Modern technology has enabled medical practitioners to detect health defects in a fetus as early as the 14th to 18th weeks of pregnancy. One common testing procedure, amniocentesis, which is strongly recommended for women over the age of 35, involves inserting a long needle through the mother’s abdominal and uterine walls into the amniotic sac, […]

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The first clinic in the United States to give periodic care to pregnant women who were not ill, had no noticeable symptoms of problems, and were not in labor was established in Boston in 1909. Its main concern was the early detection of toxemia of pregnancy (high blood pressure with liver and kidney complications) among […]

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