Buy backpacks, exercise machines, athletic shoes, and more at Fogdog Sports. It is a test of your amniotic fluid that can rule out or diagnose certain birth defects with great accuracy. Of all the dazzling technology available to support the modern pregnancy, amniocentesis stands out as one of the most remarkable. It can also ascertain the baby s sex and maturity.
Neural tube defects such as spina bifida and anencephaly .
It can also find out if the mother or baby is RH-negative , and whether the fetus's lungs are mature enough for an emergency early delivery. Amniocentesis doesn't detect every defect, however. A cleft lip or palate, for example, won t show up in the test. Only you can make that decision. Some women want to know as much as possible about their babies before birth.