First of all, I would like to congratulate you on your pregnancy! It is important to me to accompany you through your pregnancy with the highest level of professional expertise and empathy. I take enough time and calmness for this. I want to make the examinations an enjoyable and special experience for you and I am also - and especially - at your side with a lot of heart and experience in difficult situations or when making difficult decisions.
Yours, Dr John Hartung
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Investigations
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First trimester screening
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First of all: the vast majority of babies are healthy!
Nevertheless, all women - regardless of their age - run a small risk of their baby being affected by a mental or physical illness.
The most common cause of mental disability is Down syndrome, a chromosomal disorder also known as trisomy 21. This disorder is not inherited, but occurs by chance.
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Precision diagnostics
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At 20-22 weeks of pregnancy, the baby is so large and the organs are so well developed that their structure and function can be assessed using this ultrasound scan. Facial features and facial expressions can often be visualised.
Most malformations can be ruled out or recognised at this stage - this also applies to most heart defects. The sex of the child can also normally be recognised at this stage.
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Doppler examination
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Doppler sonography (also known as growth ultrasound), a special ultrasound technique, is used to visualise and measure the blood flow in the mother and child.
The blood vessels in the uterus form the maternal supply to the placenta. A significant proportion of serious disorders during pregnancy are due to impaired implantation of the placenta. Successful implantation of the placenta is accompanied by dilation of the blood vessels that supply the intervillous space.
