The pregnant woman should perform some important tests in order to check the safety of her fetus and take the necessary if he has any disease such as Down syndrome.

The director of the Department of Prenatal Medicine at the University Hospital Bonn Professor Anigret Gabel that pregnant women should carry out a gestational diabetes test and blood group tests.

In addition, three ultrasound examinations are required to determine the fetal status of the gynecologist: between the eighth and twelfth weeks of pregnancy, between the eighteenth and twentieth weeks, and between the twenty-eighth and thirty-second weeks, to confirm the size Fetus and the activity of his heart.

There are also more accurate ultrasound tests, including the so-called accurate diagnosis that takes place between the eighteenth and twenty-second weeks, where a careful examination of the child's body, organs and brain to make sure that he does not have any birth defects such as problems in the the heart.

First trimester screening can be used to identify a child's risk of developing trisomy 21, known as Down syndrome. , Along with special tests of maternal blood such as plasma protein A, and beta-human chorionic gonadotropin.

NIPT Examination
For his part, member of the German Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology Prof. Carl Oliver Kagan said that doctors can clarify the incidence of Down syndrome or triangles 13 and 18 through non-invasive examination before birth "NIPT" (non-invasive prenatal test) for blood Where the genetic material from the mother's blood sample is examined.

Kagan explained that this test is not a diagnostic test, but only a risk analysis, stressing that this test is very reliable for the third.

In fact, chromosomal disorders can only be diagnosed by amniocentesis and chorionic villi biopsy. These methods raise the risk of miscarriage, with needle samples being taken through the mother's abdominal wall.

Kagan recommends that those who wish to undergo the NIPT test have a good ultrasound diagnosis to detect abnormalities that are not associated with chromosomal disorders.

In addition to abnormalities, infectious diseases such as Torch's syndrome and toxoplasmosis can also be detected, and if a woman is immunized at the beginning of pregnancy, a blood sample can be determined.

Streptococcus B
The head of the German Society for Prenatal Medicine, Prof. Dieter Grupp, recommends a vaginal smear to screen for streptococcus bacteria from group B between 35 and 37 weeks.

The infection with these bacteria threatens the child with serious diseases such as septicemia, pneumonia and meningitis.