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Thinking About Pain Relief- Baby Care It's sensible to consider options for pain relief before labor starts, discuss what is available a few weeks in advance with your doctor and put your wishes in a birth plan. Many women like the idea of a birth with out the need for drugs, but it's good to be prepared; you can't predict how you'll react when you're in labor. Countdown To Birth-Baby Care As your due date approaches, the days may seem to drag by and you probably feel uncomfortably large. As the expectant father, you'll be waiting for the telephone to ring with the call you've been waiting for. Discribe Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) or Triple Screen Research is currently under way to assess markers that would identify increased risk for Down syndrome in the first trimester of pregnancy. Some of these might even be measurable in the mother's urine. This would not eliminate the need for second-trimester screening for neural tube defects, however.

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