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Planning Your Pregnancy
Complete Checkup After the consensus is reached, the next step is to make sure that your body is up to the challenge. That necessarily involves a visit to a gynecologist.
A good specialist should look at your medical history, prior pregnancies, abortions and contraception methods. A doctor might also want to ask you about your lifestyle, allergies and whether you currently have any chronic conditions or have had any serious ailments in the past. Based on the evaluation, he or she might want to refer you to other specialists to an allergist for example (if you have allergies). All women who plan to conceive should undergo a general blood test (your doctor should pay attention to the levels of hemoglobin, leucocytes, erythrocytes, etc.), a urine test, a PAP Smear, and test for any sexually transmitted diseases a lot of STDs can have a negative impact upon the health of an unborn child.
It is very important to diagnose and address any chronic conditions and infections that you might have before you conceive the presence of them in the body may seriously complicate pregnancy. Many people are unaware that a simple visit to a dentist may uncover certain infections that may prove detrimental to a healthy development of a fetus. Finally, if there is a family history of certain genetic conditions such as the Down syndrome, Huntington's disease or Alzheimer's disease or of pregnancy complications such as miscarriages or stillborn babies it is important to undergo genetic testing. Genetic testing can indicate a probability of possible complications and disorders. Genetic tests are also often performed as a part of prenatal testing and care they help to diagnose any hereditary conditions the fetus might develop.
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