What tests should be done in early pregnancy

For female friends who become mothers for the first time, they will face many problems after pregnancy. If you want to determine the health status of the fetus in the early pregnancy, you should go to the hospital for necessary examinations in time. The early pregnancy is the most important stage. Not only must you determine the health of the fetus, but you must also supplement folic acid in time to prevent fetal malformations. So what are the examinations that should be done in early pregnancy? The following is a detailed summary of the examinations that should be done in early pregnancy.

Confirm pregnancy with test strips. You can’t go to the hospital for X-ray examinations, it’s not good for the fetus. Pregnant women can also feel it, or have a sixth sense. Check your trace elements before pregnancy and take folic acid. About 50 days after confirming pregnancy, go to the hospital for an ultrasound. I recommend the Maternal and Child Health Hospital because of its professionalism. Create a baby registration card. Check whether the baby is an intrauterine pregnancy and whether the embryo has grown. Do an ultrasound at 12 weeks to check the baby's heartbeat and basic condition, create a card, and do basic tests such as blood and urine. Do a Down syndrome screening at 14-20 weeks. Do a four-dimensional color ultrasound at 18-24 weeks to rule out fetal malformations, then you can see what the baby looks like. Do a sugar screening at 24 weeks to see if you have diabetes. The fetus is further screened for malformations by ultrasound at 30-32 weeks. Starting from 36 weeks, fetal heart rate monitoring should be performed once a week. At 37 weeks, color Doppler ultrasound is used to check fetal size, fetal position, amniotic fluid conditions, etc. And regular prenatal check-ups are necessary. The doctor will give you detailed instructions and precautions, and you should follow them carefully. It is recommended to buy a book on prenatal education.

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Go to the hospital to create a file after 12 weeks. Before creating the file, you must do an electrocardiogram, color ultrasound, whole blood and urine tests. The file can only be created if these four tests are normal. After that, routine check-ups are performed every 4 weeks to listen to the fetal heart rate, measure uterine height, abdominal circumference, and perform blood and urine routine tests.

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Do Down syndrome screening on one day between 16 and 18 weeks

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Deformity screening (color Doppler ultrasound) at 22-24 weeks

Diabetes screening after 4-26 weeks

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After 28 weeks, routine check-ups are done every two weeks, and the doctor will measure the pelvis after 28 weeks.

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Do another color Doppler ultrasound after 32 weeks to check the amniotic fluid of the fetus

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Starting from 36 weeks, check once a week and monitor the fetal heart rate

B-ultrasound

Every pregnant mother will undergo at least 3 ultrasounds during the entire pregnancy, approximately after 12 weeks, 24 or 25 weeks, and 36 weeks. In the later stages of pregnancy, B-ultrasound can roughly estimate the weight range of the fetus and understand the situation in the uterus so that doctors and pregnant mothers can decide the method of delivery.

If the doctor deems it necessary, he or she will be asked to undergo more ultrasound examinations. Modern B-ultrasound is safe and reliable, so pregnant mothers don’t have to worry.

Blood tests

When a pregnant mother sets up her file in the hospital, she will undergo a comprehensive and systematic examination, which includes a routine blood test. Through it, pregnant mothers can understand whether they have signs of gestational diabetes or other diseases.

Down syndrome screening is a test that can be done through a blood test. The calculated proportion of Down syndrome varies depending on race, the age of the pregnant mother, etc.

Fetal heart rate monitoring

After 36 weeks, the pregnant mother's fetal heart rate monitoring begins. The baby's activities will be recorded for at least 15 minutes each time. If you find that your baby's activities are not obvious or very few, the baby may be resting, but it is also possible that the baby's condition is not good. The doctor will make a judgment based on the actual situation or take further treatment measures for the pregnant mother.

If the pregnant mother is about to give birth, fetal heart monitoring can also detect whether the pregnant mother is in the labor pain stage.

Umbilical cord blood flow

The examination of umbilical cord blood flow is performed using a Doppler device, which is similar to B-ultrasound. However, the umbilical cord blood flow test checks the blood supply to the fetus, which is used to check whether the pregnant mother has problems such as intrauterine hypoxia.

In addition to the above, there are actually some special examinations during pregnancy, such as amniocentesis. The doctor will decide whether the examination is needed based on the actual situation of the pregnant mother.

The above is a detailed introduction to the examinations that should be done in early pregnancy. As an expectant mother, the health of the fetus and the mother is the most important, so we must go for examinations in time to determine the healthy development of the fetus. In addition, during pregnancy, we must ensure that we are in a good mood, do some appropriate exercise, and have a balanced diet. Only in this way can the baby be healthy.