"I’m sorry, but I can’t help being so cute." - baby
That the formation of the placenta is the single most important phase during pregnancy?
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Genetic Procedures
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- Chorionic villous sampling (CVS). We perform only transabdominal CVS which is the safest procedure at 11-12 weeks (this an invasive procedure with low risk for pregnancy loss).
- Amniocentesis (this is an invasive procedure with low risk for pregnancy loss done after 15 weeks).
- Fetal Blood Sampling (PUBS) (this is an invasive procedure with higher than amniocentesis pregnancy loss risk)
- Nuchal Translucency and first trimester genetic screening for Down syndrome (non-invasive, no risk to the baby). This is a test that combines ultrasound assessment of the baby's nuchal translucency (NT), nasal bone, dutus venosus Doppler and maternal blood testing.
- Level II (targeted anatomical and genetic marker) ultrasound {a negative such ultrasound at Kofinas Perinatal reduces the risk for Chromosomal defects (Down syndrome and other trisomies) by as much as 80%.
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