Planning a Baby
Pre-Marriage Medical Tests in India: The Screening That Actually Changes Outcomes | Planning a Baby | Part 3
Indian families match kundlis before a wedding with enormous care. Almost nobody matches blood reports. One of those two practices changes what happens to the children. If both partners carry the thalassaemia trait, one child in four will have thalassaemia major, which means blood transfusions every few weeks for life. A test that costs a…
Planning for the Future: Fertility Testing, Carrier Screening and Egg or Sperm Preservation in India | Planning a Baby | Part 2
In India, fertility is usually discussed for the first time about six months after a wedding, and by then two people are being asked a question neither of them has any information to answer. This article is about having that information earlier: what your reproductive baseline is, what screening you should do before marriage or…
Planning a Baby: The Complete Guide to Fertility, Genetics, Pregnancy, Postpartum, and Newborn Health | Planning a Baby | Part 1
Most people spend more time researching a smartphone purchase than understanding the biological timeline that determines whether, and how, they become a parent.
