. doctors, gender-detecting blood tests have...

Parents-to-be have a new way to learn the sex of their unborn child earlier than before. A test, widely used in Europe and other parts of the world, is getting some attention from the “Journal of the American Medical Association.” It is...

A blood test designed to tell the sex of an unborn baby is very reliable, especially after seven weeks' gestation, compared with urine-based tests that are also available to parents, according to new research in this week's issue of Journal of the...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Blood drawn from expectant mothers could offer parents an earlier sneak peek at their baby's sex than methods currently used in the U.S., researchers said Tuesday. The test may be particularly valuable for families that harbor...