What is prenatal screening?

The pregnancy process itself is quite difficult. Every woman hopes that her baby can be born safely and healthily after becoming pregnant. If the baby has defects after birth, it will not only affect the baby's physical health, but also bring huge financial burden to the whole family. After becoming pregnant, women will undergo prenatal screening so that problems can be discovered as early as possible to avoid serious effects on the baby.

What is prenatal screening?

Prenatal screening refers to some medical and daily care related behaviors implemented on pregnant women. Its purpose is to check the health of both mother and baby, do preventive work and detect complications as early as possible, so as to minimize the impact of the disease. Through screening, doctors can conduct regular examinations for pregnant women and give scientific advice, which can reduce the mortality rate of women during pregnancy and the mortality rate of infants near birth. It is very necessary to conduct this series of examinations before delivery, which is of great significance to the health of mother and baby.

Prenatal screening can effectively reduce the rate of newborn birth diseases because it can predict defects in the fetus while it is in the mother's womb. Combined with prenatal diagnosis, it can minimize the birth of babies with congenital defects. Therefore, expectant fathers and mothers must actively cooperate.

Prenatal screening time

When the pregnancy is between fourteen and twenty weeks, expectant mothers should undergo prenatal screening. The detection method is very simple. Just draw a certain amount of blood from the pregnant woman for testing, mainly to test the levels of chorionic gonadotropin and alpha-fetoprotein. Then, the age of the expectant mother and the time of pregnancy when the blood test was taken into consideration, so as to calculate the risk index of the fetus possibly suffering from the disease. If the risk index is very high, it means that the fetus has a high probability of suffering from a certain genetic disease.

What is the use of prenatal screening

1. Early: Screening can begin as early as fourteen weeks of pregnancy.

2. Convenient: Screening can be performed by drawing 2 ml of venous blood.

3. Safety: This will not affect the health of mother and baby.

4. Acceptable: easily accepted by most people.

5. Low cost: Due to various factors, such as differences in local consumption levels and screening methods, the cost will also vary. But generally speaking, the costs are generally low.