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What Tests Do They Perform On The Baby When She's Born?
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My first daughter is coming in a couple weeks. We've chosen to deliver at a hospital. After she is born and they clean her up will they run any tests on her?
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Friday 12th of February 2010 02:34:57 PM
Congratulation for your first kid@! it is a gret news nd also an important moment in your lives.
tests? I guess there is no test just the usual.they need to evaluate her, to see how healthy she is, the measurement of the body, weight, hight, vaccin.At least to my hospital those are the evaluation they do
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Friday 19th of March 2010 08:48:30 AM
Hello there Mom, and yes after she born she will run some tests to check how is her health status, the first test they run is the APGAR test to check how is her healthy , the apgar check these things:heart rate, breathing, color, activity and muscle tone, and grimace reflex response. if this test does not show anything out of the normal score trhat is 7 to 10, may another tests will not be needed, and sometime before it normaly the doctors get to check the baby eyes and ears to check a some infection presence, and the other tests are just mensure and weight check.
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Thursday 24th of June 2010 12:18:06 AM
If you dont have any problem like GBS or anything then there will be not need to take more test on baby as all tests are already done on you and if you were positive for nay problem then some test would be taken accordingly as such the test for checking the jaundice on baby could be taken as all baby have mild jaundice at the time of born and some vaccination will be done
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Monday 28th of June 2010 02:45:04 AM
Here are some of the tests I know that are being done to newborn babies: Phenylketonuria (PKU) - to screen for metabolic disorder, Congenital Hypothyroidism - to check if the baby has or doesn't have enough thyroid hormones, Galactosemia - test to detect lack of enzyme to convert galactose, Sickle Cell Disease - abnormality in the red blood cell, Biotinidase Deficiency - lack of biotinidase in the body, Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia - hormonal deficiency, Tyrosinemia - for amino acid metabolism disorder, Cystic Fibrosis, MCAD Deficiency, Toxoplasmosis, and Hearing Screening.
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