Maternity Topped Medical Science

Maternity Topped Medical Science We end the broadcast tonight with a remarkable story of (1)holding out for hope. Each year more than 100,000 pregnant women in the country (2)undergo a common procedure called (3)amniocentesis; on rare occasions this test can seriously harm the unborn child. One mother in this awful (4)predicament was told to give up hope. She refused. For Laura Klein, it was a time of celebration; she was pregnant with her first child, a boy. Then, 20 weeks into the pregnancy, an ultrasound examination detected something terribly wrong. Vital (5)amniotic fluid that surrounds the(6) fetus had leaked from her (7)womb. Her doctors said the fetus was certain to die and recommended that she (8)terminate the pregnancy. (Laura Klein) "There was no doubt in his mind that this pregnancy needed to be ended, because, even if I was able to (9)carry the baby to term, the baby would have no lungs." The problem was the result of an increasingly common genetic test; amniocentesis involves inserting a needle into a pregnant woman's (10)abdomen and (11)uterus to collect a sample of amniotic fluid for analysis. Normally the (12)puncture closes quickly, but in hundreds of women each year, the hole does not close, allowing the fluid to escape. Klein's doctors told her that, not only would her fetus die, but that the longer she waited to terminate her pregnancy, the greater the risk that she would develop an infection. But Klein did wait and found a team of doctors developing a new procedure to seal (13)ruptured (14)amniotic sacs. As described in a recent medical journal, the researchers inserted into Klein's uterus, an (15)endoscope, a lighted tube with a video camera, so they could locate the rupture sight. Then, they injected a special mix of proteins, and cells, and (16)connective tissue, over the tiny hole. (Dr. Bruce Young/NYU Medical Center) "To act as a (17)sealant and as a plug, and to allow things then to close over permanently and allow the pregnancy to go forward." Once the sac was sealed, it refilled naturally with amniotic fluid, just as the researchers had predicted. (Laura Klein) "When I came in the next morning, and they did an ultrasound, and I saw the sac filled with fluid, and you could see him moving around, and I was smiling, and I couldn't believe it. I mean, it was amazing!" Today, Kline and her husband have a healthy 9-month-old son, Elijah. Medical science discovering new ways to preserve pregnancy is routinely (18)given up for lost. (1) hold out 최후까지 버티다 (2) undergo (검열 수술을) 받다 (3) amniocentesis 양수 검사[진단], 양막천자(羊膜穿刺) ; 양수를 채취하여 태아의 성별 염색체 이상을 판정하는 검사 (4) predicament 곤경, 궁지 (5) amniotic fluid 양수 (6) fetus 태아 (7) womb 자궁(=uterus); 태내 (8) terminate the pregnancy 임신을 종결하다, 중절하다 (9) carry the baby to term 달을 채우다 cf. term 출산예정일, 해산일 (10) abdomen 복부, 배 (11) uterus 자궁 (12) puncture (찔려서 난) 구멍, 상처 (13) rupture 터뜨리다, 찢다, 파열시키다 (14) amniotic sac 양막 cf. sac ((生)) 낭(囊), 액낭(液囊) (15) endoscope 내시경 (16) connective tissue 결합 (신경)조직 (17) sealant 밀폐[봉합]제; 방수제 (18) give up for lost 죽은[가망 없는] 것으로 치고 단념하다